On COVID Vaccines: “We Are in a Race Against Time…”

On COVID Vaccines: “We Are in a Race Against Time…”

In an effort to bring more clarity and clear guidance to the COVID vaccines, MC Sullivan, Chief Health Care Ethicist for the Archdiocese of Boston, has published an article articulating the position of the Archdiocese in addressing the vaccines and the desire for everyone to be vaccinated.

“People of faith have raised concern about the development of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the newest weapon in the arsenal to fight this dangerous disease, related to the use of aborted stem cell tissue. They are right to raise the question, but it is extremely important to understand that the Church has addressed those concerns…”

February 28, 2021: Mass for Second Sunday of Lent

February 28, 2021: Mass for Second Sunday of Lent

Please join us this weekend for our Mass for the Second Sunday of Lent, celebrated by Fr. Jim and recorded at St. John the Evangelist Church with members of our Sunday 5pm Mass music group, by clicking the video above. You can also watch the Mass on our Vimeo page.

This Mass, and all our previously recorded Masses and Liturgies, are available on the Previously Recorded Liturgies page of our website.

Saint John School in the News!

Saint John School in the News!

Our own Saint John School is featured in this WBZ report – “Some Private Schools Have Been In Class Full Time Since Fall – How One Made It Work”.  

“It wasn’t [a question of] are we going to open, it was how are we going to open?” said St. John School Principal Siobhan Mahoney. “We had a COVID task force that met throughout the summer to identify best practices.”

The small parochial school, of 218 students, divided classes into cohorts to minimize movement, invested in air purifiers, plastic barriers, cleaning supplies and personal protective equipment. Mahoney says the safety upgrades cost an estimated $41,000. So far, administrators have seen fewer than five confirmed cases and no in-school transmission…

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