What To Look Forward To In 2025
As the new year approaches, some things to anticipate from our parish: Commemoration of the Jubilee Year of Hope, which begins on Dec. 24 of this year. “The coming Jubilee ...
Seeking St. Joseph Volunteers to Help in Homeless Shelter
One of our hopes for 2025 is that our St. Joseph parish community will be able to provide volunteers to assist our neighbors Bound Brook Presbyterian Church as they host ...
Christmas Mass Schedule 2024
This year St. Joseph is offering 5 Masses to celebrate the Nativity of Our Lord, 3 in English and 2 in Spanish. On Tuesday, Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve), we have ...
Guadalupe 2024
Join us at St. Joseph for our celebration in honor of our Lady of Guadalupe: Únase a nosotros en San José para nuestra celebración en honor a Nuestra Señora de ...
Deacon’s Homily — 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Starting last Sunday for 5 weeks we will be proclaiming the Gospel readings of John 6 known as The Bread of Life Discourse. In today’s Gospel Jesus said: “I am ...
Pastor’s Homily — 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
In our short Gospel passage for today, we get a glimpse of Jesus as kind of a constant shepherd. One moment he’s shepherding his disciples to reflect on their experiences, ...
Pastor’s Homily — 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
I carry a prayer in my wallet from the American monk Thomas Merton. It’s a long prayer, so I won’t read it in its entirety, just the highlights. “My Lord ...
Deacon Newton’s Homily — 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The readings today are a call, a summons directly from Jesus for us to step up our game, stop dilly dallying or making excuses and to get on the move ...
Pastor’s Homily — 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
I think we all know someone who has an opinion and judgment about everything in the world: politics, sports, science and more. Maybe we spent time with someone like that ...
Pastor’s Homily — 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
In one of my former parishes, we had a hall space that was used frequently by low-income women for various group meetings that enhanced either their leadership or mental health ...