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New Year’s at Saint John Neumann

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 New Years Masses at St. John Neumann

New Year’s Eve
5:00pm
(Vigil for the Feast of Mary, The Holy Mother of God)

New Year’s Day
10:00am
The Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God
5:00pm
Vigil for the Epiphany of the Lord

Please note, that there will be no 9:00am Mass on Friday, December 31.
Please note that there will be no 12:10pm Mass on
Monday, December 27, Wednesday, December 29, or Friday, December 31

 

 

Fair Trade Sale – November 28

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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.

 

16th Annual Salesian Retreat

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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

 

 

Pastoral Plan 2021-2024: Outreach

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OUTREACH OBJECTIVES

Responding to the call to be a people of mercy and justice through compassionate service, we commit to incorporating Catholic Social Teaching as a living part of our faith and service, bringing the Gospel to bear on the issues of the day and to the challenges of our community through:
  1. Integrating Catholic Social Teaching (CST) into the Sunday Liturgy
  2. Linking the community to opportunities that will put CST into action
  3. Offering educational opportunities on how to advocate on issues that call us to be disciples
Lead Agents: Jo-Ann Duggan, Director of Outreach, and the St. John Neumann Social Justice Committee

PASTORAL OBJECTIVES

2021-2022

  1. Integrate CST into the Liturgy through homilies and Prayers of the Faithful
  2. Offer service opportunities that contain an education component on CST to help parishioners better understand the connection between what they are doing and why
  3. Highlight advocacy issues (bulletin, website, after-mass presence) that align with CST and offer opportunities for parishioners to participate

2022-2023

  1. Continue CST integration into Sunday Liturgy – Prayers of the Faithful and homilies that connect CST with the Sunday readings
  2. Continue prayer services that focus on racial justice and other issues related to CST
  3. Offer interfaith service activities and connect it to CST

2023-2024

  1. Write series of bulletin articles on the seven themes of CST and connect each with service opportunities
  2. Offer Lenten Soup Supper series that will focus on CST, and why we are called to love God and love and serve our neighbor

Pastoral Plan 2021-2024: Community

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COMMUNITY OBJECTIVES

Living up to our faith and our Parish motto “All Are Welcome,” we seek to create a more inclusive community where all feel welcome through:
  • Providing services and programs to our cultural communities
  • Enhancing initiatives to welcome new parishioners, including inactive Catholics
  • Offering community-building opportunities for families
  • Promoting racial justice through education, advocacy, and ecumenical engagement
Lead Agents: Jo-Ann Duggan, Director of Outreach; Fr. Joe Brennan, OSFS, and the St. John Neumann Pastoral Council.

PASTORAL OBJECTIVES

2021-2022  

  1. Establish a “Cultural Exchange” Committee composed of parishioners from diverse cultures
  2. Offer “micro-volunteering” opportunities for families, young adults, and those who may be “too busy” for longer-term commitment
  3. Continue to offer Racial Justice Ministry programs, as well as the JustFaith modules that focus on issues of racial justice

2022-2023

  1. Offer programs, events, and celebrations that bring together our Anglo members and our Hispanic and other parishioners from diverse cultures, including events that are family-friendly (These can be planned by the newly-established “Cultural Exchange” Committee.)
  2. Enhance our Racial Justice programs by collaborating not only with more diverse Catholic parishes but also other diverse faith communities
  3. Continue direct outreach to new parishioners during their first year of members at St. John Neumann

2023-2024

  1. Continue to offer events/programs that create opportunities for our parishioners of diverse backgrounds to come together and share their stories
  2. Engage with inactive Catholics to identify additional ways to welcome them back into the community