Since announcing the capital campaign, I have been uneasy. We have prepared materials to explain the need and I know that there are many people who love Saint John’s. So why uneasy? Because we need a lot of money. What […]

Happy Valentine’s Day! Valentine’s Day is the most romantic day of the year, a day for young people to spend time with their beloved ones. On Valentine’s Day, people also recall all loved ones–parents, grandparents, children. There is a tinge […]

Saint John’s is a beautiful Church, old and often needing repairs, but overall well maintained. However, we now face a serious crisis, a predicament that threatens Saint John’s survival! Behind the church and friary, there is a courtyard. The courtyard […]

On January 5, the feast of the 4th bishop of Philadelphia, Saint John Neumann, the current bishop, Nelson Perez, released a pastoral letter. Archbishop Perez considers his 2025 letter to be pivotal in his leadership of the Archdiocese and he […]

On Saturday, January 11, at 1:02 AM, a man climbed the fence on Ludlow Street and slipped into our cemetery. He crossed the cemetery and quickly climbed the wall of the church, using one of the large plaques as support. […]

Two of the four Gospels tell the story of the birth of Jesus, though from different perspectives. However, both introduce Jesus to the world as a poor child, who prefers the company of poor and outcast people. In Luke’s Gospel, […]

The Gospel of Matthew tells us that Magi, wise men, saw a star that was unusual, not supposed to be there. These men were astrologers who studied the night sky and who saw a start that was new. The night […]