25th Sunday in Ordinary Time — Pastor’s Homily
If you struggled with what you just heard in today’s Gospel, you’re not alone. For about 2,000 years, in fact, folks have wondered if Jesus could really have told such ...
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time — Pastor’s Homily
Where things left off in last week’s Gospel – Jesus’ teaching on the cost of discipleship, taking up our cross, renouncing possessions and our usual family ties – it would ...
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time — Deacon’s Homily
Our first response to the Gospel today may be; “Did I hear Jesus correctly? Am I supposed to hate my family to be a Disciple of Christ?” Let’s take a ...
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time — Pastor’s Homily
23rd SUNDAY in ORDINARY TIME: Luke 14:25-33. Think of all the ways that celebrities, entertainers, athletes, politicians, social influencers and all sorts of other people cultivate their followers, ...
Season of Creation Starts in Prayer
Approximately 20 parishioners marked the parish opening of the “Season of Creation” with an evening meditation session and bilingual vespers under blue skies, warm temperatures and an invigorating breeze on ...
News & Notes
The parish gained $440 in shaved ice (granizado) sales this past Sunday after the 12 noon Mass, thanks to the parish charismatic movement…they will be back at it this coming ...
Animal Blessing Mass, Green Mass Doubleheader Cap Season of Creation
Even before the Season of Creation began to catch on in Catholic parishes, there has been a longstanding tradition here and elsewhere to have a blessing of animals service sometime ...
Office Transition: Mary Ellen Kirchman Steps Down After Nearly Nine Years
On our Catholic calendar, Sept. 15 is the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, and here at St. Joseph, we will have our own very personal cause for sorrow that ...
News and Notes
Leaders at the 12noon Mass will sell homemade shaved ice after that Mass this Sunday, August 28, right outside the front doors of the church…Starting the following Sunday, September 4, ...
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time — Pastor’s Homily
Nine times in the nine verses of today’s Gospel, we hear the word “invite.” What to do when we are invited to a wedding banquet, and what to do when ...