The annual Fair Trade Sale on Sunday, November 28 after all Masses. A wide variety of products suitable for Christmas gifts will be available. Purchasing hand-made, high quality Fair Trade products empower those living in poverty to change their lives and their communities. Thank you for supporting the sale, your purchases can change lives! You can also purchase sale items online at anytime by visiting www.fairtradewinds.net. Use this coupon code – SaintJN2021 – and SJN will receive 10% of the purchase.

 

Trunk-or-Treat 2021

The Diocese of Arlington invites all interested parties to its 2021 Prospective Teacher Information Sessions. The sessions will take place on:

• In-Person: November 15, 7:00pm
• Virtual: November 17, 7:00pm
• Virtual: November 18, 7:00pm

Discover the Diocese of Arlington. Meet with school representatives to explore teaching in one of the 37 elementary schools, four high schools and three stand-alone preschools serving 18,000 students in the 13 cities and counties in this growing diocese. Our schools are seeking highly-qualified, faith-filled and dynamic professionals.

To register for the sessions, click here.

Explore Further

Diocesan Website

Job Openings

Application Process

On Saturday, October 23, we celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation here with Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrating both Masses. Here are a few pictures from the day

 

Navigating The New Normal
Salesian Perspectives on Learning/Living
in the Post-Pandemic World.

Saturday, November 5
8:30am – Noon
Brown-McCarthy Auditorium

Featured Speaker: Fr. Michael Murray, OSFS

 (Parochial Vicar at Saint John Neumann and Provincial Counselor, for the Oblate’s Wilmington-Philadelphia Province.)

This morning program offers the opportunity for participants to gather together in faith, fellowship and worship as a Gospel-centered community rooted in the Salesian tradition.

In this post-pandemic era, everyone has seen their lives and priorities change. How do we cope? How do we heal relationships? How do we support each other?

The retreat will help you identify ways you can begin to reconcile the changes in your life. Opportunities for Confession will be available during the retreat.

Registration is free, but free-will offerings will be accepted.

Register Here

 

 

Palliative Care is NOT “hospice with lipstick”.

Palliative Care is a fairly new specialty practice dedicated to the relief of pain and suffering and improved quality of life for patients with serious illness.  Palliative Care practitioners are dedicated to the support of patients who may be Hospice appropriate, but who are continuing to seek” curative” treatment for their disease. Hospice patients seek aggressive comfort care after evaluating the benefits vs. burdens of “curative” treatment measures .  The “goals of care” of each specialty are to help manage symptoms such as pain, difficulty breathing, anxiety, fatigue, even nutrition. So at the end of the day, hospice is palliative care, but palliative care isn’t hospice. So what are  other differences (such as insurance, accessibility, and qualifications)? Join our Parish Nurse Susan Infeld RN and Dana Rizzo RN (from Waltonwood Senior Living) for another lively ZOOM “Seasons of Wellness” presentation on Thursday 11/4 at 10:30 am. This is an important discussion for ALL adults to attend. To register, e mail Susan at sinfeld@saintjn.org.

 

On Saturday and Sunday, October 16-17, we rolled-out the 2021-204 Pastoral Plan. Here are some pictures from the day.

Sadly, we have had to cancel these two events due to an illness in a performer’s family.

They will be rescheduled at a later time. Thank you for your understanding.