Feast of St. John the Baptist: Affirming Our Parish Identity
Dear Friends,
If there is a very significant birthday we want to remember in the month of June, it must be the birthday of the one in whose life we pattern our parish identity… St. John the Baptist. Our Catholic tradition continues to echo the celebration of the Feast of St. John the Baptist, the Voice crying out in the wilderness, preparing the way for the Word. We want to perpetuate the memorial of this feast in our parish.
I am of the opinion that we do disservice to our parish if we forget to honor our Patron Saint, with whom we affirm our community. It is my great wish that the Feast of the Voice be given primary accent and pronouncement among other feasts that we celebrate here because we want to be faithful to our identity; that is, to what we are as a parish, “Church of St. John the Baptist.”
In the tenor of unanimity in celebrating our feast, let us rejoice with resounding spiritual joy and re-echo the Voice that exclaimed, “My joy is now full. He (Jesus, the Word) must increase; I must decrease.” (John 3:30).
Fr. Bart
Parochial Vicar
