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My Dear Parishioners, The Lord is Risen!!!!!! I pray that everyone had a very Happy Easter and I still wish everyone a very Happy Easter, as we are just entering the Easter Season. I also hope that the Easter bunny was good to our children. Many of the gifts found in our Easter baskets are…

My Dear Parishioners, Our annual celebration of Easter always brings back fond memories of Easters past. I always remember mom taking us for some new clothes before Easter (my sister going willingly, my brother and I less willingly). I also remember mom doing her cooking and baking before Easter and filling the refrigerator and freezer…

HOLY THURSDAY, April 17 8:00 am: Morning Prayer 7:00 pm: Mass of the Lord’s Supper Adoration until Midnight GOOD FRIDAY, April 18 8:00 am: Morning Prayer 3:00 pm: Solemn Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion with Holy Communion 7:30 pm: Stations of the Cross HOLY SATURDAY, April 19 8:00 am: Morning Prayer 7:30 pm: Easter Vigil…

My Dear Parishioners, I would like to begin by thanking everyone for your continued support and generosity to our monthly food and diaper drives. Many families are regularly helped by your generosity. These monthly collections are charity in action and a beautiful response to Our Blessed Savior’s command to love our neighbors as ourselves. I…

My Dear Parishioners, Our celebration of Confirmation was truly beautiful. We continue to thank all of those who, in any way, contributed to the beauty of the day. We thank our newly Confirmed for the seriousness and the joy that they expressed as they prepared for their Confirmation. We also continue to thank His Excellency,…

My Dear Parishioners, Lent isn’t done until we have gone to Confession. It is as a part of Lent as Friday abstinence from meat. It is the final, and most important preparation for Easter. The Baltimore Catechism teaches us about the power of the Sacrament of Confession: What are effects of the sacrament of Penance,…

My Dear Parishioners, This Thursday, the children in our Religious Education Program and our SJR School children will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation. We thank retired Archbishop Edward Adams for imposing hands on our children and giving them the fullness of the Holy Spirit. Archbishop Adams was ordained a priest by John Cardinal Krol…

ST. JOSEPH CHURCH LENT and EASTER SCHEDULE FRIDAYS IN LENT Stations of the Cross and Benediction: 7:30 pm SACRAMENT of PENANCE St. Joseph Parish will make available the opportunity for Confession… Saturday mornings in Lent after the 8:00 am Mass Saturday afternoon 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm (No confession on Holy Saturday 4/19) & Tuesday,…

My Dear Parishioners, One of the most beautiful images in all of Scripture is the image of the Transfiguration. Just picture it. Picture the mountain. Picture the trees. Picture the sky. Picture the sound of the birds. Picture how Jesus looks. Picture how He sounds. Picture the faces of the Apostles. Now picture Our Blessed…

My Dear Parishioners, I don’t know, is it right to say Happy Lent? Happy walking around with ashes on your head? Happy fasting? Happy abstaining? Happy giving things up? I think so. We are happy when we are satisfied. If we have taken our Lenten disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving seriously, we should be…