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Parish News

May 21, 2025 May 21, 2025

Office Closed

The Parish Office will be closed Monday, May 26 for the Memorial Day Holiday. The Church and Parish Life Center will also be closed. Please have a safe holiday.

April 24, 2025

YES

Youth REGISTRATION

The 2025 Defiance Y.E.S. project begins Thursday, June 5th at 5:30 p.m.  Incoming 8th grade students through graduating seniors are encouraged to join us for this weekend service retreat. This will give you opportunities to make new friends from throughout Defiance and the surrounding area, have some great fun, grow in faith and be the hands and feet of Christ in your community!  This 3-day rewarding experience will call beautiful Camp Lakota home for 3 days, and close with 5:00 p.m. Mass on Saturday, June 7th at St John’s Catholic Church. Registration forms are available through Renee Kelch @419.236.4006 or rkelch@stjohndefiance.org. Invite your friends because the opportunities are endless, and the reward is eternal!

April 24, 2025

YES 2025

  Are you needing some help?

The 2025 Defiance Y.E.S. project would love to help YOU! It involves high school youth and adults helping those in need with painting, cleaning, landscaping, or many other tasks that are just too difficult for you, our area residents, to do, FREE of charge! The goal is to spread the love of Christ and His message of hope to those who need it most. Most of our work consists of helping homeowners without family members nearby, or unable to maintain or improve their homes. On June 6th and June 7th teens and adults from the Defiance area parishes would love to help you! If you would like a team of youth and adults to help with jobs around inside or outside of your home, please contact Renee Kelch @419.236.4006, or rkelch@stjohndefiance.org . The deadline to submit a request is May 19th.

April 8, 2025

Day of Grace

April 9- 7:00 am to 8:00 pm.

Fr. Dave or Fr. Jason will be available at the beginning of each hour. Confessions will continue as long as there are penitents. A visiting priest will also be available from 6 to 7:30 pm.

April 8, 2025

Outdoor Stations of the Cross- Good Friday

Walk with Our Lord on His journey to the Cross, Friday, April 18 beginning at 3:00 pm on the front steps of St. Mary’s. We will stop periodically for each station reflecting on Jesus’s Passion, alternating between Spanish and English. We will end the journey at the front steps of St. John. Total time commitment is approximately 45 minutes.

February 26, 2025

Lent Reconciliation

Tuesdays          5:45 to 6:15 pm

Thursdays         5:45 to 6:15 pm

Fridays             8:15 to 8:45 am

Saturdays          4:00 to 4:45 pm

Sundays            9:15 to 9:45 am

February 26, 2025

Easter Baskets

Last year the Food Pantry distributed Easter baskets to children in families accessing our services. To continue this project, we need donations of candy, small stuffed animals, toys and chocolate bunnies.  Thank you for your generosity.
 

February 13, 2025 January 21, 2025

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May 2025

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
  • office closed
  • staff fun day
  • Confession
  • Rosary in church
  • Mass
  • Beacon of Love Mtg
  • Choir practice
  • Exodus Group
2
3
  • First Saturday Mass & Confession
  • Cleaning Angels
  • Reconciliation
  • Mass
  • rental of Emmaus Hall
4
5
6
7
  • Mass at Holy Cross
  • Prayer Shawl
  • Kingsbury Place Mass
  • Second Hour
8
  • staff prayer
  • Confession
  • Rosary in church
  • Mass
  • Beacon of Love Mtg
  • Choir practice
  • Exodus Group
9
10
  • Reconciliation
  • Mass
  • K of C baby bottle collection
11
  • Mass
  • K of C baby bottle collection
  • Confession
  • Mass
  • K of C baby bottle collection
12
  • appt with Doreen
  • Boy Scouts
13
  • Bible Study
  • Deanery Mtg at SM
  • Confession
  • Rosary in church
  • Mass
  • Youth Choir
  • Men's Retreat follow up mtg
14
  • Mass at Holy Cross
  • Prayer Shawl
  • Laurels Communion Service
  • adoration
15
  • Good Grief
  • staff prayer
  • Confession
  • Rosary in church
  • Mass
  • Beacon of Love Mtg
  • Choir practice
  • Exodus Group
16
17
  • Respect for Life collection of baby items
  • spring cleaning
  • Reconciliation
  • Mass
18
  • Mass
  • Confession
  • Graduation Mass
  • respect for life collection of baby items in church
  • Fr John baptism?
19
  • appt with Fred
  • Ground blessing at 1865 Langlan Drive
  • Pastoral Council
  • Boy Scouts
20
21
  • Mass at Holy Cross
  • Prayer Shawl
  • Nursing Home Mass
  • adoration
22
  • cleaning angels
  • staff prayer
  • Confession
  • Rosary in church
  • Mass
  • Beacon of Love Mtg
  • Choir practice
  • Exodus Group
23
24
  • respect for life collection of baby items
  • funeral
  • Reconciliation
  • Mass
25
  • Mass
  • Confession
  • Mass
  • respect for life collection of baby items in church
26
27
  • MONEY COUNTERS MEM. DAY ADJ
  • Bible Study
  • Confession
  • Rosary in church
  • Mass
  • Pro Life
  • Youth Choir
28
  • cleaning angels
  • Mass at Holy Cross
  • rosary in church
  • Celebrating Seniors Mass
  • Celebrating Seniors lunch
  • Brookview Mass
  • Prayer Shawl
  • appt with Ann
  • adoration
  • adult YES mtg
  • Nick in Dining Rm - wedding couple
29
  • staff prayer
  • Confession
  • Rosary in church
  • Mass
  • Beacon of Love Mtg
  • Choir practice
  • Exodus Group
30
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