On Friday, May 1st, at 9:30 AM in the St. Francis Room, the J.O.Y. group will be gathering. This month's outstanding speaker is a physician and active member of St. Joseph Parish, Dr. Dominic Glorioso, DO, who is certified in several aspects of hospice and palliative care. The presentation is entitled "CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVE OF END OF LIFE ISSUES". Please attend and learn about our sacred Catholic perspective on death and dying.
We are looking for a few individuals to help us with our annual Multilingual Rosary before the 11:30 AM Mass for Pentecost, May 24th, as well as our multilingual Prayer Intentions for that Mass. If you speak/are fluent in any language in addition to English and would like to participate, please email Bethany at [email protected] as soon as possible.
This Saturday and Sunday, April 25th & 26th, we will take up the Catholic Home Missions Appeal. Your support for this appeal helps underserved U.S. diocese meet these faith formation and sacramental needs.
The new Mental Health Ministry has 2 more Thursday evenings, April 30th and May 7th, to complete the Sanctuary film series on mental health. We welcome you to join our core group to share anything that is burdening you, listen to others share their stories, connect, learn group wisdom, and pray together for strength and peace.
Looking for a great gift idea that most friends and family could use? Consider buying Mister Car Wash Passes from the Knights of Columbus. Please see Parish Secretary Binky Theodore in order to make a purchase. She will have the passes available after each Mass on Saturdays and Sundays, as well as in the parish office during regular hours.
The date for turning in your COAL tickets has been extended to April 26th. There is still plenty of time to enter this exciting drawing to support scholarships. 16 total cash prizes with the top prize of $15,000. Tickets and information packets are at the Knights of Columbus bulletin board. Thank you for your support.
Bishop McDevitt Assembly #920, 4th Degree Honor Guard, is proud to announce their 4th Annual Favorite Recipe Cooking Competition. The event will be held on Friday, May 8th, at 6 PM in the St. Francis/St. Clare rooms. Click here for details and to enter!
Join us Just doing Life and Lunch together Monday, April 13th, beginning at 11:30 AM until 2:30 PM in the St. Francis/St. Clare rooms. We will have a potluck lunch, fun, friendships, fellowships, snacks, prayers, and games, or just chat with friends.
Dear Adorers, thank you so much for coming to adore our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament. We are asking that for this Thursday, April 9th, that you offer your Holy Hour, in a special way, for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life in our diocese. In addition, we humbly ask you to consider adopting some sort of fast and offering those sacrifices up for an increase in vocations, as well. These penances, however small, are a beautiful prayer that can be offered to the Lord.
Because the First Friday of April is Good Friday, J.O.Y. will meet on Friday, April 10th, at 9:30 AM in the St. Francis Room. Parishioner, Terri Toohil will present “I Heard God Laugh”. Terri is a Daughter of St. Francis de Sales Catholic organization. The heart of the vocation is to live with humility, gentleness, & joyful holiness daily. This beautiful spiritual vocation experience will bring you the holiness that Terri embraces as a member.
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, On Easter morning, we stand with the first disciples before the empty tomb and encounter a truth so astonishing that it forever changed the course of history: Christ is risen. The Resurrection of Jesus lies at the very heart of our faith. It is the foundation of our hope and the source of meaning in our lives today. Because Christ has triumphed over sin and death, we know with certainty that darkness, suffering, and despair will never have the final word. [READ THE FULL LETTER BY CLICKING HERE.]