Pastor’s Homily — 4th Sunday of Lent (C)
Ambassadors for Christ, Paul calls us in the second reading. And yet, what do we think of when we hear the word ambassador? Maybe someone who is called out of ...
Time to Reserve a Space at our Isidoro Community Garden!
Garden beds are now available for reservation for the 2025 growing season! These 4′ x 8′ raised boxes on our parish grounds are open for use by Bound Brook residents ...
Capital Campaign Inches Toward Goal
As of March 26, we have received $327,410 in pledges and/or gifts from 110 parish families. This is 65.4 percent toward our $500,000 goal. Thank you to all who have ...
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
Here is our parish schedule for 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 ...
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 ...