Following Christ is the next step for all those who have completed the Alpha or Discovering Christ courses at St. John. Building on what we experienced in the first course, Following Christ will help you grow in your daily relationship with Jesus. If you have not yet taken Following Christ, we invite you to sign up today! Course starts March 6 on Thursday evenings. Check out stjohnsp.org/following for more information and to register.

Please join us on Saturday, March 15 at Kurtz’s Beach as we celebrate the achievements of our school and parish. Tickets, sponsorships and donation information are all available on the gala website (see QR code above, auctria.events/sje-2025-gala). Bus transportation to and from Kurtz’s is available. There is limited seating on the bus, buy your tickets today!

We are pleased to offer a spring Marriage Convalidation course for civilly married couples seeking a sacramental marriage. Group preparation sessions consist of two Saturday classes – March 8 & 29, 8:30a.m. – 12p.m., and a Convalidation ceremony on Sunday, April 27 at 2p.m. Couples must attend both sessions.

Please pray for our priests on Feb. 24 as they enter into prayer to prepare for Lent. Join this prayer campaign to prayerfully support our priests.

Do you understand the Mass? Why do we say what we say, or why we kneel or stand when we do? Do you know where the prayers came from, where they were first said and how they became part of the Mass? Fr. Leo Patalinghug shares this four-part Teaching Mass series with us. Watch it with your family and allow the Mass to come alive in your heart!

Come prepare your heart to enter more deeply into the Season of Lent at this special Walking with Purpose sponsored event on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 7p.m. in the Parish Activities Center. ALL women are welcome. Fr. John Bilenki will be our speaker. 

Help others encounter Christ in a personal way by volunteering to help at Discovering Christ. We need food volunteers, help with hospitality, and volunteers to pray for the participants. Click on the image or go to stjohnsp.org/dc-volunteer for more information and to sign up. Thank you!

The Knights of Columbus and the Respect Life Ministry are providing a bus to the March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Jan. 24. RSVP today!

Are you tired of returning to the same ‘modern Pharaohs’ over and over again — overconsumption of social media, numbing your problems with alcohol, pornography, or binge-watching TV? Our culture today has no shortage of Pharaohs and idols that hold us back from true unity with God. Exodus 90 offers you a way out.

Jesus I Trust in You-The Eucharistic Apostles of Divine Mercy are pleased to welcome Mother Superior, Sister Donata, of Our Lady of Mercy Sisters, presently in Washington, D.C., at the National Shrine of Saint John Paul II, to offer a half day of recollection at St. John the Evangelist Parish on Feb. 15.

Couples of St. John, join us on Friday, Feb. 7, from 7—9p.m. in the Parish Activities Center as we continue this year’s Marriage Enrichment Series and learn effective ways to pray as a married couple. The night will include praise and worship in front of the Blessed Sacrament and a short talk by parishioners Mark and Susan Oursler about intercessory prayer with a special emphasis on praying for our children.

Explore the meaning of life, the love, forgiveness and good things of God, and the basics of the Christian faith around a delicious dinner, an inspiring talk, and an engaging conversation with friends. Discovering Christ is for everyone. Join us Thursdays, Jan. 9—Feb. 20, 2025, 6:30—9p.m. Click on image for more information and to register.