We invite you to extend a warm welcome to newcomers, expressing our joy in having them join us at St. John Neumann this Advent season. Your hospitality makes a difference!

• Please know our Christmas Eve 4:00 PM Mass is our most attended we invite you to please arrive early if you would like to have seating or consider attending another Mass time.

  • December 23 there will be Daily Mass at 8:45AM. There will not be daily on December 24.
  • Adoration 6 AM to 4 PM - Dec 24. There will be no Adoration on Christmas. Adoration Dec 31 - 6 AM to 4 PM. No Adoration on Jan 1.
  • We will not have confessions on Wednesday, December 24th and 31st. 

Pray with us on Hallow this Advent

You’re invited!
Starting December 1st, SJN will journey together through Hallow’s Pray25 Challenge, preparing our hearts for Christmas through daily prayer and reflection.

Already using Hallow?
Simply open the app, tap the Community tab at the bottom of your screen, visit our parish page, and join the Advent prayer challenge.

New to Hallow?
Visit hallow.com/parish, search for our parish (zip code works best), and follow the prompts. You’ll receive a special trial with full access to Hallow’s premium content. If you’d prefer to stay on the free version, just tap “Skip” — you’ll still have access to our parish page and the Advent prayer challenge.

About Hallow
Hallow is the world’s #1 prayer app, designed to help you find peace and grow closer to God. You can pray alongside Fr. Mike, Sr. Miriam, Jonathan Roumie, Bishop Barron, Mark Wahlberg, and many others. The app also includes mental health content, sleep stories, audiobooks, and sacred music.

Need help getting started?
Email: [email protected]

We look forward to praying with you!

The first Sunday of Advent is December 1. We invite you to bless your Advent Wreath as a family. The use of the Advent Wreath is a traditional practice which has found its place in the Church as well as in the home. The blessing of an Advent Wreath takes place on the First Sunday of Advent or on the evening before the First Sunday of Advent.

When the blessing of the Advent Wreath is celebrated in the home, it is appropriate that it be blessed by a parent or another member of the family.

All make the Sign of the Cross as the leader says:

Our help is in the name of the Lord.

Response (R/.) Who made heaven and earth.

Then the Scripture, Isaiah 9: (lines 1-2 and 5-6) or Isaiah 63 (lines 16-17 & 19) or Isaiah 64 (lines 2-7) is read:

Reader: The word of the Lord.

R/. Thanks be to God.

With hands joined, the leader says:

Lord our God,

we praise you for your Son, Jesus Christ:

he is Emmanuel, the hope of the peoples,

he is the wisdom that teaches and guides us,

he is the Savior of every nation.

Lord God,

let your blessing come upon us

as we light the candles of this wreath.

May the wreath and its light

be a sign of Christ’s promise to bring us salvation.

May he come quickly and not delay.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

R/. Amen.

The blessing may conclude with a verse from

“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”:

O come, desire of nations, bind

in one the hearts of humankind;

bid ev’ry sad division cease

and be thyself our Prince of peace.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

shall come to thee, O Israel.