First Friday Holy Hour
2025-09-05 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-06-06 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-05-02 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-04-04 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-07 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-07 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-01-03 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-12-06 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) and 1 more date
Eucharistic Adoration
Join us for Solemn Exposition, Eucharistic Adoration, and Benediction as we pray for a renewal of faith in the truth of Jesus’ Real Presence in the Blessed Sacrament and to praise the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in the monstrance. Confession will be offered, and we will pray Vespers together. Handouts will be provided for Vespers. All are invited to join us in joyfully adoring our Eucharistic Lord!

Outdoor Movie Night: TOY STORY
2025-09-05 18:00
Sponsored by St. John School HSA
Our entire parish and school community is welcome at this FREE outdoor movie screening of Toy Story! Featuring food trucks, snowballs, and a Kids Corner with crafts, chalk, and bubbles.
Event begins at 6pm
Movie starts at 7:30pm
Bring your own blankets and chairs
Toy Story
1995 | 1 h 21 m | Rated G
A cowboy doll is profoundly jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as the top toy in a boy’s bedroom. When circumstances separate them from their owner, the duo have to put aside their differences to return to him.

Knights Crab Feast
2025-08-23 18:00 - 22:00 | Portico at St. John Westminster, 43 Monroe St., Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Sponsored by Knights of Columbus Council #1393
It’s the annual Crab Feast hosted by the Knights in the Portico! This year’s feast is once again catered by Salerno’s and includes a menu of steamed crabs, pit beef, fried chicken, Maryland crab soup, delicious sides and desserts. Drinks include beer, wine, soda, and more.
Enjoy your meal plus music from Steve “Get’em Dancin'” Leon!
$65 per person
For tickets, contact either:
Dan Lech at 410-598-5663 OR dclech76@gmail.com
Lou Harding at 410-218-1400 OR louharding@aol.com

Cor Mens Group
2025-08-17 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-05-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-27 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-03-16 19:00 - 21:00
Formation, Fraternity, and Prayer
Taking its name from the Latin word for heart, Cor is a men’s group sponsored by the Knights of Columbus that provides an opportunity for the men of our pastorate to foster friendships while deepening their relationships with God. All men are welcome to join and do not need to be a Knight!
Meetings are typically on the third Sunday of the month from 7pm – 9pm in the St. John Portico. For more information, email Marty Salter at salterwm@msn.com. RSVP to the next meeting here.
Get more info about Cor and check out past meeting highlights here.

Christ in the City
2025-06-22 15:00 - 18:00 | Locust Lane, Westminster, 21157, United States
Bringing Christ to our Community
Join us for an afternoon of outdoor adoration and confession on Locust Lane in the heart of Downtown Westminster! Please bring your own chairs and materials for kneeling.
This inaugural event kicks off a series of Emmaus Encounters we plan to host throughout the coming year. This series will bring the Blessed Sacrament directly into our local community, offer opportunities for reconciliation, and encourage fellowship. We’re excited to enter this new chapter of evangelization!
ADORERS WANTED!
We need scheduled adorers present throughout this event. Click here to sign up!
Location and Parking
Locust Lane is a plaza located on Main Street across from the Westminster library. Parking is available on the street and in the Winchester Exchange parking lot/garage. All city parking is free on weekends.

National Shrine Grotto Mass
2025-05-24 09:30 - 10:30 | National Shrine Grotto, 16330 Grotto Road, Emmitsburg, MD, 21727, United States
Outdoor Mass
As we continue to celebrate May as the month of our Blessed Mother, join us for an outdoor mass at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in Emmitsburg!
Mass will be held outside at the Grotto Cave. In the event of rain, mass will be moved inside the Glass Chapel.
Click here for more information about the Grotto grounds.
Please note that this mass will replace the 9am mass regularly scheduled at the parish.

The Chosen Season 5
2025-04-10 18:00, 2025-04-03 18:00, 2025-03-27 18:00 | R/C Westminster Movies 9, 400 N Center St., Westminster, 21157, United States
St. John at the Movies!
All three screenings are now FULL!
Join the waitlist by contacting Char Lesniak at celesniak@gmail.com or at 443-340-4493.
Join our St. John – St. Joseph pastorate family for three screenings of Season 5 of The Chosen! Sign up for one or all of the following screenings:
Thursday, March 27: Part One (Episodes 1 and 2)
Thursday, April 3: Part Two (Episodes 3, 4, 5)
Thursday, April 10: Part Three (Episodes 6, 7, 8)
All screenings start at 6pm. Sign up here.
In this new season of the hit faith drama, the table is set. The people of Israel welcome Jesus as king while his disciples anticipate his crowning. But—instead of confronting Rome—he turns the tables on the Jewish religious festival. Their power threatened, the country’s religious and political leaders will go to any length to ensure this Passover meal is Jesus’ last.
Free-will donations will be accepted at the theater.
Location: R/C Westminster Movies 9 at the TownMall of Westminster
400 N Center St., Westminster, MD 21157

Stations of the Cross (Spanish)
2025-04-04 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-03-28 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-03-21 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-03-14 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-03-07 20:00 - 21:00
Todos los viernes de Cuaresma
¡Todos son bienvenidos a venir a rezar el Vía Crucis con nosotros como comunidad parroquial!
Las Estaciones (tanto en inglés como en español) del 11 de abril serán transmitidas en vivo.
Nuestras Horas Santas del primer viernes de marzo y abril comenzarán a las 6 p.m.

First Friday Holy Hour
2025-04-04 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-03-07 18:00 - 19:00
Eucharistic Adoration
Join us for Solemn Exposition, Eucharistic Adoration, and Benediction as we pray for a renewal of faith in the truth of Jesus’ Real Presence in the Blessed Sacrament and to praise the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in the monstrance. Confession will be offered, and we will pray Vespers together. Handouts will be provided for Vespers. All are invited to join us in joyfully adoring our Eucharistic Lord!
Holy Hour will be followed by Stations of the Cross at 7pm

Bus to MD March for Life
2025-03-27 15:00 - 22:00
Stand Up for LIFE
Get on the bus with us to go rally for pro-life legislation at the State House in Annapolis! With the passing of Question 1 on Reproductive Freedom last fall, it’s never been more crucial for state leaders to hear our voices.
The bus will depart from and return to the main church.
Departure time is 3pm. Return time is around 10pm.

Only 56 seats available! Reserve your free spot by contacting Dan Lech at 410-598-5663 or dclech76@gmail.com
Goodwill offering will be taken on the bus to help defray costs and tip the driver.
Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council 1393 and St. John – St. Joseph Pastorate

Cafe Sunday
2024-10-27 09:30 - 13:00
St. John Parking Lot
Enjoy a little Sunday treat! The Ice Bowl food truck will be selling hot coffee and cocoa outside the church after the 9am and 11am masses on Sunday, October 27. Plus, enjoy FREE donuts provided by St. John!

POSTPONED - Planning Your Estate and Your Legacy
2024-10-22 17:00 | Portico at St. John Westminster, 43 Monroe St., Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
This seminar has been postponed to Spring 2025. Stay tuned for more updates!
Legacy Giving Seminar
In this educational seminar, financial planner Steve Aquino, RFC, CSA will share general estate planning tips as well as strategies for remembering St. John in your estate. Rounding out this seminar’s expert panel is Wilson R. Bounds, Jr., CPA and Dennis M. Twigg, Esquire.
Topics include:

Wills & Trusts
Protecting Your Loved Ones
Benefits of Planned Giving
Creating a Lasting Legacy
Estate & Legacy Tax Planning
Planned Giving Options (tailored to your goals)

Schedule:
4:45pm – Registration & Refreshments
5:00pm – Expert Panel Discussion
5:30pm – Question and Answers
Free and open to all parishioners! Please RSVP to Char Lesniak at clesniak@sjwest.org or 410-386-0730.
