Annual Altar Servers & Youth Group Family Pool Party!

The annual Altar Servers/Youth Group (and their guests) family Pool Party will be held on Wednesday August 18th at the Breton Bay pool.

The Knights of Columbus will provide burgers, hot dogs, and drinks. Those attending are asked to bring a side dish or dessert. Food will be served beginning at 7:00pm with swimming for all from 8 to 10:00pm.

This is a family event sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, so parents please join the kids for a night of fun and fellowship.

We request a head count for food purchase, so Altar Servers who plan to attend contact Rhonda Goldsborough at SJFRAltarServer@gmail.com and for families with kids in the Youth Group contact Skip Jones at skipjones@diskenterprisesolutions.com.

Boys Summer Basketball Camp

Boys Summer Basketball Camp
August 16-20 (4-7:00pm)

Learn new skills! Brush up on your old ones!
Get ready for the new season!!

$70.00 per child – 4th through 8th grade

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!
To be held at St. John’s School - Monsignor Harris Center.
Register by calling Pat Hayden, 301-373-2281.

Vacation Bible School!!

Mark your calendar!!! VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL will be held August 9-13 from 9am to noon each day. It is open to children ages 3 to 10. Volunteers: adults and high school age students are needed. Our theme this year is Son Quest Rain Forest. Please call Stacey at 301-373-2281 or sjcreled@verizon.net if you are interested in sharing your time and talents or for more information.

Considering a Catholic Education for your Child?

Our parish school - St. John's School is now having registration for the 2010-2011 school year. For more information, please call the school office at (301) 373-2142. Financial aid is available.

Come Support Deacon-elect Ammon Ripple!

Deacon-elect Ammon Ripple would be honored to have the parish family of St. John's parish present at his ordination to the permanent Diaconate. Archbishop Wuerl will preside at the ordination at the Shrine/Basilica on Saturday, June 26th at 9:30am.

The next day, Deacon Ammon Ripple will assist at his first parish Mass at 9am. The Knights of Columbus will host a special breakfast at 10am as a parish-wide reception to congratulate our second parish Permanent Deacon.

The Footers Have Been Poured!!!

Construction has begun on the new school! Please visit the main Rebuild and Renovate page for up-to-date news, announcements, and other information regarding the rebuild.

Breakfast/SJS Rebuilding/Renovate Info. & Corpus Christi

Join fellow Parishioners for a breakfast in the Monsignor Harris Center made by our very own Knights of Columbus. 7:30 - 10:30am. Cost is a donation.

At the breakfast, there will be an Information Hour from 10 - 11am to answer any questions you have about the renovating/rebuilding of St. John's School. We will have the architectural drawings for your perusal at the meeting. In addition, we will be playing a DVD that has pictures of the school collapse as well as plans for the new school.

A Corpus Christi Procession will take place outdoors after the 11:30am mass. Parishioners will process to three different shrines on the parish property.