Visitor Information
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Welcome to St. JOhn the Evangelist Catholic Church!
Here you will find a church map, a diagram to help you during Communion,
some facts about our church building, and more.
Please note: paper copies of this information will also be available
by the entrances of church when you visit!
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New to the Area and looking to Register?
Visit our Church Office during the week so we can meet you and get you started!
Our office is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with lunch from 12-1 p.m.
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Church Entrances
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Parking
Parking is available on both sides of North Street, on the church-side of Market Street (facing downhill), and in the church office and school parking lots.
Handicap access is available on the North Street side of the church, where there is a ramp into our Church Hall.
The building itself is one level.
The front door entrance (at the corner of North and Market Streets) has stairs leading up from the street and again into the building.
The parking lot entrance has stairs that go down into the building through a Church Hall door.
Please note that Ohio law prohibits parking in front of a fire hydrant. We have had complaints of vehicles parking in front of the fire hydrant beside our church on North Street.
Also, please allow 10 feet of distance from the stop sign to your parking space when parking on Market or North Street while attending Church.
Thank you!
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Church Building Layout
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Once you enter the building, you may need to find the restrooms, which are located in the Church Hall area (as per the diagram).
Our Church Hallway is found through the doorway to the left of the Blessed Virgin with the Infant Jesus statue, behind the pulpit.
From there:- The Men's Restroom can be found to the right of the staircase directly across from the door (around the utility closet).
- The Women's Restroom is through the Church Hall doors and to the left.
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Our Communion Procession
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Unlike other churches, our pews have pipes running lengthwise down the middle of each of the larger sections. To avoid this tripping hazard, we process to Communion a little differently.
If you are unable to walk to Communion, please sit near the front of the church and stand (if you are able) during Communion. The Eucharist will be brought to you.
On the diagram provided, yellow indicates Group 1, blue represents Group 2, and the green arrows indicate the path to return to your seat after receiving the Eucharist.
Group 1 (yellow): To receive Communion, leave your pew and head for the back of the church (toward the vestibule) and turn down the center aisle to walk toward the altar. After you have received the Eucharist, simply continue along the outer aisle until you reach your pew.
Please note: While Group 1 begins from the front pews, Group 2 will begin from the back pews.
Group 2 (blue): Once the back pews of Group 1 have reached the center aisle for Communion, the back pews of Group 2 will join the line toward the altar. When you have received the Eucharist, follow the outer aisles (like Group 1 did for Communion) until you reach your seat.
The green arrows indicate the route for returning to your seat. No matter which group you are seated in, everyone follows the outer aisles to return to their pew.
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Some Church Facts
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- The Mosaic of St. John the Evangelist (over the front door)
- Placed above the entrance in the fall of 1973, this is a commissioned piece that was produced in Italy expressly for our church.
- The "IHS" and "XPC" Paintings
- According to Fr. Steve, most churches only have one of these abbreviations, but here we have both!
- The "IHS" translates to "Jesus", while the "XPC" translates to "Christ".
- High (Tabernacle) Altar
- This marble altar replaced a Gothic-style wooden altar under the direction of Fr. Edmund Richards (pastor from 1906-1916).
- It's been said that Fr. Richards feared the wooden one would fall on him.
- The statue in the left alcove is St. Edmund of Abington, Fr. Richard's patron.
- The statue in the right alcove is St. John the Evangelist, our patron.
- Relics
- We have six first class relics (actual bones or hair) of:
- St. Eulalia of Merida (292-304)
- St. Augustine (354-430)
- St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)
- St. Clare (or St. Clair in some records) (1194-1258)
- St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
- St. Bernadette Soubirous, of Lourdes (1844-1879)
- We have six first class relics (actual bones or hair) of:
- Statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary & Infant Jesus, St. Joseph
- Both statues were sculpted in Chicago by the Daprato Statuary Company and believed to have been brought here by Fr. Richards during his pastorate.
- Crucifix
- This large crucifix was found in the attic of the rectory of St. Philip Neri Catholic Church in Murray City, Ohio in 1990.
- It was restored and placed by Mr. & Mrs. Steve Schmitzer.
- The Stations of the Cross
- Fr. Charles Foy spent two years selecting these stations, which were imported from Italy.
- These stations were installed in 1960 and were a gift from Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Kessler.
- Pipe Organ
- This pipe organ was installed in 1973, during the pastorate of Fr. James Geiger, by the Schantz Organ Company.
- It replaced the organ that had served the church since April 1920.
- Altar
- This altar was installed in 1990 and is made from the side altars of Mount Carmel Hospital's chapel in Columbus, which was built in 1908.
- This is where our relics are stored.
- Bell (in the bell tower)
- This bell first hung in the first St. John Church on Walnut-Dowler Road in 1864.
- Made of cast steel, it was made in Sheffield, England by the Vickers Naylor Company in 1862.
- It finally came to rest at the top of our 96-foot high towr in 1904.
- The Mosaic of St. John the Evangelist (over the front door)
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