St. John the Evangelist Parish Office 11301 West 93rd Avenue, Saint John, IN 46373

"We have been here several times for their summer carnival festival. The church is beautiful and it hosts a great summer festival. That is very family friendly. I love the taste of food style. They have with booths very easy to access different types of foods. There was a lot of parking, and there was also shuttling to the fair."

"I truly believed I had found my “home” but due to extenuating circumstances, being the sole provider for my son and losing both my father and godfather within days of each other, my time and focus has been spent on working through those loses. My father lived in Tennessee and I had to take care of him for six months prior to his passing. Following that my sister and I have had to spend countless hours and days working through his trust for us and the open items in probate. I wanted to be with my sister on Easter, I attended services with her and her family out in phoenix. Today I was told I am no longer a member of the parish because of my mass attendance. Have I gone to church much this year, no. I’ve been dealing with so many personal issues that my bond with God has been through prayer. I went in to speak with Fr. Maletta about this and his key takeaways, I moved here from Illinois in 2020 so the only reason I joined the parish was so my son could be in school. I gave well over 60 hours of my time to the school to help with events that I knew were important to the parish; he informed me that I hadn’t done my time and he would rather see me in church. He asked if I had a husband; no I don’t. I am a single parent and he belittled me for that and couldn’t accept that my parents were divorced as well. My sons father, verbally abusive, addict, threatened my life but somehow, I felt that had I married him I would have gotten a little more understanding. Tried to explain my career and why I had to travel so much; you’re in flooring. Well, father, let me tell you something “flooring” isn’t what you think. My father owned a carpet mill in Dalton Georgia. He donated over $100,000 to his parish in Chattanooga and they are building a pavilion in his honor. And believe me, if he didn’t love his family and want to take care of his family, he would have donated millions. (Of which I had planned on donating to my parish; but SJE isn’t my parish anymore). My father was a veteran who died far too young from cancer due to agent orange. Absolutely ZERO compassion for my circumstances. I mentioned I would be likely moving to Crown Point but was still planning on keeping my son (who has been at the school two years now and just graduated kindergarten) in the parish and I still wanted to be active…his response, go to St. Mary’s they don’t take mass attendance there. Fr. Maletta belittled me and my situation. I left in tears. Thankfully my faith is stronger than your bully attitude father and I know this was just God’s way of telling me this is NOT my home. I’m sorry I’m not from Saint John. We could have moved anywhere in NWI. But we chose Saint John because I felt that this was a wonderful community. And now I shall leave Saint John. Growing up in Texas, I know this never would have happened. It didn’t matter where you were from, my church would have welcomed you with warm arms and would have offered time to work with you through whatever difficult circumstances you were managing. This is not that community. Thank you God for showing me the path I am supposed to be on. I pray every night for God to keep me on his path and keep my eyes open to the signs of what I need to do so I stay there. This was a pretty obvious sign and I know that God is guiding me in a much better direction."

"Best Catholic Church around anywhere. There is really something special going on at SJE. Father Maletta and his whole staff do an amazing job. The music ministry is truly amazing."

"What a great time for our family at the Oktoberfest!"

"So spirituality, calmness as you walk with Jesus. Painful to see our Lord suffer and withstand the brutal death only to see that Our Lord has Risen. Your day should always begin with the cross of Jesus. Amen"