Welcome to St. John the Baptist Church

Dear Parishioners!

I want to share this reflection with you.

Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus—known as The Little Flower—showed us a life of discipleship that anyone can imitate. Her blazing love for God has influenced thousands. At age 15 she entered a French convent,  communicating her unfolding spiritual life in short books and letters. Thérèse developed what she called “the little way,” serving God by persistent endeavor in the details of everyday life, a task no easier for a cloistered nun than it is for us in our families, communities, and workplaces. At times she could not pray, and suffered greatly from the tuberculosis that killed her at 24. The Church quickly declared her a saint and doctor of the Church, one of only three women with that title. Saint Thérèse had a firm hope of heaven and saw it as a   seamless transition from the pilgrimage of faith here on earth. She promised, “I will spend my heaven doing good on earth.”