WELCOME TO SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST
A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
833 Main Street, Agawam Massachusetts  01001

PARISH OFFICE CLOSED:
MONDAY, MAY 29TH IN OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY

 

Mass Times: Saturday - 4 pm  |  Sundays - 8 am, 10:30 am

Daily Mass: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - 8 am  |  Wednesday - 6 pm
Adoration: Wednesdays, 12:00 - 5:45 pm | Private Prayer: Mon-Sat, 8:30 am - 3 pm
Confession: Wednesdays, 4:30 - 5:30 pm | Saturdays, 2:45 - 3:45 pm 

St. John News & Notes:

Call for Altar Servers

St. John's youth in grades 3 and up are invited to join the altar server ministry.
Please consider joining us the first two Sundays in June:
June 4 & 11 | 9:00 am in the Church
Learn more...

A VIRTUS Training for St. John Volunteers: June 11th 12:30 pm in the Pastoral Center

A VIRTUS class on Protecting God’s Children® Awareness Session will be held Sunday June 11th at 12:30 in the Father Joyce Room.

The training is part of the Diocesan Safe Environment Program for employees and volunteers. The program includes completing a confidential background check, VIRTUS training, and attesting to a Code of Conduct. The Diocese defines volunteers as those “who have direct and/or unmonitored contact with children, youth, persons with disabilities, adults 60 or older, any other vulnerable population”. Please consider attending if you an employee or volunteer that meets this definition and have not completed training. At St John’s our commissions/ministries that meet this definition includes the following: Altar Server Coordinator, Cub & Boy Scouts, Extraordinary Ministers to Home Bound, Hospitals, and Nursing Homes, Music Ministry, Pre-School, Religious Education, Take and Eat – Drivers, as well as members of the Pastoral Council and/or a Commission leader. Employees and Volunteers need to refresh the Safe Environment Requirements every three years. If you previously completed the on-line VIRTUS class you may only need a refresher.

Please reach out to me directly to determine what requirements you may need; I can be reached at mbswindell@cox.net or (860) 386-6009. We plan to host additional sessions.

-Mary Beth Swindell, Child Advocate for St. John's

Fall Youth Faith Formation Program: St. John the Evangelist and Our Lady of the Lake are Collaborating

Registration is now open for the 2023-2024 school year for students at St. John's as well as Our Lady of the Lake.

Visit our Religious Education web page to learn more.

Download the Religious Education Form

Adult Faith Formation - Fall 2023

St. John the Evangelist Parish will offer weekly classes on the teachings of the Catholic faith, Saturday mornings, 9:00-11:00 am, in the Fr. Joyce Room of the Pastoral Center, beginning September 16, 2023.

Learn more...

 

St. John's Lazarus Ministry

If you are interested in volunteering to attend either Funeral Masses or Wakes, please contact the Parish Office, 413-786-8105.

The Lazarus Ministry was formed to acknowledge the passing of one of our parish family members and to offer support o the family and friends of the deceased. Please consider participating in parishioner representation at wakes and funeral Masses.

Welcome - We are Blessed to Have You!

We are a Roman Catholic community inspired by the Holy Spirit to follow the example of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by sharing, growing, and spreading God the Father's love through our parish ministries, and by coming together as a community in meaningful prayer and worship to celebrate that love.

 


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