Fr. Chas Canoy, Pastor | St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church | Jackson, Michigan
Discover pastoral reflections and homilies from Fr. Chas Canoy, Pastor of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Jackson, MI. Stay rooted in faith and parish life.
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He cares for all
Don’t we feel at times that we are helpless and we cannot do anything? The disciples were in such a situation. Their problem was the huge hungry crowd almost 5000 of them, for whom they had to provide meals. They expressed their utter helplessness to Jesus. When Jesus asked them to feed the crowd, they
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Prayer and fasting for persecuted Christians in Iraq and Syria
In Solidarity with the Persecuted Christians of Iraq and Syria You may have heard in the news of the horrible plight of the Christians in the Middle East, specifically in northern Iraq and eastern Syria, where fundamentalist Muslims of ISIS, in their attempt to establish a caliphate or Islamic state in that region, have given
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A message from Fr. Chas about our new website.
Dear Parish Family, One of the things about which I was very surprised when I received the great news of becoming pastor here was that we did not have our own website. Thanks to Jeromy of Alexander Enterprises, whom we have hired part-time as our technical consultant, we changed that! We now have our
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Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
Dear Parish Family, After last Sunday’s homily, I had a number of requests to summarize the suggestions about our participation at the celebration of holy Mass, in which I had specific recommendations for parents. First of all, you can listen to the whole homily on our new website, thanks to Jeromy Alexander who has begun
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Fireside Chat Program
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Online Parishioner Update Form
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14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
I’m Fr. Kurian Kollapallil MSFS. I’m your new parochial vicar. Let me begin by thanking Fr. Jim and Bob for the amazing work that they have done for this parish community. Fr. Chas and I would like to carry on and build upon their efforts in establishing God’s Kingdom here in Jackson. I also thank
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Getting the Smell of the Sheep
Greetings to my new spiritual family at St. John the Evangelist! I have the honor of succeeding Fr. Jim Shaver, after his 19 years as your beloved pastor. As there is only one Fr. Jim, I’m not going to try to take his place, but I do hope to emulate how well he knew you