Though John the Baptist is celebrated in June and August, it is during Advent that the liturgy amplifies his role as the ...

St. John the Baptist Parish Libraries announce a series of holiday events with crafts, cocoa, and Santa visits.

St. John the Baptist Parish organizes a community blood drive on December 8, highlighting the importance of donations during ...

Christ's baptism by John the Baptist is depicted in a stained-glass window at Blessed Sacrament Church in Valley Stream, N.Y. The feast of the Baptism of the Lord, celebrated Jan. 8 in 2024, marks the ...

In this painting by Giovanni Fattori (1825-1908) John the Baptist tells Herod Antipas the Tetrarch and Herodias that their marriage is unlawful because Herodias had been Herod’s brother’s wife, which ...

This Sunday’s Gospel reading offers us the perfect lesson for this second week of Advent. John the Baptist is preaching along the Jordan River, and people from all over Judea are coming to hear him.

The word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. As it is ...

As the Church marks the Second Sunday of Advent, Jenny Kraska offers her reflection on the Gospel reading for the day.

Host Kellenberg defeated St. John the Baptist, 14-10, to pick up its first victory of the season in a CHSFL AA-1 game that came down to the final play on Saturday afternoon. Credit: /Derrick Dingle St ...

Earlier, in his Advent catechesis before the Angelus, Pope Leo reflected on John the Baptist’s call to prepare the way of the ...

The Jefferson Parish Coroner says a man who was shot and killed Thanksgiving night in Waggaman was a deputy with the St. John ...