St. John the Evangelist started as a mission in 1915. It became a parish in 1948. The original 1915 church was financed with an $800 grant from Detroit Bishop James Foley, Ortman said.

St. John the Evangelist’s feast day on Dec. 27 falls between Christmas and New Year’s Day (celebrated as the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God).

INDIANAPOLIS — The bells rang for several hours in celebration of a new pope at St. John's Evangelist Catholic Church, across from the Indiana Convention Center downtown. Indianapolis watched along ...

LAMBERTVILLE — St. John the Evangelist is one of the oldest Roman Catholic parishes in New Jersey. A church dedicated in 1843 was replaced 50 years later with the Gothic church seen today on ...

John the Evangelist, 215 N. State St., was established in 1851. It was originally the cathedral for the diocese This will be the last Christmas season for two venerable Roman Catholic churches on ...