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My Dear Parishioners, The season of Lent will begin in two weeks.  If anyone has old blessed palm that they would like to get rid of, please place it the basket at the foot of the cross in the back hallway.  Some people have asked questions about our practice of Lent.  I found the following…

My Dear Parishioners, The Archdiocese of Philadelphia, in cooperation with the U.S. Bishops, is designating the weekend, of March 2-3 as “Safe Haven Sunday.”  They have selected the software company Covenant Eyes, as the organizer of this event.  The Covenant Eyes Mission Statement from their own website is: What people do online impacts their lives…

My Dear Parishioners, On Wednesday March 6th we will celebrate Ash Wednesday.  We will have Masses at 8:00 a.m, 5:00 p.m. and at 7:00 p.m. All 3 Masses will have the distribution of ashes.  While Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation, it is the official start to the Lenten Season which is…

My Dear Parishioners, Today we launch the 2019 Catholic Charities Appeal: Giving Hope to All 2019.  The Catholic Charities Appeal is the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s single most important annual fundraising initiative, and we’re counting on your support.  This year, the Catholic Charities Appeal will be a channel of hope for tens of thousands of people…

My Dear Parishioners, Happy Catholic Schools Week!  Thank you to Mrs. Jaster, our principal, and all of her teachers, staff, and volunteers.  Thank you also to our parishioners.  Without your support of Catholic education, we could not fulfill this part of our mission as church. Our school is a real blessing to our families.  It…

My Dear Parishioners, At the start of a new year, every parish is asked to make a Pastoral report to the Archdiocese, and ultimately to the Church in Rome on a variety of Pastoral Issues such as the numbers of parishioners, attendance at Mass, Social Ministries offered, religious education (school and CCD), devotions, sacraments and…

My Dear Parishioners, The Christmas season ends today with the celebration of the Baptism of the Lord.  Starting on Monday we begin celebrating Ordinary Time, when we remember the day to day ministry of Jesus.  While we have to say goodbye to the Christmas decorations, we will try to keep the Poinsettias going for as…

My Dear Parishioners, Today we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord, which is the manifestation of the Lord’s glory to all the nations, and then next Sunday we will celebrate the Baptism of the Lord which is the last official day of the Christmas season, on the following Monday we begin the…

My Dear Parishioners, I hope that all of you were able to celebrate “EMMANUEL….GOD WITH US”….The whole of the Advent and Christmas seasons point to this reality. God, in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ, is with us. From “the Word made Flesh” of Christmas to the “I will not leave you orphans” of…

My Dear Parishioners, I take the opportunity on behalf of Fr. Duffy, Msgr. McCoy, Msgr. Bolger, myself, and all those who minister here at St. Joseph to wish you all a very Blessed and joyous Christmas.  We celebrate Jesus’ birth over 2000 years ago as a human being, but Christmas is also about anticipating Jesus’…