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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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Pastor’s Homily — 1st Sunday of Advent, Year B

December 2, 2023

The fans of the singer Taylor Swift are known for their fanatical ability to wait for hours and hours and hours at the gates of stadiums before her concerts. Sometimes ...

Late Advent Momentum to Roll Into Christmas

November 30, 2023

After the Our Lady of Guadalupe festivities that begin with a novena and pretty much with Advent itself, continuing until about the midpoint of the shortened season, with Masses on ...

Advent Giving Tree 2023

November 29, 2023

This year, St. Joseph has partnered with the Sunday Pantry at Bound Brook Presbyterian Church and Safe+Sound Somerset for our annual advent gift drive. The Sunday Pantry at BBPC provides ...

Guadalupe 2023

November 20, 2023

Our celebration in honor of our Lady of Guadalupe begins the evening of Saturday, December 9 and closes the evening of Tuesday, December 12. Join us at St. Joseph for ...

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