"It is best to learn to silence the faculties and to cause them to be still, so that God may speak." – St. John of the Cross For More information on Living Waters Catholic Reflection Center please visit: CatholicRetreat.org Nestled within the beautiful Smoky Mountains Maggie Valley [...]
Mass in the Mountains “I lift my eyes to the mountains. From where shall come my help? My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth.” – Psalm 121:1-2 The strength of the mountains speaks of the glory of God! Now in the full swing [...]
Pentecost Sunday at Immaculate Conception
BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME! (“They have no gym!” John 2:3) MESSAGE FROM FR. RICHARD: I wish to send a word of thanks to all who have helped make the dream of our St. John the Evangelist (Waynesville) Family and Youth Recreational Field Possible! The new [...]
Hard at work in the VINEYARD of THE LORD here in Waynesville! Thanks to numerous dedicated parishioners alongside skilled professionals we continue working in the vineyard of the Lord where HE has planted us... IN THESE SMOKY MOUNTAINS! Psalm 121:1-2 Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto has been [...]
“Rivers of Living Water will flow from His Heart.” – John 7:39 River’s will flow from the Heart of Jesus in these Carolina Smoky Mountains says Fr. Richard Sutter (Parochial Administrator, St. John the Evangelist in Waynesville). All are invited to come and drink! Monument to the [...]
Some may wonder what Fr. Richard does on his day off. I enjoy opportunities of priestly fellowship. Yesterday Fr. Lucas Rossi (Pastor, St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Gastonia, NC) and Fr. Casey Coleman (Pastor, St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Sylva, NC) joined me at our St. John [...]
Our Spiritual Life... some times we have to climb and work to be properly pruned as disciples of our Blessed Lord! Mountain Life - pruning trees on our campus! Psalm 121:1-2 Leviticus 25:3-4 'Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall [...]
CATHOLIC NEWS HERALD: VIEW ARTICLE: CLICK HERE College students study the stars, thanks to local Catholic parish’s hospitality WAYNESVILLE — Eighteen astronomy students from the University of Dallas have been special guests at St. John the Evangelist Church for the past two weeks. The students have been [...]
+JMJ+ Here we are on the Feast of the Visitation of Mary, the final day of May - the month in which we especially honor our Mother Mary! Our Blessed Mother held the first Eucharistic Procession when she journeyed to visit her cousin Elizabeth! She carried Jesus [...]
