A festival built on faith, family, and gratitude If you wanted to catch a glimpse of what parish life is supposed to look like, all you had to do was spend a few hours at this year's SJE Festival. You could see it in the teenagers linking arms as they skipped from ride to ride. You could hear it in the laughter of friends reconnecting after months apart and in the music that drifted across the grounds. You could smell it in the burgers on the grill, fresh pizza, tacos, elepha

Bring the Family, Share the Love Mark your calendars and bring the whole crew — St. John’s summer spectacular is right around the corner, Thursday, July 9 through Sunday, July 12, and it’s the perfect chance to have fun, meet neighbors, and Be Disciples Who Make Disciples. This is more than a parish festival — it’s our parish on display: friendly faces, welcoming hearts, and ministries serving together. You might be the first face of SJE that someone meets. That first hello,