Pastor’s Homily — 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
St. Joseph Catholic Community, Bound Brook, NJ 20 AUG 2023: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Is 56:1,6-7; Rom 11:13-15, 29-32; MT 15: 21-28. Maybe it’s because I’m a priest, but ...
Pastor’s Homily — 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
“He went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When it was evening he was there alone.” And, again, we see Jesus going from that contemplative prayer into action, ...
Pastor’s Homily — Transfiguration of the Lord
This summer, even if you don’t go to movies, it’s pretty hard to avoid the fanfare around two blockbusters released at the same time with vastly different plots and backstories: ...
Deacon’s Homily — 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)
When something is important to us we give it our full attention, it becomes part of what drives our every action and thought. What is so important to you, so ...
Calendar of Events for August 2023
Here are the special activities scheduled for St. Joseph Catholic Community for August 2023: Friday, August 4: First Friday Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, 7am-8:15am; special added confession hours in ...
Parish Cemetery Gates Close Daily at 2pm
This summer our St. Joseph Cemetery has received some nice maintenance care from our landscape contractors, as the photo below indicates. However, it has also received unwanted attention from those ...
Season of Creation 2023
In the past several months, parishioners have seen the tremendous and dramatic upgrade of our parish grounds, with the addition of Isidoro’s Community Garden and the flourishing of the Sensory ...
Pastor’s Homily — 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
“If you pull up the weeds, you might uproot the wheat along with them. Let them grow together until harvest.” Words of wisdom from Jesus in today’s Gospel that go ...