SJV News

Quarterly Report from SJV’s Social Service Ministries December, 2015 – February, 2016 SJV’s Social Service Ministries Department, through its Emergency Assistance Ministry, provides food, clothes,

We live in a world obsessed with perfection – a superficial perfection, that is. An entire industry exists to make us believe that everyone we

By a St. John Vianney Parishioner Pope Francis asked that 2015 be “a year of love and mercy.” With the celebration of Christmas and New Year

An Excerpt from the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities’ 2015 Respect Life Month Statement Respect Life Month is observed in October, and although multiple activities

By Richard E. Clinton Jr., Strake Jesuit College Preparatory and SJV Parishioner As someone who was adopted as an infant, I owe my very existence

By Diane Davis, Coordinator for St. John Vianney’s Respect Life Ministry As part of our focus on Life and the Dignity of the Human Person,

By John Fahy, Strake Jesuit College Preparatory and SJV Parishioner. Are you a Christmas person? What does the question call to mind? Lights and tinsel?

As Fr. Michael has pointed out, we are faced with a challenge to “not only reflect on, but to LIVE what the Catechism speaks of

The Holy Year of Mercy began on December 8th, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. In keeping with this Holy Year’s motto, we would like to

By Father Michael Della Penna, OFM. What exactly does being ‘merciful like the Father’ mean and what am I called to do during this Jubilee

By Andrew Schaeperkoetter, Strake Jesuit College Preparatory and SJV Parishioner We have just read from the book of Genesis and our fall. Every time we