St John the Apostle

St. John lived during the time of Jesus. His parents were Zebedee and Salome. He and his brother James were fishermen and were both called to be Jesus' apostles. John was the youngest of Jesus' apostles and is the only one who did not leave Jesus during his crucifixion and death. After Jesus' resurrection, the apostles had been out on their boat fishing but did not catch any fish. A man from the shore told them to cast out their nets and they came up full of fish. It was John who recognized the man as Jesus. After Pentecost, John was filled with the Holy Spirit and went out preaching the Good News of Jesus. He performed many miracles and hundreds of people became followers of Jesus. John lived to be over one hundred years old and never stopped preaching about Jesus' great love.