Explore the latest bulletin articles from St. John the Evangelist Catholic Parish in Jackson, MI—featuring weekly reflections, pastoral insights, faith formation, community updates, and spiritual inspiration for parishioners
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Maintaining Our Spiritual Health
From our Coordinator of Sacramental Preparation, Angel Koerkel… What a strange time we are living in today. As I write this article on 3/12/20, my two college-age children are back home, computers at the ready for their classes to (hopefully) resume in an online format, not knowing what to expect about when they will be…
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Realigning Resources for Mission 2020
From our pastor, Fr. Chas Canoy…. Dear Parish Family, With the desire to have a proactive response to some of the downward trends in Mass attendance, participation in the sacraments in general, and priestly ordinations over this last generation, the Church realizes that she cannot keep on going with business as usual. The response to…
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Answering the “Nudge”
From our Director of Parish Operations, John Richards… Hello! I am the new Director of Parish Operations (DPO). As I mentioned last week, I have been a parishioner here at St. John’s parish for almost 35 years now. Taking a job right out of college with Consumers Energy, I felt ‘at home’ here at St.…
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What’s Wrong With the World Today?
From the desk of Deacon Dave Etters… Lent is upon us! The beginning of this holy, penitential season was highlighted by our Ash Wednesday O, Come Let Us Adore holy hour. For those who attended, I think you would agree that it was a time filled with reverence, worship and beauty, and set the tone…
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Lent – Give It Up!
From our Pastoral Council President, John Dullock… Lent – Give It Up! Here we are again. It’s almost Lent. Oh my, I have no clue what I’m giving up this year. What are you giving up? I’m giving up candy! I’m giving up drinking pop! Hold on, I’ve heard that Sunday’s aren’t counted, so…
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Theology of the Body (TOB) Talks
From our Coordinator of Sacramental Preparation, Angel Koerkel… Did you pick up a copy of the book (Theology of the Body for Beginners by Christopher West) that Fr. Chas gave us at Christmas? Have you started reading it yet? Maybe you looked at the subtitle of: Rediscovering the Meaning of Life, Love, Sex, and Gender…
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“Little girl, Arise!”
From our Coordinator of Youth Faith Formation, Clare DeWitt… For most of my life, growing up in my family of nine, my two younger sisters and I have been referred to as the “three little girls”. My older siblings, parents, aunts, and grandparents all would collectively call us this title. And as a kid I…
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Your Input is Needed!
From our Pastor, Fr. Chas Canoy… Dear Parish Family, As the pastor of St. John, my primary responsibility is to help you grow as disciples of Jesus and to equip you to go and make disciples of others. Critical to that duty is hearing from you about your needs! To that end, I am excited…
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Our Need for Hope and Healing
From our Director of Parish Life, Shayne Slough… Hello St. John Parish family! So many of you have mentioned how “the Holy Spirit is moving in our parish!” One visible way that we can see this is through our parish life…and personal lives of faith…and how both are growing! When you look through the bulletin,…
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Suffering & Healing
From our FOCUS Missionary, Joseph Gruber… Hello, people of Jackson! Our parish has been emphasizing the role of healing in the past few months. I think this good and worthwhile, but I’d like to take a moment with you to first back up a step and look at suffering, and then another step to look…
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St. John Elementary School Events
From St. John Elementary School Principal, Kristi Blair… Exciting things are happening at St. John Elementary School! Read about our upcoming St. John Mardi Gras, our 7th Annual Draw Down Dinner, and our New Family Open House. We love to share updates from our school with our parish family. Click HERE to enjoy pictures of…
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Epiphany of the Lord
From our Director of Faith Formation, Todd Gale… In the second chapter of Matthew’s Gospel, we read that the Magi traveled from the east when they saw a dazzling star that led them to worship the Christ child. We call this Epiphany. What exactly led them to Bethlehem has been debated for centuries: a comet,…
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Feast of the Holy Family
From our FOCUS Missionary, Joseph Gruber… Merry Christmas, people of St. John the Evangelist and St. Joseph Oratory! And especially, happy Feast of the Holy Family! Have you ever noticed that the 10 Commandments come in a set of three and a set of seven, one set devoted to God and the other devoted to our neighbor? The…
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Christmas Greetings
From our Pastor, Fr. Chas Canoy… MERRY CHRISTMAS! Dear Parishioners & Visitors, The Prince of Peace is born! If you are like many in our world today, you often find yourself going 100 mph through life, accompanied by the drama going on in our workplace and in our extended family; moreover, our country and our…
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Advent Through the Eyes of Simeon
From the desk of Deacon Dave Etters… Advent – a time of hope and waiting. The people of Israel had hoped longingly for their Messiah. And they waited…and waited, and they waited some more. I have a difficult time waiting in a grocery line, but the collective waiting of Israel spanned centuries! Israel’s expectant hope…
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Jesus is Going to Show Up
From our Coordinator of Youth Faith Formation, Clare DeWitt… Dear St. John Family, In my past four years of doing ministry, there has never been a time when right before a big event, retreat, or program that I don’t feel a little nervous. All the time, energy, planning that has gone into creating something that…
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Advent
From the desk of Deacon Mike McCormick… The term Advent actually means coming. It is a period of four weeks that we should increase our prayers and set aside time for reflection on the true meaning of our faith. In the early day of our Church, it was suggested that we fast much like we…
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Upcoming Advent Opportunities
From our Director of Parish Life, Shayne Slough… I don’t know about you, but the weather lately has me feeling completely confused about what season we’re in. It seems we have transitioned from fall to winter to a spring thaw all within the matter of a week! But for us as Catholics, the beauty of…
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