We are very blessed to have the Saint Pope John Paul II Monstrance coming to our parish on Wednesday, November 19 from 12 noon to 6:00 pm. The Saint Pope John Paul II Monstrance is a monstrance blessed by the late Pope to promote prayer for vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Six such monstrances were created for the Year of the Eucharist in 2004, and one was given to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for North America. It is entrusted to the care o

The Feast of the Dedication of the St. John Lateran Basilica is unusual in the Church's calendar because it is a feast for a building rather than a saint or an event in salvation history. The Basilica of St. John-dedicated to both St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist-is the cathedral of Rome, the mother church of the mother diocese of the world. Most people think St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is the cathedral of Rome, but it is not. St. John's church, locate

Dear Parishioners of Saint Francis, I am excited to introduce you to “Franciscan At Home.”  As our parish is under the patronage of Saint Francis of Assisi, I pray that this new online resource will help bring his example of following Jesus more deeply into your life! The directors of faith formation in our diocese recently attended a presentation by the Franciscan University Catechetical Institute.  They introduced us to “Franciscan At Home”.  This resource is now available