Parishioner News
We welcome the following individuals and families to our parish: Victor Alanis & Ana Hernandez Alanis and son Leonel and daughter Jacqueline, Shirley Breimon and son Darran, Kathleen Beebe and son Calvin, and Bonnie Hodges.
We celebrate the recently baptized children: Madison Therese Bauer, Lainey Mae Carriveau, James Stewart Genzer, and Leonel Alanis.
We also mourn the recent deaths of the following individuals from the parish (or parish families): Raymond Anthony Besasie, Charles “Uncle” E. Meleski, Darrell R. Godejohn, and Grace Theresa Klann.
Month of May: Dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God
Traditionally, the church dedicates this month of May to the Blessed Mother. On May 13, we remember the first apparition of Our Lady of Fatima and her call to pray especially the rosary.
At St. John’s, we honor the Blessed Mother in a special way each year with the Crowning of Mary. This year, it will be held on Wednesday, May 7, at 6:30 pm. We invite our children, especially those who just received their First Communion, to come in their First Communion attire. It is also an opportunity to celebrate our 8th graders as they prepare to graduate in a few short weeks. Please celebrate the Blessed Mother and join other parishioners as we celebrate Mary, the Mother of God. Please consider praying the rosary at home with family or after weekday Masses.
Also, it is a reminder for us to have a May Altar in our homes. A May Altar features an image of the Blessed Mother and any of your other favorite saints, and oftentimes bouquets of flowers. If you are fortunate to have fresh flowers, that’s a plus.
Wear Something Red
In two weeks, we bring the Easter Season of 2024 to a close with the beautiful celebration of the Solemnity of the Feast of Pentecost. There are any number of Pentecost Novenas that can be prayed and found online. This is a blessed time to begin praying for the outpouring of the gifts of the Holy Spirit in our lives, our families, parish, country, and world. Come Holy Spirit.
The official liturgical color for Pentecost is Red, so I encourage and invite everyone to wear something Red to church, particularly on the weekend of May 18 & 19, as we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the early church and upon us.
Bathroom Addition
This weekend, more than 20 children will receive their First Holy Communion here at St. John the Evangelist Parish. Let us remember them and their families in our prayers. May the Lord grant them a life filled with His Eucharistic presence! As we pray for them, let us lift up in prayers of thanksgiving Mrs. Kathy Kazik and Mrs. Julie Sarnowski for their dedicated catechesis of these precious children. Next week, our First Holy Communicants will participate in our annual May Crowning. Please join us in church on Tuesday, May 7, at 6:30 pm.
As our precious little First Holy Communicants lead us into the month of Mary, let us find ways to rediscover the beautiful mystery of the Rosary, renew our Marian consecrations, and turn to the beautiful hymns, psalms, and prayers of the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. I encourage everyone to cultivate devotion to the Holy Rosary, the Memorare, the Regina Caeli/Angelus, and the Little Office.
As we grow in devotion to Our Lady this month, let us join our Holy Father, Pope Francis, in praying for the formation of religious and seminarians. This month’s papal prayer intention invites us to pray for the human, pastoral, spiritual, and intellectual formation of those called to follow the Lord as religious brothers and sisters and those preparing to answer His call to the priesthood. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops proposes this prayer for the month of May: “We pray that religious women and men, and seminarians, grow in their own vocations through their human, pastoral, spiritual, and intellectual formation, leading them to be credible witnesses to the Gospel.”
May our beloved religious and seminarians be given the heart of Mary this month and throughout their lives!
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Our Home & School Association hosted a School Masquerade Dance on Friday, April 26. Many of our K4-8 students, their younger siblings, and parents had an evening of dancing, games, crafts, snacks, milkshakes, and fun. There was a photo booth and masks to color and wear.
A big shout-out to everyone who attended or helped make it an awesome event. Thank you to our Home & School Association for continuing to host these events for our community.
Remember, Jesus is the bread of life.
April 28 | The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus instructs us in the way of loving others with God’s love: “Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love.”
Much hinges on that little word “remain”—menein in Greek—which John uses frequently in his Gospel. God’s love is given unconditionally as a grace, but remaining in that love is indeed a matter of keeping certain commandments.
Here is how it works: God’s love can truly dwell in us and become our “possession” only in the measure that we give it away. If we resist it or try to cling to it, it will never work its way into our own hearts, bodies, and minds. But if we give it away as an act of love, then we get more of it, entering into a delightful stream of grace. If you give away the divine love, then it “remains” in you.
This is the great Catholic doctrine of grace and the cooperation with grace. We don’t drive a great wedge between law and grace, as some of the Protestant Reformers did. Rather, we say that law and commandments allow us to participate in the love that God is. It’s a play, if you want, of both conditional and unconditional love. And it’s precisely why we can grow in love.
-Bishop Robert Barron
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St. John’s is fortunate to have 24-hour Perpetual Adoration. Please take advantage of this beautiful opportunity to stay close to God.
There are currently two hours available:
Wednesdays from Noon to 1:00 pm
Saturdays from 7:00 to 8:00 pm
We also need a second Adorer on:
Sundays from Midnight to 1:00 am and 1:00 to 2:00 am
Other hours are available for a second Adorer as well.
Call or text Mary-Eileen Swart at 414-687-3512 if you are interested.
Live-streaming: Mass and Adoration
We are live-streaming daily and Sunday Masses as well as Adoration for those who are unable to attend:
Daily Masses:
Monday thru Saturday 8:00 am
Weekend Masses:
Saturday at 4:30 pm
Sunday at 8:30 and 10:30 am
If you miss the Livestream, you can watch the upload of each Mass on our YouTube channel.
Christian Women will begin their evening on Thursday, May 9, with Mass at 6:00 pm with a reception of new members into the organization followed by a meeting and social in the Church Hall. Ladies are asked to wear BLUE for May, the month of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Ladies are reminded to bring a $27 check for their “Dinner in June” payment. Meanwhile, the Christian Women’s bus trip to tour the St. Joan of Arc Chapel on the Marquette University campus was enjoyed by all.
Please help out the Parish Festival by donating items for various festival booths. Please bring items to the parish office.
- Mystery Package Booth: Items should be NEW and worth at least 50 cents for men, women, and children.
- Raffle Booth: Larger items such as electronics, appliances, lawn equipment, or any larger items that you think someone would be eager to buy a chance to win.
- Grocery Booth: A wide variety of non-perishable food items are needed.
- Gentlemen’s Chest: Unopened bottles of wine, whiskey, vodka, gin, and after-dinner cordials are needed
Scrip is available at all weekend Masses or during regular business hours at the parish office.
Download the RaiseRight app to reload cards, purchase ecards, or purchase physical cards. Contact the Parish Office or School Office for the enrollment code.
