JOIN US as we travel to Assisi and Rome in the Jubilee Year of 2025! Check out the itinerary below! CLICK HERE to find out more and to register at Corporate Travel! Update:  Fr. Steve Mattson will not be able to join Fr. Chas on this pilgrimage, after all.   

Walk With One… and more! Our core purpose statement for St. John the Evangelist is “To fulfill the Great Commission and form a community of missionary disciples in Jackson, Michigan”. This is our parish CULTURE, our environment and ecosystem. It’s who we are as a parish. We have been immersed in the basic training of … Continued

The Liturgical Year This weekend we celebrate the 30th Week in Ordinary Time. There are only four more weeks of Ordinary Time and then we will begin a new liturgical year! Each year begins with the 1st Sunday of Advent and ends with the 34th Sunday of Ordinary Time, also known as the Solemnity of … Continued

This past Wednesday marked my one-year anniversary of working for St. John the Evangelist Parish. And what a year that it’s been. It hasn’t just gone by quickly because of how busy it’s been, but because it’s been a full year, a year filled with self-discovery, spiritual growth, and love. Please indulge me today in … Continued

Go! Go! Go! JOSEPH! Throughout the Bible there is hardly any character as rich and inspiring as Joseph. I don’t mean Joseph of the Holy Family; yes, the foster father of Jesus is very inspiring. But for this article, I’m thinking of the Old Testament man that Joseph the carpenter of Nazareth was probably named … Continued