by Dan Fuerst | Apr 6, 2026 | News & Events
On SATURDAY OCTOBER 24th, we will hold our annual SJC Polish Festival. The festivities begin at 4pm. Come enjoy Polish beer, polkas, sauerkraut and kielbasas, stuffed cabbage, cabbage and noodles and of course, Pierogis. We will feature several...
by Dan Fuerst | Apr 2, 2026 | Pastor's Thoughts
Easter is so much more than eggs and egg hunts, rabbits and chicks, flowers and baskets, and—yes—even much more than chocolate! Our broken world needs Easter more than ever. So central to our faith is the Resurrection that St. Paul writes, “If Christ be not raised...
by Dan Fuerst | Mar 26, 2026 | Pastor's Thoughts
Holy Week celebrates some of the most dramatic liturgies of the entire Church year. It all begins this weekend, Palm Sunday. Jesus is welcomed by the crowds throwing branches as he triumphantly enters Jerusalem. Little do many know, He entered Jerusalem to die. His...
by Dan Fuerst | Mar 19, 2026 | Pastor's Thoughts
A friend of mine wrote an imaginative reflection on the raising of Lazarus that caught me off guard. She proposed that when Jesus called Lazarus from the tomb, the man was not joyful but angry and annoyed. After so much suffering, maybe death felt like a release. He...
by Dan Fuerst | Mar 12, 2026 | Pastor's Thoughts
On Thursday March 19th, the church universal celebrates the feast of Saint Joseph. Then on Monday May 1st the church celebrates the feast of St. Joseph the worker. The feast day of ‘Joseph the Worker’ has an interesting origin. When this feast day was promulgated, May...