When the Church Comes to You

As Father Daniel said in a recent sermon, “St. John’s is not a ‘me’ church.” It is a church that reaches out to all people in the name of Jesus Christ. An excellent example of this statement is the active Eucharistic Visitor Ministry that...

For His Sake

“FOR HIS SAKE – I am but one; But I am one. I cannot do everything but I can do something. What I can do, I ought to do. What I ought to do, By the grace of God I will do. Lord, what wilt thou have me do?” I ran into this saying from the literature...

Worth a Thousand Words

Are you a skimmer?  I’m a skimmer.  To some extent I’ve become a product of my generation where cursing the web for specific information is where I do most of my reading.  Don’t get me wrong!  I do nestle into old editions of the New Yorker,...

The Lunch Bag Outreach Program Needs You!

One of the things that amazed me this summer was how many families I saw show up at our door for lunches. Mothers and fathers with four or five kids in tow, coming to get a peanut butter sandwich, crackers and juice from St. John’s lunch bag program. This...