We are committed to providing a safe, comfortable, well maintained campus. We are now accepting applications for the St. John the Evangelist Parish and School Facility & Safety Committee. If you have experience or passion in engineering, architecture, landscape, security and safety, or similar areas, please consider bringing your gifts to the new committee.

We are thrilled to announce June 29 as St. John the Evangelist night at the Bowie Baysox game! Watch Fr. Ponton throw out the first pitch! Wish him well before he leaves for his new assignment. Listen to our youth choir sing “God Bless America” during the 7th inning stretch. They will perform atop the third base dugout. Purchase a discounted lower-level reserved ticket for $18 and all proceeds will help support the Youth Ministry Damascus Summer Camp trip.

You are cordially invited to attend Fr. John Bilenki’s very first celebration of Mass following his June ordination. Dcn. John has chosen to celebrate his first Mass as a newly ordained priest with our St. John the Evangelist community, on Sunday, June 25, at the 11a.m. Mass, with a reception to follow. ALL are invited.

We are looking for volunteers to learn how to livestream Mass and special events for our homebound and out-of-town parishioners and friends.

Beginning Friday, May 19, the Church enters into the great Novena of Pentecost. Gathered in prayer for nine days in Jerusalem after the Lord’s Ascension, the Church received the gift of the Holy Spirit on the tenth day, Pentecost Sunday. Please join us in this powerful time of intense prayer for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit!

Unbound Prayer Ministry is pleased to invite you to a book study on “Abba’s Heart: Finding Our Way Back to the Father’s Delight.” by Neal Lozano. Thursday, June 8, through Tuesday, July 18. Register here.

Thank you for your interest but VBS is now SOLD OUT!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! All volunteers, both adult and youth, must be compliant with VIRTUS or Worthy of the Call. For more information about volunteering, click on “Stellar” above.

We invite couples to come together on Saturday, April 22, from 6:30—8:30p.m. for fellowship and to reflect on the virtues of marriage as presented by our guest speakers, Matthew and Shannon Kilmurry. Matthew is a Catholic speaker and author of You Are the Catholic Brand and What Angels See. Thank you for your interest, but we are now sold out.

Do you understand the Mass? Why do we say what we say, or why we kneel or stand when we do? Do you know where the prayers came from, where they were first said and how they became part of the Mass? Fr. Leo Patalinghug shares this four-part Teaching Mass series with us. Watch it with your family and allow the Mass to come alive in your heart!

Join us during this season of National Eucharistic Revival in a series of Intellectual Retreat Days taught by leading scripture scholars and theologians aimed at fostering greater understanding, reverence, and awe before the Eucharist. Next Retreat is Saturday, April 29, 2023. Registration is now closed.

On the evening of Saturday, May 27, St. John the Evangelist will host a beautiful outdoor solemn Pentecost Vigil Mass on Larsen Field. Part of that beauty can include large, decorated panels placed around the inside fence perimeter and lit by floodlights. Art submissions are now being accepted through April 23.

Save the Date - June 26 - 30. Registration is NOW OPEN!