St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church (Silver Spring, Maryland)

Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Maryland in the United States founded by Fr. John Carroll in 1774.[1] It falls under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Washington and its archbishop. It is named after John the Evangelist.

St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic Church
ProvinceArchdiocese of Washington
Location
Location10103 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring, Maryland
United States
Architecture
StyleModern
Completed1962
MaterialsBrick
Website
www.sjeparish.org

History

The community has existed for well over 200 years. In 1774, the first chapel was built on land owned by Carroll's mother. Carroll worked as a missionary in Maryland and Virginia.[2] Carroll moved to Baltimore in late 1786, and the parish was attended by Jesuit missionaries until 1813.[3]

The parish currently owns two separate church buildings, known as the "Main" or "New Church" located at 10103 Georgia Ave Silver Spring, MD 20902, and the "Historic" or "Old Church" located at 9700 Rosensteel Ave. Forest Glen, MD 20910, built in 1894. The main church, designed by Johnson & Boutin, was built in 1962.

The "historic" church is currently used by no less than three congregations: St. John the Evangelist, Our Lady Queen of Poland and St. Maximillian Kolbe Parish,[4][5] and a Traditional Latin Mass Congregation.[6] The pastor of Our Lady Queen of Poland and St. Maximillian Kolbe is Fr. Jan Fiedurek of the Society of Christ.

The church/school community offers First Communion, Sunday School, grades Pre-Kindergarten through 8, and reconciliation. The current principal of the school is Margaret Durney. Across from the school, there is also a convent that consists of nuns who are Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (I.H.M.).

In Cardinal James Gibbons' speech at the laying the cornerstone of the old church at Forest Glen, he stated that St. John the Evangelist was "...the Bethlehem of the church in America..." with the understood metaphor of Baltimore being the Jerusalem.[7]

Personnel
  • Pastor: Rev. Joseph Calis [8]
  • Parochial Vicar: Rev. Francis Aning Amoah[8]
  • 20th-century reconstruction of the original St. John's Church
  • St. John's Church built in 1894
  • View of the church across Georgia Avenue
  • Detail of the Mosaic on the façade of the church

References
  1. Melton, J. Gordon. Faiths Across Time, ABC-CLIO, 2014, p. 1339, ISBN 9781610690263
  2. O'Donovan, Louis. "John Carroll." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. "History of Place", St. John the Evangelist
  4. "Rzymsko-Katolicka Parafia Personalna Matki Boskiej Królowej Polski i Św. Maksymiliana Kolbego, Washington DC". Parafia-dc.org. 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  5. "Our Lady Queen of Poland/ St Maxmilian Kolbe Silver Spring, MD 20910". Parishesonline.com. 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  6. "Traditional Latin Mass Congregation". Tradlatinmass.org. 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  7. Saint John the Evangelist The History of the Parish 1774-1984
  8. http://www.sjeparish.org/administration/parish-administration


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