From the Desk of Kristi Blair, St. John Elementary School Principal

Greetings Parish Friends, Grace, gratitude, and grit! That phrase was on every weekly St. John School (SJS) faculty meeting agenda and parent newsletter throughout the 2020-2021 school year. It was part of my daily prayer and came out of my mouth too frequently to count. Those three words served as a reminder of God’s loving … Continued

From the Desk of Joseph Gruber, Parish FOCUS Missionary

Marriage and the Eucharist We’re into week 2 of the 6th chapter of John marathon! This is when we first get the titular line of the chapter, Jesus saying that He is the “Bread of Life”. Exciting stuff for our Catholic faith! We’ll be hearing more in the coming weeks about how Jesus satisfies when … Continued

From the Desk of John Richards, Director of Parish Operations

As Fr. Chas mentioned last week, we continue with our Witness to Hope projects. New windows are currently being installed at St. John Elementary School in the north wing. We are about halfway through the project and look to have all of the windows completed by the end of July. The windows improve the school’s … Continued

From the Desk of Fr. Brian

True Freedom On this Sunday as we celebrate the independence of our country, we share insights (from Fr. Brian’s Pentecost Praise & Prayer event homily) into the type of healing the Lord longs to provide in order that we experience “true” freedom…a freedom from certain things that weigh or slow us down, not allowing us … Continued

From the Desk of Clare Dewitt, Coordinator of Youth Faith Formation

Dear St. John family, I know many of you are big fans of the TV series, “The Chosen”, which is all about the ministry of Jesus and His followers. If you have not started watching it, I highly recommend it! It has become a favorite of mine and something that I routinely liked to show … Continued