St. John Neumann
Catholic Church

Most everyone reading this column experiences problems. Problems of health. Problems of making a living and paying our bills. Problems in the family. Problems involving habits of selfishness, habits of sinfulness. You know... problems. But there is such a thing as a good problem. Let's imagine that you won the Mega Millions drawing. What a good problem to have, deciding how to give away all that money. As a parish family, we have several good problems to solve.  Let me tell you about them.
 
By God's grace, the spiritual renewal that we have been praying for is taking place. There are sure signs of this renewal. One sure indicator of spiritual renewal can be seen in the active engagement of the parish with the great sign of Christ's healing presence, the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. Children and teens and adults are coming to this encounter with Christ, coming to confess their own sin, coming in the promise of hope, to receive blessing and forgiveness and reconciliation from the Lord. I have added several hours of availability for this sacrament, in the late afternoons at the middle of the work week, to go along with the times of confession each Saturday.

We are excited to announce that we will launch a career ministry in June.  The mission of the new SJN Career Ministry is to provide a support group, networking opportunities, job-search resources, and job leads for members and non-members of the church community who are unemployed, under-employed or returning to the work place. It is comprised of dedicated, focused and results-oriented volunteers with a common goal of also providing a positive environment, spiritual enrichment, motivation and inspiration to the job search process.

Please go to the SJN Career Ministry page for complete details and a schedule of upcoming job search workshops.

Please help us make the new Career Ministry a success. We need to identify parishioners who can assist this ministry in one of three ways:

1. Join the speakers' panel. Address the group of job seekers on topics relevant to successful job search and placement.  
2. Serve as an industry sector contact. You should be willing to speak to individuals one-on-one about your employment field.
3. Provide your professional services.  Unemployed heads of household may benefit from legal, financial, insurance, and real estate advice at a time of crisis. The ministry will confidentially direct those in need to you for consultation at complementary or reduced fees.

For any questions or to get involved in the new Career Ministry, please contact Deacon Bill Marten via e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone at 770-923-6633, x114.

Meetings and workshops start June 6th.  Read more....