St. Joseph Parish

Thank you for visiting and welcome to St. Joseph Parish. We, the community of Saint Joseph Parish, a Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Family rooted in Christ, are committed to loving and serving one another by living, sharing, and celebrating our Faith. We hope that you find this website inviting and resourceful.
 

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Attention Cursillo Community

The Men’s Weekend at St. Basil’s is February 6-9, 2020. We are happy to have 11 Candidates and 4 Team Members attending this Grace Filled Weekend. Those attending are:

Chris Gallant, Tom Grill, Adam Munguia, Butch Porter, Nick Porter, John St. Marie, Ed Stuart, Nelson Thibault, Bob Gaudette, Jim Morse, Ron Metvier.

Team Fr. Don Clinton, Deacon Terry Sullivan, Paul Mertzic and Blake Duncan

YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO FELLOW CURSILLISTAS!!!! Posters will be available Wednesday January 29^th through Saturday February 1^st for the community. Please contact Deacon Terry at saintjosephdeacon@comcast.net if you have any questions. Decolores!!

                                        
                                                 3^nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
Jesus called the disciples near the beginning of his ministry. And he called them two by two, the brothers Simon and Andrew, and James and John. These were fishermen, in some ways the ancient equivalent of today’s highly skilled blue-collar workers. They worked with their hands, as even the “mending their nets” indicates. At the invitation of Jesus, they all leave behind their way of life to follow him.

Modern calls to discipleship are scarcely so dramatic. But the imagery presented in Matthew speaks to us when we imagine putting away prior commitments that tend to disintegrate in the face of an invitation from Jesus. We may hear the same call to put aside the tedious, monotonous, quotidian activities that mark our lives and enter into a new relationship with him.

This relationship will ultimately lead to a putting away of our entire selves, a dying to ourselves, so that we might rise with him. And that is the paschal mystery. At this, the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, we hear the call to follow him to the point of forsaking our very selves. In so doing, we will be raised to new life with him.


God Bless your hearts!!