Please read this important update from Father Sebastian regarding our plans to resume public liturgies and other news - including an update on Fr. Dan Cody.
St. Joseph's will offer palms for pick-up on Saturday, April 4 and Sunday, April 5 from 9 am-5 pm at the Historic Church. Please practice social distancing when retrieving palms. Holy Mass will be celebrated via livestream at 10:00 AM on Sunday morning. Open this post for more details.
Starting this weekend (Feb. 22-23), all parishioners will receive a FREE Best Lent Ever journal as we prepare for the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Open this post to learn more and view the Lenten Mass Schedule.
Parish Mission/Retreat Springtime of the Spirit Fr. Brian Mullady will give a series of conferences addressing the need to experience a new springtime of the spirit and our hardness of heart in preparing for Easter. Great spiritual authors will be included like Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross and Thomas Aquinas. Topics will include detachment, the dark night of the soul and spiritual transformation. Holy Mass and Mission, Monday through Thursday evenings (April 8-11) beginning at 7:00 PM in the Main Church. Confession will be available after Mass each evening.
Click here for the complete Lenten schedule, which includes all liturgies, opportunities for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, our Lenten Mission schedule, Lenten fish dinner dates/times, and more.
The Divine Mercy Novena begins Good Friday, March 25th at 8:30 PM in the Marian Center. Join us each day, Holy Saturday, March 26th through Saturday, April 2nd at 3:00 PM daily in the Marian Center. Divine Mercy Sunday is April 3rd and will be celebrated with Holy Hour at 3:00 PM in the Main Church. Please see this post for more details.
Sunday, April 7th is Divine Mercy Sunday. Catholics are encouraged to:
(1) Go to confession (during Lent is acceptable)
(2) Receive Holy Communion at Sunday Mass
(3) Venerate the image of Divine Mercy
There will be confessions offered at 2:00 PM in the Main Church, followed by a Divine Mercy Holy Hour at 3:00 PM. Parents wishing to have their children participate in the procession should report to the gathering area by 2:45 PM.
In addition, the Latin High Mass on Sunday at 11:15 AM in the Historic Church will also include veneration of the image and a Divine Mercy chaplet.