St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church

Holy Week Schedule

Holy Thursday Mass 5pm

Good Friday Service 6pm

Tenebrae 7:30 pm

Holy Saturday Decorate the Church & Blessing of Easter Food 9am

Easter Vigil 8pm

Easter Sunday Mass 7am, 10am

Mass & Confession

Confession offered 45 minutes before Mass:
Saturday Vigil:
4:00 pm
Sunday:
7:15 am & 10:00am**
Tuesday:
8:00 am
Wednesday:
5:30 pm
Friday:
9:00 am
First Saturdays:
8:00 am

**No Confession prior to 10am Sunday Mass

St. John the Evangelist

Catholic Church in Daylight, Indiana

St. John Daylight with blue sky and clouds

A lot can happen in a century and a half, and many things can change. The pace and manner of life, the people, leadership, and families, even the national heritage and culture.

 When the parish of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist, was founded in 1868, it was founded by a small but tightly knit Group of German immigrant families. Through these intervening 150 years the parish ahs been a part of three dioceses and led by 10 bishops and over two dozen pastors. Not only this, but even the church building and its location have changed as well. Finally, this last decade has brought a demographic change as the once rural farming parish has found itself a blooming and growing meeting place of over 600 families as the Evansville suburbs have moved northward.

Despite all of these changes, on that has remained the same: our precious Catholic Faith in Our Lord Jesus Christ. The Body, Blood, Soul of Christ our Savior has been offered without pause on the altar for the salvation of souls. Thorough that limitless grace, Christ has built up His Mystical Body in the souls that have formed the face and the backbone of this great parish.

I am so blessed to have been called to be your pastor, and to be part of this family in Christ. Laudetur Iesus Christus!!

 -           Father Christopher Forler, Pastor

Staff Listing

  • Father Chris Forler, Pastor

  • Vince Bernardin, Deacon

  • Lonny Davis, Deacon

  • Berny Heitzman, Parish Office Manager

  • Mary Shetler, Parish Catechetical Leader/Youth Minister

  • Cora Kirsch, Middle School Youth Minister

  • Jenny Barry, Parish Secretary

  • Jane Young, Secretary

  • Jason Allen, Director of Music/Liturgy

  • Bob Bindley, Bookkeeper

  • Traci Davis, School Director/ Pre-K Teacher

  • Becky Lasher, Preschool Teacher

  • Marie Hartmann, Preschool Assistant Teacher

  • Allison Scheu, Pre-K Assistant Teacher

  • Melissa Fox, After School Care Director

  • George Smiljanich, Maintenance

Contact Us

Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Phone
(812) 867-3718