Bishop’s Annual Appeal Update
In this week’s (April 26) latest numbers from the diocese, we’ve crept closer to our goal, now at 84% of the $33,000 marker for St. Joseph, Bound Brook. We have ...
Deacon’s Homily for 3rd Sunday of Easter
By Deacon Gary Newton Let’s start off with a basic question. What does it mean to be a Christian? I am sure the first thing that would pop into all ...
Parish NeXt Level team completes multi-parish retreat
Parish youth, mentors, pastoral staff and parents from St. Joseph joined with their counterparts from nearly a dozen other parishes in Warren, NJ on April 24 for a NeXt Level ...
Pastor’s Homily: 4th Sunday of Easter
Fourth Sunday of Easter: Acts 4:8-12; 1 Jn 3:1-2; Jn 10:11-18 On this Good Shepherd Sunday, it is good to reflect what Jesus means as good shepherd for all of ...
Earth Day Wrap: Fruitful for Trees and Souls
Approximately 60 churchgoers received the Sacrament of Anointing in a Healing Mass that culminated the parish Earth Day celebrations April 22. Fr. Pauly Thekkan, chaplain at RWJ-Barnabas Hospital in New ...
EARTH DAY UPDATES: Contemplation likely indoors; Vespers to be livestreamed
Outdoor conditions for 6pm this evening are likely to be windy, with temperatures in the high 40s, not ideal to introduce practitioners in contemplative practice. If the forecast holds up, ...
Ascension Feast Moved from May 13 to 16 this year
Thursday to Sunday switch aligns with how most U.S. dioceses have been celebrating Ascension for years. (From the Diocese of Metuchen Office of the Vicar General, April 21, 2021) “For ...
Immigration Outreach Workshop Part of St. Joseph the Worker Weekend
Wondering what your status might be with regard to your immigration status or that of a loved one? As part of our St. Joseph the Worker weekend May 1-2, we ...
Rounding Third and Heading Home!
Our fast-paced and generous response to the Bishop’s Annual Appeal continues at St. Joseph Catholic Community! In statistics released by the Diocese of Metuchen April 19, the Development Office has ...
Diocesan Personnel News
Mr. Alfonso Condorson, former pastor from 2013-18, decided to apply for laicization, which Pope Francis has now granted, dispensing him from the obligations of the priesthood and returning him to ...