The pastor got his wish. Today, St. John XXIII Catholic Community is a rarity — a parish in the Rust Belt that is rapidly gaining in size. When it began, the parish had 200 regular worshipers ...

Four declining Tacoma Catholic parishes will be merged into one this summer and become the new St. John XXIII Parish. The new parish incorporates St. Ann, St. Rita of Cascia, Visitation of the ...

Frink, pastor and celebrant, that in the altar was a first-class relic of the parish’s patron, St. John XXIII, in a reliquary and would permanently remain with the parish. Frink celebrated the ...