Love the Lord with all your heart, mind and soul. It has been quite the year! The baskets and jars are overflowing with cards earned by students who were nominated for living the Student Learning Expectations. We awarded almost 100 Soaring Eagle pins to students whose cards were drawn from the basket on Monday mornings. … Continue Reading »
Check the thermometer, the temperature is rising in more places than one! Our Honor the Past, Embrace the Present. Secure the Future Campaign has exceeded $1,600,000–we are nearly halfway there! Thank you so much to those of you who have already made your pledges. To those still to be contacted, please respond when you are … Continue Reading »
On Sunday, at Mass, we will observe the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord, but today marks the actual fortieth day of Easter when Jesus returned to heaven to be with God the Father. He commissioned the disciples to baptize in His name, reminding them and us that He is always present through His … Continue Reading »
Check out the Facebook posts to see the places St. John students are visiting and the people they are meeting. Here in the other Washington, our eighth graders are seeing their history lessons come alive. Their experiences include a moving morning at the African American Museum, tours of the homes of our nation’s first and … Continue Reading »
This is an important weekend for our parish and school community as we launch the Honor the Past, Embrace the Present, Secure the Future Capital Campaign at the weekend masses. St. John is moving forward in response to the needs of our school and parish prioritized at the Discovery Workshops last winter. Watch your mailbox for our … Continue Reading »
Thank you, Karen Gunther Bombino, thank you, Julie Skinner, thank you auction team, thank you volunteers, thank you parents, for your donations and for your purchases! Most of all, thank you all for the precious and priceless community spirit that we all experienced at the very enjoyable auction on Friday evening! Your fellowship, friendship, and … Continue Reading »
Tomorrow evening we step out in style at the Totally Awesome 80’s Prom! The auction team, under the direction of Events Coordinator Julie Skinner and Auction Chair Karen Bombino, have prepared for us an absolutely fabulous evening! Make sure you stop by the east hallway to see the totally awesome furniture that will not take … Continue Reading »
Lent is over. We are entering into the high point of the liturgical year – the sacred Paschal Triduum of the Passion and Resurrection of the Lord, beginning with Mass of the Lord’s Last Supper, this evening, Holy Thursday. The Triduum has at its center the Easter Vigil and it closes with Vespers on Easter … Continue Reading »
We are in the final stages of our journey through Lent, preparing to enter Holy Week. Our gifts of faith and hope strengthen us on the path that has brought us closer to God. During Holy Week, we have the opportunity to enter fully into Jesus’ last days, to walk with him, to pray with … Continue Reading »
Come to the Science Fair in Egan Hall this evening, 7-8:30pm and meet the young scientists and engineers. The students have been experimenting and designing for the past few months and are eager to present their results. See you this evening. When I visited the budding scientists in first grade they were finishing off their … Continue Reading »
