ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
CATHOLIC CHURCH

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Thanks to all who have prayerfully considered their commitment on behalf of our parish to this year’s Annual Bishop’s Appeal. We are well on our way to meeting our goal of ~$80,000. Meeting and exceeding our goal will support the ministry of our bishop and keep our parish on solid financial footing. Last Sunday at Mass, we learned about some of the great work that the Bishop’s Appeal supports throughout our Diocese. Today, I’d like to shar

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Today is our parish kickoff of our Annual Bishop’s Appeal. We celebrate the wonderful work of the Gospel being done in the parishes of our Diocese and the ways that God enables us to work together as a Diocese to accomplish the Church’s mission. This year’s Appeal is particularly important for the financial health of our Diocese and our parish. As you can see in the bulletin each week, we are struggling to meet our weekly collection target

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Earlier this year we announced a new initiative called St. John’s Community Partners, by which we sought your help to determine how St. John’s can give back to our local community. This initiative responds to a goal set by our parish Finance Council for our parish to practice what we preach – giving 10 percent of our income back to the Lord, who we recognize all the source of all that we receive. We already give six percent back to the cha

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Many of you will doubtless remember Fr. Andrew Hochstetler, O.F.M. Conv., whose family lives here in Goshen and is a friar of the Conventual Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land. Father has helped with Masses here at St. John’s in the past while he was studying at Notre Dame or visiting his family in Goshen. (He is now studying at Oxford University, England.) Father was not able to come home for the summer so went to be with his religious f