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Each year, on (or near) Nov. 2nd, the Church celebrates a day of remembrance for those who have passed on to Eternal Life. Please join us for our All Souls Memorial Mass on Monday, Nov. 3rd at 7 PM. The Parish invites you to come, pray, remember, and find consolation in our community of faith.

There is another round of scam emails going around. Emails or texts from Fr. Kyle Sahd or Fr. Andrew St.Denis asking for help with gift cards or to buy from a specific retailer are SCAMS! Neither Fr. Sahd/St.Denis nor any of the St. Joseph staff will ever ask for money by email or text. These emails often come first as generic messages and ask you to keep the correspondence confidential/secret. The email address in the "From" section often does not come from an @sjy.org email address. If you receive one of these, please do NOT respond, and report it as phishing or spam to your email server or delete. Thank you.

Little Bethlehem Christian is a group that represents 200 Christian families who live in Bethlehem the Holy Land, and make their living as wood carvers.  After all Masses on Oct. 25th & 26th, the group represented by the Al Sahouri family will display a collection of hand-carved olive wood religious items for sale in St. Francis & St. Clare rooms. The profit goes to support Christianity in the land of Christ. Visit their website at www.little-bethlehem.org.

Help us provide for the more than 1,000 households receiving monthly food from our Pantry & with our upcoming YorkGiving Thanksgiving Distribution needs. Please purchase items from the list (click here) and bring with you to Mass on Oct. 18th & 19th.

Catholic Harvest Food Pantry's Mission is to provide food and personal hygiene items to those in need in the greater York community. It operates one of the largest food pantries in York County, serving more than 1,000 families per month. This week's second collection is for the pantry. Thank you for your generosity to our local community.

The parish office is seeking additional volunteers to man the lobby receptionist desk during regular business hours 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM, primarily on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Two-hour shifts are available (starting on the even-numbered hours). Frequency is flexible. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Binky in the Parish Office at 717-755-7503 or [email protected].

Beginning this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 4th and 5th, Binky from the Parish Office will be available at the lobby desk to assist you with any needs you may have before and after all of the weekend Masses. Click here to read more!

The Columbiettes are offering an opportunity to purchase a flag in honor of or in memory of a veteran. Flags will be placed in alphabetical order around the sidewalk leading into the Church on Kingston Road from Nov. 8th to 14th with the Veteran’s name and branch displayed on an attached card. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS!

Bishop McDevitt 4th Degree Assembly #920, York & Vicinity, presents its 4th Annual Veterans Appreciation Mass & Dinner, on Friday, Nov. 14th, at St. Joseph East York Church. Mass is at 6 PM with Celebrant Faithful Friar, Fr. Stephen P. Kelley. Dinner is at 7 PM in the St. Francis/St. Clare Rooms. The speaker will be World War II Veteran and recent Purple Heart recipient, Harold “Bud” Pressel. Veterans should contact host & Past Faithful Navigator Kelly Brown at (717) 668-0509 to reserve seats for the dinner.

As it is written in scripture, God created the animals to be our companions to teach us how to have a relationship with God's awesome creation. Please bring your animals to the St. Joseph church courtyard at 9 AM Saturday, Oct. 4th, for a blessing.

The Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) will meet Friday, Oct. 3rd, at 7 PM in the daily chapel for the Vigil of the Feast of St. Francis. All are welcome! The Transitus of St. Francis near sunset is the night when we gather to remember and tell stories of St Francis, his passage or transitus from this life to eternal life with God. We tell his story to evoke our Christian hope. 

St. Joseph Parish, in conjunction with the Diocese of Harrisburg, plans for almost all of our special 2nd collections on an annual basis. If it helps you to budget your giving on a monthly or annual basis, click here for the dates of known upcoming special collections through December 2026

Do you enjoy meeting new people and helping others? The Columbiettes are looking for volunteers to help in St. Joe’s school kitchen on Thursday evenings. Click here for details.

Many children in developing countries experience Christmas without hope and come from families that are too poor to provide them with even life's basic necessities. Click here to learn about participating in Cross Catholic Outreach's Box of Joy this holiday season.

Would you consider joining a team of women committed to praying for Father Sahd and Father St. Denis? Click here for more.