St John the Evangelist

Dear Parishioners

Happy New Year. Let us all pray that 2021 will bring with it a less confused and chaotic year than we lived through in 2020.

Our Christmas celebrations offered a wonderful opportunity for many to reflect and to cherish our ability to celebrate as a community. Even with the restriction to numbers and the continuing Covid safe requirements over 1500 attended St John’s Christmas masses.

Thank you to everyone who selflessly helped make our Christmas celebrations possible under very difficult circumstances. From our wonderful Parish and liturgy teams and our talented choirs to those who assisted to make our church a Covid safe space, Thank you.

As we move into 2021 it is becoming increasingly apparent that we are into a new normal. Attending masses for the foreseeable future will continue to include attendance recording, mask wearing, sanitising and practising social distancing. To achieve these Covid safe requirements we will need your assistance for many months.

See over for further details on how to assist!

Farewell! ‘Thank you’ is just not enough! 

The best of businesses pride themselves on their first impressions. At Mitcham Parish we have been blessed to have had Elisa Kelesidis as the director of first impressions for over 15 years. Elisa has been our first pastoral presence for all who contact our Parish office. Her unflappable, friendly, courteous and committed approach to her work and her role within the parish team will be greatly missed by all.

During my time as Parish Priest Elisa’s commitment to the workings of the parish team and her support to our parishioners has been nothing short of outstanding. After 15 years, Elisa has decided to move to a new challenge at St Jude’s, Scoresby. 

Although we are desperately saddened to bid Elisa farewell we support her decision wholeheartedly and wish her and Scoresby parish every success and God’s blessing.

Elisa’s final day will Friday 15 January 2021. True to form she will be in the Parish office next week Wednesday to Friday. So feel free to call the parish office to say your thank you or email or drop in to say ‘hello’ and ‘thank you’.

Thinking of you all and your families in prayer.

Take care  God bless,     Dispin and the parish team.

P.S Please not that you do not need to book to come to Mass these days but please QR register on your arrival. Looking forward to seeing you all here.

The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously affected our parish finances. We understand some parishioners are suffering financially too. 

You can go online and make a donation to one or both collections through your own bank account. Or you can call the Parish Office and make a payment via your credit/debit card.

Please make sure you include your envelope number & surname in the transaction reference field when contributing to the second collection.
Details are:
First Collection -        Account Name: St Johns Presbytery Account
                                  BSB  083343      ACCT NO.  515 469 035
Second Collection -   Account Name:  St Johns Church Account
                                  BSB  083347      ACCT NO. 676 841 942
                                  Reference field : Envelope number and Surname
                                  (contact the Parish office if you don't know your env no.)

If you are not part of the Stewardship program you can still make a payment as a donation or ring/email the office and join the program.

You can also mail a cheque, (cheque for 1st collection made out to St Johns Presbytery account, cheque for Stewardship made out to St Johns Church Account), or mentioning the split between the 1st and 2nd collections. Please mention your name and envelope number.
If you have any questions please ring the parish office 9401 6366.

We come before you Lord as the Parish Family of St John the Evangelist. Thanks you for calling us to this community. Through Your Holy Spirit lead us as we turn to You for guidance, courage and faith. Keep us faithful to all that is true and help us to willingly follow You, so that we may become a more loving, forgiving and affirming community. Continue to nourish and inspire us by Your love so that we may bring peace, hope and justice to our families and to our world. Together may we journey with You and with one another. 

St John pray for us. St James Pray for us.

The House of Books will re-open on Monday 18 January 2021 at 10am