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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued