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My Dear Parishioners, This Sunday is Catechetical Sunday.  It is a special recognition of all those who give of their time, effort and skills to see that our parishioners have the opportunity to be properly formed in the faith.  This includes all those involved in St. Joseph/ St. Robert School – teachers, principal, administration, staff,…

My Dear Parishioners, We have opened up the passageway between the back two parking lots and it seems to be going well.  Unfortunately, last week someone drove through the barrier, which was not hard to do because it was plastic.  I will be looking to install a heavy metal chain with a lock in order…

My Dear Parishioners, Last week I confirmed with Fr. Duffy that he is moving to the priest’s retirement home in Darby, Pennsylvania.  It is a much larger facility and it has an elevator.  I am so grateful to him for his 11 years of service to St. Joseph parish.  Not only has Fr. Duffy helped…

My Dear Parishioners, This week we will welcome Fr. Tariq Issac to speak to us about the Missions in the Archdiocese of Lahore, Pakistan.  Father is currently stationed at St. William parish in Philadelphia.  He is speaking to us about the situation in the Archdiocese of Lahore.  The second collection this week will benefit that…

My Dear Parishioners, Next week we will welcome Fr. Tariq Issac to speak to us about the Missions in the Archdiocese of Lahore, Pakistan.  Father will preach all the Masses next weekend and the second collection taken up next weekend will be to support the Archdiocese of Lahore, through the Pontifical Mission Society. The Archbishop…

My Dear Parishioners, Next week our Second collection will be for the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C.  Archbishop Chaput has asked that the following letter be communicated to each of the parishes in preparation for this collection. God Bless You! Fr. Bordonaro Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I appeal to you today…

My Dear Parishioners, This past week we began work on the back parking lot.  The plan is to repave it and also to address the couple of “sink holes” that have formed.  In addition we are removing the fencing for the Valley Road portion of the lot.  It has sustained considerable damage and looks unattractive. …

My Dear Parishioners, The pastors of the archdiocese recently received acknowledgment from the Secretariat for Catholic Human Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, comprised of Catholic Social Services (CSS) and Nutritional Development Services (NDS). In it they told us of the great work that they have done this past year and that you have supported…

My Dear Parishioners, In a previous column I told you what a great success our Manna Food Drive was.  Our July donations totaled 2,495 pounds which is 65 pounds over last year’s donation, and that was reported to be a record for the Coordinating Council of Health and Welfare for 2018.  No word if we…

My Dear Parishioners, Thank you for your generous support for our Manna Food Drive.  Once again we collected a tremendous amount of food.  As of the time I am writing this column I do not know exactly how much food was collected but I can say that it was impressive.  Thank you also to our…