Dear Parish Family, With the behind-the-scenes preparations for the upcoming parish-wide events, “Witness to Hope” is underway at St. John! The campaign is unprecedented in our parish and our entire diocese. In one campaign, our aim as a parish is to raise at least $2 million in order to continue the Great Commission that … Continued
Dear Parish Family, What’s the “Easter Octave?” The Easter Octave is the first eight days of the Easter season, from Easter Sunday to today, the second Sunday of Easter, called Divine Mercy Sunday. All eight days are considered a Solemnity. So what’s a Solemnity? Solemnities are feast days of the highest rank. Thus, they normally … Continued
Greetings Brothers and Sisters, I wanted to let you know personally that I’ll be transitioning away from full-time employment with the parish office. I will still be available to the parish on a contractual basis as needed. Although I will no longer be a member of the staff, my family and I will remain an … Continued
Dear Parish Family, Today is Laetare Sunday! “Lae-what?” you may ask. Laetare [lay-tah-ray] is the Latin word for “Rejoice!” and it comes from the first word of today’s entrance antiphon. Well, what is the “entrance antiphon?” The entrance antiphon, or introit, is the opening sentence usually chanted at the beginning of a liturgy. Here … Continued
Dear Parish Family, Thanks to the New Evangelization grant we received from the Trinity Foundation, four parish staff and I were at The Amazing Parish Conference in Atlanta from Monday to Thursday morning of this past week. Joining 1100 people from about 200 parishes from across the country, we learned from the best experts in … Continued