St. Joseph Catholic Church will livestream two masses for the weekend of Oct. 1-2, 2022  (The Twenty Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time).  Those masses will be the 4:30 p.m., mass on Saturday, Oct. 1, and the 11 a.m. mass on Sunday, Oct. 2.

During this weekend's masses you will see a change in the view as the camera's have been moved. A fourth camera will be installed shortly and will cover the font in the back of the church for baptisms and funerals.

All parishioners who wish to view a livestreamed mass at St. Joseph but do not have a Facebook can join in by viewing the mass on the church website (via YouTube) at the beginnng of the service. 

Please continue to keep our parishioners who have COVID-19 in your prayers and for a cure to the end of this pandemic as well as those involved in the Ukraine conflict.

Please share our mass with your family and friends and be safe.

Next Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, the Knights of Columbus (#9456) will be holding their monthly breakfast from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Fr. Charles J. Murray Parish Hall. Make plans to attend!

St. Joseph Catholic Church livestreamed the Rosary and Mass of the Christian Burial for Marcos Velasquez on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. 

Click HERE to view Velasquez's obituary.

The Knights of Columbus (KOC) of St. Joseph (#9456) have introduced a new program called "The Holy Family"

We are inviting parishioners of any household to consecrate themselves to the Holy Family. Each week the parishioner will take the sanctuary of the Holy Family into their homes for one week of daily prayer. At the end of your week, you will bring back the sanctuary to the church for the next family.

Learn more

The Chalice for Vocations ministry was developed to promote fervent and devotional prayer for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life. These specific intentions are raised as the chalice travels within the parish community.

A prayer guide is provided and geared for readers that are young or old.  Spontaneous and personal prayers for vocations are always acceptable and welcome also. Please incorporate prayers for an increase in vocations within your prayer life.

If you would like to receive the Chalice for Vocations for a week, please contact the parish office at 719-544-1886. Thank you. Be confident that your prayers are heard.

CHALICE FOR VOCATIONS PRAYER GUIDE (DOWNLOAD - IN PDF)

'In the name of God, stop this massacre': Pope Francis on Ukraine
The following video is courtesy of The Guardian

Dear Parishioners,

As a Community of St. Joseph, we are devastated by the recent events in Ukraine. Let us join the world in prayer. We turn to God for guidance and direction, and prayer that you look over the people of Ukraine. Give them strength and courage during this difficult time. We pray to you, oh God, for peace and a resolution to this conflict.

We pray for all the people of the Ukraine and we ask Our Blessed Mother and St. Joseph and St. Michael for Intercessions!

A PRAYER FOR UKRAINE
From the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

O Prince of Peace,
We pray for the people of Ukraine this day.
May conflict cease and peace be restored.
May those in power soon find ways of peace.
God of peacemakers
Teach us the ways of peace.
Come and show us
how to beat our swords into plowshares,
tools of life instead of instruments of fear.
Strip us of all strategies of conquest,
Make our hearts alive
to your movement toward peace
with our dear neighbor.
We pray for the people of Ukraine this day.
Amen.