7th Annual Parish Picnic. September 6, 2008. See you at the Pavilion at Lemon Hill in Fairmount Park The 7th Annual Parish Picnic will be here before you know it, so don’t make any other plans!! Stay tuned for more information. Interested in helping?  Contact the parish office for details, 215-563-4145 or email sjeoffice@yahoo.com.

From the Parish Secretary: Did your address change?? Did you move-across the river or just around the corner? Please, please let us know!!  We’re sad when your mail is returned to usL.  Help us to: 1) stay up to date with your information and 2) defray cost due to return postage fees and re-mailing your envelopes to you.  Thank you! Wondering why you don’t have envelopes? Do we know your address & full name? Are you registered?
We want you as part of our parish family, so pick up a YELLOW registration blank at the main entrance, fill in both sides, and return it.

Fiat Mihi: Tues July 8th at 7:30 pm, Parish Center. All men and women interested in discerning a religious or priestly vocation, please consider spending this time of prayer, discussion and instruction with us.

St. John's Hospice – Thurs July 10th at 6 PM, 13th and Arch Streets. Meet us at this men's shelter to serve dinner and share conversation with our neighbors at St. John's Hospice. For more information please contact Chris Murray at  610-864-9123 or crmurray30@yahoo.com.

THE OUTBACK IN OUR BACKYARD. Local Celebration of World Youth Day 2008. July 19-20, 2008 for Upcoming 7th-12th graders. Registration available online: www.oyya.org. Deadline is July 1, 2008!!!
Space is limited on a first come basis.  No walk-ins or late registrations will be accepted. For more information contact, Kerri-Bernatowicz-Jacoby
Office for Youth & Young Adults (OYYA) 215-965-4625 or kbernato@adphila.org

The 21st Annual “Burrs at the Beach” celebration, presented by the Alumni and Friends of West Philadelphia Catholic High School, will be held, rain or shine, on Sunday July 13, 2008 from 1-7pm at WESTY’S IRISH PUB, in North Wildwood, NJ.  Proceeds assist needy Catholic students with tuition financial support. Tickets are $20 in advance ($25 day of affair). For tickets/information about bus transportation from the Phila area to North Wildwood, please contact: West Catholic School 215-386-2244, or
 West Alumni Office 215-387-8560.

St Martin of Tours: “Tours at the Beach”. Reunion for ALL SMT classes, parents, parishioners, friends and former parishioners on Saturday, July 19th 3:00pm to 7:00pm at Schellinger & the Beach (3600 Boardwalk), Wildwood NJ. Tickets are $25 per person (must be 21 to attend), $30 at the door.  Price includes: Beer, soda, buffet and entertainment (bring your own beach chair)!!  To order tickets, call the rectory 215-535-2962.

CATHOLIC EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS. There is a need for a few good Catholic Extraordinary Ministers to visit and give Communion to patients in Jefferson Hospital during the week and/or one Sunday a month. Please contact Sister Agnes at 215 462 8585 or 215 462 1698. You can also call the Parish Office at 215 563 4145 and leave your name and telephone number.

St. Hubert High School for Girls will be offering courses for incoming freshman from June 23rd to July 11th in the following subjects: developmental English, Developmental math, Creative Writing and Enrichment Math.  The fee is $85 per course. SAT Math and English courses are also available. For more information call Ms. Mary C. Fedele at 215-624-6840, ext 335.

SS John Neumann and Maria Goretti Catholic High School SMG by the SEA ’08, all class summer reunion, will be held will be held on Sunday, July 19,2008- 2pm to 7pm at Flip Flopz, Spruce and Old New Jersey Avenues in North Wildwood, NJ. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. No one under 21 admitted.  Call 215-465-8437, ext. 229

Family in Bethany, We’re looking for a few good men and women.  Christian soldiers are needed for a couple hours on the last Saturday morning of the month to help keep St. John’s in spit-spot shape so that our parish is always in a presentable condition for our fellow parishioners and our many visitors.  We march in the footsteps of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus whose home in Bethany was Jesus’ “home away from home”.  Our ministry meets at 9:30a.m. in the Parish Center.  We remind ourselves in Whose presence we’ll be toiling by starting there with a reading from the Scriptures and a set of mysteries from the Rosary.  If you’re looking for a way to get involved in your parish and if you can offer up the time, we invite you to snap to and join up with us at our next meeting on July 26th.  Contact Rhonda E. Green at 215-877-8540 for further information.

The parish of Saint Anne, 2328 E. Lehigh Ave. (at Memphis St. and Lehigh Ave.), Philadelphia PA 19125, will hold its annual novena in Honor of Good Saint Anne from July 18 to July 26, 2008.  Novena services are at 3:00pm and 7:00pm.  Deacon Jack Boyle will be the homilist.  A solemn closing ceremony will take place on July 26, R 7:00PM, THE Feast Day of Saint Anne.  It will be an evening of great solemnity.  Hope to see you there- and bring a friend. The church will be open all day on the Feast of Saint Anne for the veneration of the relic until 6:00pm.

What if St. Johns Church earned a penny every time you searched the Internet?Well, now  we can! GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates half its revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it's powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results. Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter St. John The Evangelist Philadelphia as the charity you want to supportJust 500 of us searching four times a day will raise about $7,300 in a year without anyone spending a dime! And, be sure to spread the word!

Show your St. John’s PRIDE! Be the first on your block to sport the latest fashion in Parishwear. St. John T-Shirts will be on sale for $10 by members of our Parish Hospitality / Picnic Committee after the Saturdaya Vigil and Sunday Masses. Wouldn't this be a great shirt to wear to our Parish Picnic on Sept 8th? Makes a great gift or souvenir of your visity to Philadelphia.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter. The next couples’ experience will be August 1-3, 2008.  For more info, call 1-800-456-8330 or visit us at www.wwme-philly.org

St. John's Cares focuses on outreach to fellow parishioners in need.  We are looking for volunteers to help with organizing our efforts and outreach projects.  Volunteers for St. John's Cares can give as much or as little as they would like.  Enjoy the spirit of fellowship and community with fellow parishioners as you embark on worthwhile projects.  For more information contact Kristin at ktmihelic@yahoo.com or 267-258-1982