John the Baptist of John arrested, executed, and buried in a tomb as a conscious foreshadowing of the fate of Jesus. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,'" John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their
St. John the Baptist Harrison also the only parish in Hamilton County, Ohio that is west of the Great Miami River. St. John the Baptist Harrison St. John the Baptist Harrison is a Roman Catholic parish and school located in Harrison, Ohio which is west of Cincinnati, Ohio. There are 305 students in the school from preschool through eighth grade. The athletic nickname for the school is the Jaguars. The official colors are red and black. The parish is seen to be established in 1851. During the 1970s, the demographics of Harrison began to change dramatically with the completion of I-74 and the I-275 loop