Category Archives: Church

Our New Deacon

I never would have thought that I would be so happy to participate in a church service online as I was today.  Our local seminarian invited us to his deaconate ordination months ago and I had been looking forward to it wholeheartedly.  Garrett has been such a positive presence in our parish and in our […]

Daily Service

Becoming an altar server is a wonderful rite of passage.  At St. John, incoming fifth graders are trained and then they serve a week’s worth of daily masses at 7 am.  In this way, they garner experience to serve at weekend masses starting in the sixth grade.  Father Tom is known for his sense of […]

Wee S’mores

I had been looking for a way to satisfy my baking craving when I read a request in the church bulletin for volunteers to provide snacks and treats for the RCIA meetings.  When I looked in the pantry for inspiration and found ingredients for s’mores, I remembered this recipe.  It was perfect! I used the […]

The SummerFest

My BBFF (best blogging friend forever) was braver than I to pull out a camera in the torrential downpour.  Our church hosts what I grew up calling a church carnival.  Around these parts, they are called summer socials but our current parish renamed it last year as the Summerfest. No matter what the name, its […]

Sunday Is Family Fun Day

On our walk to breakfast, I had the boys pose here. The sign makes me laugh.  It’s not the site of just any scene.  It was a sleazy scene.   We met Monique, Frankie, Camille, Mom and Dad at Richard Walker’s Pancake House.  The restaurant was really busy, the quarters were tight and the food was […]

Prayer and Song

To prepare for Holy Week, our parish invited John Angotti to lead us in a prayer service.  John has been in concert at St. John before and even performed one year at the school’s annual gala fundraiser.  I have always enjoyed his music and I was intrigued by what the night would hold since we […]

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Protected: SJB Summer Social 2009

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