Hi! It’s been an honor to serve as the Master of Ceremonies and help train our Altar Servers at each Mass. Often, there are so many questions that I wish I had time to answer in the few minutes before each Mass. To that end, I’ll be offering three Altar Server training sessions in July. … Continued
It’s been an amazing year for some of our youngest parishioners here at St. John the Evangelist. Last year, several of our dedicated volunteers approached Father Chas about beginning a Children’s Liturgy of the Word. With his blessing and support, plans proceeded quickly. Since then, our children at the 10:00 a.m. Mass have been treated … Continued
It’s been a year since Fr. Murray passed on into eternal life, on the very day of his sixty-third anniversary of his ordination as a priest. Today would be his sixty-fourth anniversary. Father Murray was born in Kalamazoo on October 31, 1926, son of Dennis and Dorothea (Kempf) Murray. He was baptized on November 7, … Continued
Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper St. John Church – 7:00 PM Good Friday Celebration of the Lord’s Passion St. John Church – 12:30 PM Prayers around the Cross St. John Church – 7:00 PM Saturday – Easter Vigil St. John Church – 8:45 PM Sunday – Easter St. John Church – 8:00 AM … Continued
Called and Gifted Workshop – March 20 & 21, 2015 from StJohntheEvangelist on Vimeo. The Called & Gifted™ Discernment Process has been used since 1993 by over 75,000 lay, ordained, and religious Catholics and other Christians around the world. The Called & Gifted™ process is designed to help Christians discern the presence of charisms in … Continued