St. John the Baptist
Catholic Church
318 Chicago Ave. / Savanna, IL. 61074
815-273-3961
Parish History
St. John the Baptist Parish Center
The Parish Center is home to the offices of the Pastor, Parish Secretary, and the Coordinator of Religious Education. Classrooms are utilized for religion classes for students, RCIA, and Bible Study classes for adults; various parish group meetings; Inter-church Council meetings; bride’s wedding preparation rooms; Weight Watchers; and AA.
Antl Hall has been utilized for wedding receptions and rehearsal dinners, high school proms, funeral dinners, fish fries, spaghetti dinners, Parish Fun Festival, Bingo, Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfasts, 4th Degree KC’s installation dinner, piano recitals, open houses, anniversary parties, birthday parties, going-away parties, baby showers, Savanna Youth Network World Day of Prayer, graduation dinners, grief support groups, Catechetics on the Road, WCCI Quiz Bowl, Rotary Pork Chop Dinners, Parish Garage Sale for orphans in Haiti, Ambulance Benefit Dinner, Parish Appreciation Dinner, Art League, Sullivan’s Irish Day Dinner, Bridge-a-rama Dinners, Bazaars, Committee Meetings, Band Day for the area schools, Women’s Fair, Needy Children Christmas Party, Bible Study groups, and numerous other activities.

Renting out the Hall has generated a significant amount of revenue. This revenue, as well as revenues from parish fund-raisers, the receipts from the original building-fund pledges, special donations, and a portion of the weekly Sunday collections, has resulted in a significant reduction in the building-fund debt. With such continued support, we may be able to "burn the mortgage" by 2007- 2008
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