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May They Rest in Peace — Parishioners from 3 Long-Time Families Commended To the Lord This Week

March 15, 2025

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 ...

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Pastor’s Homily — 2nd Sunday of Lent

March 15, 2025

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 ...

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Pastor’s Homily — 1st Sunday of Lent

March 8, 2025

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 ...

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Deacon Newton’s Homily — 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time

March 1, 2025

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 ...

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Pastor’s Homily — 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time

February 28, 2025

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 ...

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Year 4 of Family Faith Formation Begins

February 25, 2025

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 ...

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Capital Campaign Fully Underway

February 25, 2025

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 ...

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Ash Wednesday: Lent Begins on March 5

February 25, 2025

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 ...

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Pastor’s Homily — 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

February 15, 2025

This lesser-known sermon of Jesus, the so-called Sermon on the Plain versus the better-known Sermon on the Mount, blesses those who are aware of their existential need.  As Jeremiah says ...

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Pastor’s Homily — 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

January 26, 2025

Finally, nearly two months into the now not-so-new liturgical year, we are in earnest taking up the Gospel of Luke, on a weekly basis, until late November.   And not surprisingly, ...

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