Pastor’s Homily — 3rd Sunday of Lent (C)
Repentance is the name of the game for Lent, and especially for this Third Sunday. The Hebrew word for repentance, teshuva, means to turn around, retrace steps, change direction. The Greek ...
HOLY WEEK 2025
PASCHAL TRIDUUM Holy Thursday, April 17 7:00 am Morning Prayer (Bilingual) 7:00 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Bilingual) 10:00 pm Night Prayer (Bilingual) Good Friday, April 18 7:00 am ...
May They Rest in Peace — Parishioners from 3 Long-Time Families Commended To the Lord This Week
In the space of five days (March 10-14), three parishioners from three long-time parish families were commended to the Lord in services provided by St. Joseph’s, in partnership with the ...
Pastor’s Homily — 2nd Sunday of Lent
If you’re in a job that’s monotonous or demanding, it helps to get a raise, or simply an affirmation from your boss. If you’re in a family where things are ...
Pastor’s Homily — 1st Sunday of Lent
I think we all know that, technically and chronologically, Lent always begins on Ash Wednesday; this year, for example, a few days ago, on March 5. But thematically, and in ...
Deacon Newton’s Homily — 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time
In William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, there is a very famous line which is, “This above all, to thine own self be true.” We would probably say, “Of course that is ...
Pastor’s Homily — 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Even though this 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time just happens to fall a few days before Ash Wednesday this year, Jesus’ teaching in the Gospel today serves as an apt ...
Year 4 of Family Faith Formation Begins
Our first round of sessions for 2025’s version of Family Faith Formation is now complete. The theme this year is the Liturgical Year. We will be looking at all aspects ...
Capital Campaign Fully Underway
Our long-awaited parish capital campaign is now fully underway. The weekend of March 1-2 will be our in-pew appeal weekend, when all parishioners will have the opportunity to pledge toward ...
Ash Wednesday: Lent Begins on March 5
Lent, the annual season of Christian growth, begins on March 5 with the commemoration of Ash Wednesday. At St. Joseph, we will offer four liturgies with the distribution of ashes ...