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All are welcome to a parish picnic after the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, June 25th in celebration of our patron's feast day! Please bring a dish to share.

Come say farewell to Father Andrew and wish him well at his next assignment immediately following the 10:30am Mass on June 18th. This will be his last day at St. John the Baptist.

All incoming freshmen through outgoing seniors are invited to LifeTeen on June 6th from 7:30-9:00pm on the back patio to learn about the five love languages. How do you best receive love? How do you best get it?

Join us for a Eucharistic Procession down Sherwood Terrace after the 10:30am Mass in celebration of Corpus Christi, the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ!

Carnations will be for sale at all Masses on Mother's Day weekend to raise money for the Right to Life of Northeast Indiana. Cash preferred; check accepted. Suggested donation is $1/flower.

There are two remaining events in the Faith and Beauty series: - Pysanky Egg Workshop, Sunday, May 14th at 2:00pm in the church basement. Create beautiful Pysanky eggs according to Ukrainian tradition; taught by Karen Eckrich. Ages 10+ due to open flame. Registration required. Contact parish office. - Marian Artwork Talk, Sunday, May 21st at 2:00pm in the main church. Hear from Elly Tullis about her experience of painting a series of works focused on the Blessed Mother and how it impacted her life.

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Father Paolo will be leading a prayer walk on Saturday, May 13th beginning at 9:00am at Foster Park with donuts. The group will depart to walk the entire perimeter of our parish boundaries and pray for all of the souls within it. The entire loop is just over 9 miles. If you cannot walk that far, you're invited to walk the first two miles and then catch a shuttle with one of our Knights of Columbus back to the start. Please bring your own snacks and water. Lunch will be paid for at Ya Boys Chicken and Fish. The estimated return time is 3:30pm, but it could be earlier depending on how quickly the group moves.

Click here for information about the cross-diocesan Eucharistic procession

Are you looking to grow in confidence, communication skills, and date-ability? The dating culture has changed so much and we aren't equipping your young men to navigate it. Father Patrick Hake is starting a group to teach young men what to do at St. Peter's Catholic Church! Age range is 21-35. If interested, email him at [email protected]

Click here for information on the Eucharistic Revival, including Diocesan events, as well as the National Eucharistic Congress next summer in Indianapolis.

All women are invited to join in a book study on "This Present Paradise" by Claire Dwyer. Please acquire your own book for the studies. Meetings will be held on Mondays beginning February 27th from 6:15-7:45pm in Providence House.

Click here to read through some memories of our alumni young and old! These stories were gathered by the school librarian in honor of Catholic Schools Week.

We will take up a collection for earthquake disaster relief next weekend, February 18-19. Please use the blue envelopes that will be available in the pews or click this link.

The Gospel for Sunday, January 29th, the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time is The Beatitudes, the beginning of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. There are 23 sections of The Sermon on the Mount. There are 24 days between Sunday, January 29th and Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Spend these days listening to Jesus preach His Sermon on the Mount to you. What is Jesus saying to you? How do you want to respond to Him? How do you want to live differently? On Day 24, make your prayer, fasting and almsgiving commitments for Lent. Day 25 is Ash Wednesday; come to Mass and live The Sermon on the Mount.

Father Andrew will be leading a Holy Hour on Tuesday, February 7th @ 7:00pm at the Mother Theodore Guerin Chapel at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. All are invited to come pray for vocations in our diocese.

The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend has reserved spots for middle school and high school youth from our diocese with Catholic Youth Summer Camp - Great Lakes, a summer camp by Damascus Missionaries. CYSC Great Lakes will be hosted at Our Lady of the Fields camp in 2023, a newly renovated facility located just 30 minutes north of Ann Arbor in Brighton, Michigan. The cost for each camper for one week is $520. Interested participants and their parents can learn more and request a spot by clicking this link or visiting diocesefwsb.org/retreats-pilgrimages .

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades will celebrate a Month's Mind Mass for Pope Benedixt XVI on Tuesday, January 31st at the 12:05pm Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 1102 South Calhoun Street. A Month's Mind Mass is a custom in Ireland and England and is a requiem Mass celebrated about a month after a person's passing.

From February 8-14, during this Eucharistic Revival, you are invited to visit one of the many locations across the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend to venerate the first-class relics of Blessed Carlo Acutis and St. Manuel Gonzalez Garcia, both of whom are renowned for their devotion to the Eucharist. Learn more by clicking this announcement.

The Very Rev. Mark A. Gurtner, JCD, Vicar General for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend will celebrate a Mass commemorating the 10-year anniversasry of the death of Bishop John M. D'Arcy on Friday, February 3rd at 12:05pm at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 1102 South Clinton Street. All are welcome.