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Pastor’s Homily — 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

February 10, 2024

Imagine that every time someone was sick, we also automatically assumed they were sick because they did something wrong.  Now, unfortunately, there are some diseases where we do still make ...

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Pastor’s Homily — 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

February 2, 2024

Problem: Life is a drudgery, full of troubled nights, no happiness. Solution: The healing power of Jesus. Of course, I am oversimplifying the problem of the first reading from the ...

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Lent 2024

January 30, 2024

Lent begins Wednesday, Feb. 14 with the commemoration of Ash Wednesday. Parishioners are invited to participate more actively in their Christian practice during this season, and more frequent participation in ...

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Family Faith Formation Kicks Off Third Year

January 30, 2024

Registration is complete and sessions have begun for our third year of Family Faith Formation, our model of religious education of children (and adults) in St. Joseph Catholic Community. The ...

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Lenten Almsgiving: CRS Rice Bowl & Bishop’s Annual Appeal

January 30, 2024

Prayer, fasting and almsgiving are time-tested Christian disciplines especially helpful to practice during the Lenten season. During Lent, two broad almsgiving opportunities are available to us, with global and local ...

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Pastor’s Homily – 4th Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024

January 27, 2024

We’re in the first days of Jesus’ ministry here in the first chapter of the Gospel of Mark, and even though Jesus has no formal authority in the Jewish religious ...

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Pastor’s Homily — 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time B

January 13, 2024

 JOHN 1:35-42  All three readings line up today, which is unusual for Ordinary Time.  And they line up around the idea of dwelling near God, creating a proximity with God. ...

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Nativity of the Lord — Deacon’s Homily

December 24, 2023

Christmastime is my favorite time of year. People in general are far more likely to wish anyone well, even if they are a stranger. Don’t you wish it was like ...

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Pastor’s Homily — 2nd Sunday of Advent

December 9, 2023

How can we be like John the Baptist?  There are aspects of his life that today would be repulsive and very eccentric: the whole eating locusts-and-honey thing, or wearing just ...

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Christmas Schedule 2023

December 5, 2023

CHRISTMAS EVE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24: 2:00pm — simple, no-music Mass for the vulnerable, socially anxious and seniors (English, pastor presiding) 4:00pm — Mass with children assisting in manger blessing (English, ...

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