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Committed to following Christ in Faith and Love!"

St. Joseph Catholic Church is a diverse community of believers who are committed to following Christ in faith and love through the sacramental tradition of the Catholic Church. Our mission is to know and practice our faith through the gospel, to serve the needs of our parish community with time, talent and treasure and to teach by example and thereby strengthen and inspire the parish community.

BBQ, Water Slide Fun On Last Day of VBS

Campers line up to enjoy a BBQ lunch sponsored by the Knights of Columbus on the last day of VBS at St. Joseph Catholic Church.The St. Joseph Catholic Church Vacation Bible School (VBS) concluded its five-day run today (Fri., June 14). with the kids play on two water slides set up on the parish grounds. They were also treated to a BBQ lunch (hamburgers and hotdogs) sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. The 2019 VBS was held at the Fr. Charles J. Murray Parish Hall and Religious Education Center. Read More...

This Weekend's Music (June 15-16)

This is the Holy Trinity

Today we celebrate the Holy Trinity, one of the most confounding mysteries of our faith. Through this mystery we experience our relationship to God: Creator, Savior, and Holy Spirit. This relationship is not easy to understand or to describe. It does not become clearer through analysis. Its complexity mirrors the complexity of all our relationships. We understand our relationships with our spouses, our children, our parents, and our friends only through daily give-and-take, annual rituals, and the life-changing moments we share. We understand our relationships only as we live them. The relationships we have with those we love, and who love us, sustain us through an uncertain and difficult life. This is the Holy Trinity.
What is striking about today's readings is that each is incomplete. What they do offer is a description of a moment in our  relationship, a memory of a time and an event when our relationship made sense even though that sense may be beyond our ability to describe fully. Often that is all that our faith offers, that is, a memory of what is possible, what is promised, what has been given. A memory of eternity, of love beyond understanding is to be cherished and nurtured even if not fully understood. This is the Holy Trinity.

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Upcoming Important Dates (2019)

Ladies Auxiliary #9456
June 20  (Thursday)
6:30 p.m. (Religious Educ. Center)

Council of Catholic Women 
June 26  (Wednesday)
Social at 5:30; Meeting at 6:00 pm.

Council of Catholic Women 
September 21  (Saturday)
Council of Catholic Women Convention
Guest speaker: ValLimar Jansen

Attention: Lectors/Eucharistic Ministers

Please contact the Sacristan for your mass if you are unable to serve at your scheduled time.
Saturday (5 p.m.) - Susan Genova-Humphrey cell 251-0724; Sunday (7:30 a.m.) - no one listed
Sunday (9:00 a.m.) - Cathy Garcia cell 250-2466; Sunday (11:00 a.m) - Rita Baca cell 369-5910 or Betty Santistevan cell 320-2175.

Click here to view June 2019 Schedule

CCW News

Cake Help:
Sacred Heart Church in Avondale has requested our help in making cakes for their annual festival. Their festival is on June 22nd and 23rd. You can drop your cake off on Friday during the day from 10 a.m., to 5 p.m., or Saturday all day. Sacred Heart Church thanks you for all your help..

Lady Finger Cookies:
We will make the cookies on Thursday, June 27th. We will do three batches and will start at 8:00 a.m.. Some of us will be there at 7:00AM for anyone that ones to come earlier and help setup. We need to try out the new mixer and see how it works.

Upcoming Summer Church Festivals

Sacred Heart
June 22-23 (Saturday - Sunday)
210 E. Hwy 50, Avondale, CO
(FestivalL 5 p.m.-11 p.m.; Dance  7 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.)
Click HERE for more information

Meeting Hours Changed for Prayer Group

The Little Flower Charismatic Prayer Group has changed its meeting times for the upcoming summer months. The group will meet in the church at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come and experience The Power of the Holy Spirit.

Summer Dates:
June 11, July 9,  Aug. 13 and Sept. 10

26 Adults Confirmed on Pentecost Sunday

2019 Adult Confirmation
St. Joseph Catholic ChurchOn Pentecost Sunday (June 9, 2019), St. Joseph Catholic Church would like to congratulate 26 members of their parish who made their adult confirmation...Read More

Talking...

How much talking is acceptable while waiting for Mass to begin? The chatter gets noisier as more people arrive, and then everyone starts talking louder just to be heard.
Before Mass, “it is a praiseworthy practice for silence to be observed in the church, in the sacristy, in the vesting room, and in adjacent areas, so that all may dispose them selves to carry out the sacred celebration in a devout and fitting manner” (General Instruction of The Roman Missal, 45). For the liturgy to produce its full effects, “it is necessary that the faithful come to it with proper dispositions, that their minds...be attuned to their voices, and that they cooperate with the divine grace lest they receive it in vain” (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy [Sacrosanctum concilium], 11). In this sense, we are silent together, for the Mass is not a private function but a celebration of the Church as the “sacrament of unity,” a holy people united (SC 26).
Thus, from the point of entry in a church to the time of the gathering song which is intended to foster unity (GIRM47), how does your faith community gather for Mass? Some churches with self -contained vestibules are ideal for offering welcome to newcomers and for exchanging greetings. Other sacred spaces are less conductive for separating this informal ritual from a place of quietude. Nevertheless, every faith community, with varying success, created an atmosphere before Mass where individuals come tog ether as a worshiping body, and at the same time, where people may dispose themselves in a devout manner.

A Word from Pope Francis
When we go to Mass, perhaps we arrive five minutes early and begin to chat with the person next to us. But this is not the moment for small talk...It is the moment for recollection within the heart, to prepare our selves for the encounter with Jesus. 
Silence is so important! —General audience, November 15, 2017

Diocesan Ministry Fund

Come help the Diocesan Ministry Fund (DMF). It's an opportunity for each of us in growing and making Christ's mission alive and vibrant. Click HERE for more information.

KOC #9456 Membership Drive

Would you be interested in knowing more about the Knights of Columbus and the local St. Joseph Council? If you’ve spent any time around the Parish Campus you probably have seen some of our members working on the grounds, serving as Ushers, EM’s and performing other tasks. But have you ever wondered what the Knights are eally all about? We perform many more functions that benefit a vast variety of our local population.

We work with the youth, the homeless, the clergy. We have insurance programs for our families. We give to charities the help victims of natural disasters such as the recent hurricane that made land fall in the Carolinas. If you are interested in learning more, we encourage you to contact one of us.

Or you can send a text to 719-557-0566 or an email to:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

NCYC Dinner and Bingo

PLEASE JOIN OUR YOUTH ON THEIR JOURNEY TO NCYC
November 20-24, 2019

Other Dinner & Bingo Dates:
Sept. 7 and Oct. 5

The list of students below are the ones making the trip to Indianapolis!