October - 2020

Sermon: The Death Chosen for You (Passion Sunday, March 26th, 2023)

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, March 26th

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, March 19th

Drawn to Repentance and Conversion -- Sermon for III Sunday in Lent

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, March 12th

Original sin, boredom, and the empire of empty desire (Sermon for the First Sunday of Lent, 2023)

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, February 26th

Loving Our Enemies (Sermon for Sunday, February 19, 2023)

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, Februrary 19th

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, February 12th

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Pastor's Weekly Update: November 1, 2020

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, What a week it has been! Last week Bishop Rhoades celebrated three Confirmation Masses for the 123 young people and adults of our parish. We are very grateful to our spiritual shepherd for so generously making himself available for this important moment in their lives, so that they might receive this new outpouring of the Holy Spirit from a successor of the Apostles, to whom the Holy Spirit was originally given at Pentecost. Please pray th

Pastor's Weekly Update: October 25, 2020

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This will be a busy week preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings we will have rehearsals and the chance for the confirmandi and the sponsors to celebrate the Sacrament of Penance. Thursday evening, Friday evening, and Saturday morning will be our three Confirmation Masses. We are so grateful to Bishop Rhoades for his generosity in coming three times! We are grateful as well to our Coordinator

Sermon: Rendering Unto Caesar

Politics should not be a bad word. The political life is inherent to humankind because of our social nature. The desire to pursue justice and the right ordering of society means that politics is one of the highest of human vocations. St. Thomas Aquinas recognized legal justice, the aim of politics, as the highest of the moral virtues (ST II-I, 58, 12), since legal justice since the common good, the object of politics, is so much greater than the good of any individual man or

Pastor's Weekly Update: October 18, 2020

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, For the past seven years, our parish has had the privilege of having one of the sons of our parish studying for the priesthood, Mr. Johnny Evangelista. Many of us have seen Johnny grow and mature and faithfully serve his home parish and other parishes in the Diocese, as well as concentrate on his studies and priestly formation. He has been a tremendous example to all of us, an d particularly to the young men of our parish whom the Lord mig

Fiscal Accountability Report

We are excited to share our annual fiscal accountability report! Please check out this important update on our parish finances and learn more about the creative ways we are continuing to be good stewards of our resources and fulfill our mission to be disciples and make disciples! Fiscal Update in English Actualización fiscal en español

Pastor's Weekly Update, Oct. 11

I hope that you picked up, took home, or downloaded our annual financial report that we shared with you today. This year’s report includes, as always, a breakdown of our income and expenses, but focuses in particular on how our parish has responded to the pandemic. We wanted more people to be aware of the great work that has gone on here – by clergy, staff, and volunteers – to continue the mission of the Church in challenging times. I hope that you are inspired by the ways th

Sermon: Does the Gospel challenge us, or someone else?

When the chief priests and elders in today’s Gospel utter this harsh but entirely just condemnation, you have to wonder if they did not hesitate just a little, realizing the trap that Jesus has set for them. The wretched men to be put to a wretched death, after all, are they themselves. No one hearing Christ’s parable of the vineyard would have mistaken what he was about, especially not a religious leader or scholar of the law. The nation of Israel as God’s vineyard is a prom

Pastor's Message: Weekly Update, Oct. 4

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Fr. Jose is still away on his retreat but will return tomorrow. Please pray for safe travels for him! We are happy to welcome Fr. John Herman and Fr. Dominic Vermer this weekend to assist us with Masses in Spanish. I am so grateful to have brother priest close by (and some not exactly that close!) who are eager to help us in celebrating the sacraments. Many priests who have helped us out here at St. John’s have told me that they particular