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From the Messy Desk of the Youth Minister
With the slight brush of cold coming in these last few weeks, fall has started in full swing! I not only feel it in the change of air but also in the change of activity around our Par-ish. Both our High School and Mid-dle School Youth Groups have be-gun, and I’m already having so much…
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“Witness to Love” Mentorship Program
For the past year, our parish thematic goal at St. John Parish has been “Marriage and Family Life.” In other words, we’ve worked to support these areas within our parish in order to help young families. Many new initiatives have arisen as a direct result, from Family Fun Nights, to offering child care during some…
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Pilgrimage to the Holy Land!
Let Expert Guides Steve & Janet lead you through the Holy Land—just like in the movies! They’ve been to the Holy Land over 150 times filming, exploring & leading pilgrimages. Join this spiritually enriching biblical adventure. Fr. Chas Canoy and Todd Gale, Director of Faith Formation, invite you to join them on this once…
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The Diocesan Assembly, Fall 2018
The slow change in temperature and the sudden surprise of color in the tips of leaves lately signal a change in season, a transition to fall. Most of us have a favorite season, and this just happens to be mine! What is it about the changing seasons that seems to captivate us? Is it the…
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Indulgences? Really?
Indulgences? Really? Do We Still Teach That? Bishop Boyea is officially granting a plenary indulgence to those who attend the big Diocesan Assembly. Few things in Catholicism are more misunderstood or more divisive than indulgences. If we read the Catechism, paragraphs 1471-1474, there is a definition. An indulgence is “a remission of the temporal punishment due…
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Confirmation Practice Reminder for our 9th grade students!
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From the Desk of the Pastor…
Strengthen your faith! In these tumultuous times, we need to “stand firm and hold fast” to our faith, as St. Paul exhorts us (2 Thes. 2:15). Our faith is not in man, but in the God who judges, redeems, heals, and saves a fallen humanity from its own destruction and raises his people to the…
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Religious Education starts September 23rd!
Our team, Youth Minister Clare Kolenda, Sacramental Coordinator Angel Koerkel, Director of Faith Formation Todd Gale, and the rest of the staff are determined to offer consistent, excellent opportunities from pre-school to senior adult. We are praying and working hard to make our ministries attractive, winsome, and rich in authentic Catholicism. One of the things…
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Unseen before our Eyes
I recently heard a most interesting story that ran in the Washington Post more than ten years ago. Post author Gene Weingarten covered the story of the international genius violinist Joshua Bell. Bell masterfully plays a violin handcrafted in 1713 by the legendary Antonio Stradivari. His instrument is reportedly worth more than 3 million dollars.…
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From the Messy Desk of the Youth Minister…
It has been such a great opportunity getting to go through Confirmation Interviews with our upcoming 9th grade students who are almost ready to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. I love being able to sit down with them and hear about how they have experienced God and in what ways they see Him moving in…
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End of the Summer Reflection
Welcome, my friends, to the fastest summer on record! You can almost feel it in the air (well I can at least): we have journeyed together through the sands of time, across the oceans of occasion, and scaled the mountains of opportunity. Now we arrive to the impending celestial return of our pastor whose own…
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Prayers for our Parish
Perhaps you’ve received a call lately from your friendly neighborhood Parish Representative! If so, you may have tried to jog your memory about what you’d heard at church, trying to remember “Who are Parish Reps?” and “What’s that group all about, again?” The goal of the Parish Rep ministry is to continually build the culture…
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The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity
On August 15, 2018, the latest book by Matthew Kelly will be available to the general population. It is titled The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity, and because we have had a relationship with his organization, Dynamic Catholic, for quite some time, we were privileged to have the opportunity to preview a copy…
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Keeping the “Nones” as Catholics
It is not an overstatement to say that we are in a war for souls, and in America there is serious concern that Catholic Christianity is losing the recent battles. In our lifetime we have seen participation in the Sacraments, Catholic Schools, Religious Ed, and Mass attendance plummet. Fewer priests and fewer participating Catholics have…
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From the Messy Desk of the Youth Minister…
Hello St. John’s families! What a wonderful summer it has already been here at St. John! It has been a full couple of weeks for me as I have just recently returned from my service trip in Knoxville, TN with my youth group. On this trip the teens were able to serve in the localcommunity…
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From the Desk of Fr. Brian…
Happy Sunday! I trust that your celebration of our nation’s 242nd birthday included all the requisite fun and good memories that such occasions afford us. Sunny weather, family and friends, bratwursts, a can of cold beer, sparklers, and dad’s characteristic pyrotechnics…the blessings abound when we celebrate the red, white, and blue. Proof that God is…
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Parish Operation’s Update
From Andy Bihl, Director of Parish Operations Welcome, Kris! I would like to start off this article with a warm and enthusiastic welcome to the newest addition to our team, Kris Whitaker! Kris has been added to our team to fill the shoes of Leslee Hartford, who, as you probably already know, got an offer…
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An Important Message from Fr. Brian
Happy Sunday! I’m not sure about you all, but I seriously can’t believe that it’s already July, it seems last week we were still in April. I also just realized that this weekend is my official two-year anniversary of arriving at St. John’s, wow! High fives all around, it’s been a good ride so far.…
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