Experience the beauty of Christmas at our parish through three unique Mass celebrations—our joyful Family Mass, our peaceful late-night Christmas Eve Mass, and our hope-filled Christmas Day Mass. Join us as we celebrate the birth of Christ with tradition, music, and a welcoming parish community.

Experience the warmth, beauty, and faith of Simbang Gabi right here at SJE. Bring your family, invite a friend, and step into a tradition that has united generations in joyful anticipation of Christ’s coming.

Join us on December 6 for a one-day Advent Pilgrimage led by Deacon Robert Gromala — a sacred journey to holy sites that invites you to pause, pray, and rediscover the true peace and joy of the Advent season. Notre Dame University campus - Main Building The Christmas countdown is on… but before the wrapping paper, the cookies, and the chaos— what if we hit pause ? Advent is not just the pre-Christmas season. It’s a sacred time of holy anticipation , a chance to prepare our he

The Joy of Giving Each year during the Advent and Christmas seasons, our Angel Tree Ministry brings the joy of giving to children, mothers, veterans, and families in need—throughout Northwest Indiana and beyond—so they can all experience a brighter Christmas. And we are asking our parish partners to help bless those in need, as you always do! For this, our 23rd year, please Grab an Angel Tree Tag (and return by December 13-14) :   November 15–16 November 22–23 November 29–3

Many of us have been lifting Deacon Ed Shultz in prayer for some time; now we continue those prayers with hearts full of trust in God’s mercy. As we remember Deacon Ed with gratitude and love, we also recall that indulgences may be offered for the souls of the faithful departed—especially through Nov. 8, when plenary indulgences can be gained each day for those in purgatory.  The Pieta Prayer Book  reminds us: “An indulgence is granted the Christian faithful who devoutly v