All RE classes will be starting on Wednesday, September 4.   If you have a 1st grader or are a new family to the St. John Paul II Cluster, please contact either Jessica Gibbs or Beth Flaucher to get registered.  

Jessica Gibbs at 319-929-2301 for St. Patrick's RE 

Beth Flaucher at 319-334-7191 for St. John's RE -You can also find the forms here. 

Please join us on Sunday, September 29th, from 11:00 - 1:30 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Independence for a Broasted Chicken Dinner.  Menu includes:  Broasted Chicken, party potatoes, corn, cole slaw, dessert and drink.   Price:  3pc Meal - $15.00, Children 10 and under $5.  Carry-out available by calling Kathy Post at 319-334-6733 by September 21.  Come and enjoy a delicious meal made fresh on the spot by Mike Reicks from Festina.  While you are here, please take a look at the kitchen to see what would need to be done

Have you recently had a child? Are you expecting a child? Congratulations! We welcome children into our Christian community through the waters of Baptism. To prepare for this celebration, we ask all parents, who would like to have their children baptized, to attend baptism class.  The next class isThursday, September 12 at 6:30pm at the parish office. Please call the cluster office at 334-7191 to register.