Dear Parish Family, HAPPY EASTER to you and yours!  This Divine Mercy Sunday is the last day of the “Easter Octave,” which is eight straight days of solemnities to celebrate the kickoff of the Easter season.  We had a beautiful Easter Triduum that saw 25 people receive at least one of the sacraments of initiation … Continued

Pope John Paul II established the Sunday after Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday. The Divine Mercy, of course, is the unconditional love of God seen from the point of view of the sinner. It is the fidelity of the love of God. Divine Mercy Sunday can be seen as the convergence of all the mysteries … Continued

EASTER; every year is an invitation for us to rise from our periodical decay and death to taste the transformed grandeur of the immortal human nature. Exult. We begin the Easter celebration with the singing of the exultet. The lit paschal candle reminds us of Christ’s presence amidst us. All years, seasons and times belong … Continued

Dear Parishioners & Guests, The great celebration of Holy Week and the Easter Triduum often brings visitors to our parish.  If you are one of them, I extend to you a warm welcome on behalf of all the parishioners of St. John, “the Mother Church of Jackson.”  For over 150 years, the steeples of this church … Continued

Dear Parish Family, Today, “Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord,” begins the holiest week of the year!  Do you observe it as such, or is it about the same as every other week?  If it is, it’s not too late to make this year’s different.  Carve out the time necessary to enter into … Continued