SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
11 April 2021 Shortly after I was ordained and came to my first assignment at St. Patrick’s Parish I realized that one of the toughest things I did was to preach these Sunday homilies. It was tough not because I didn’t like to speak publicly, but because I –and I know this would be hard to imagine– I had been fairly critical of priests’ preaching in my youth. It was tough because I realized that I could never stand up here and say something, I really didn’t believe. I just can’t do that. It was tough because I realized that I couldn’t...
read moreGreetings from the Home & School Association
We are excited to kick-off our Spring Plant Sale. We are offering our sale through Gerten’s. As usual, there are beautiful hanging baskets and pots to decorate your outdoor living for the summer. 30% of all purchases will go to the Home & School Association and those funds will be used for DARE programming and other teacher needs. Following COVID guidelines, there will be no paper order forms. All orders will be processed online and require a credit card for the purchase. ...
read more8 April 2021 Parish Update
https://parishesonline.com/find/st-joseph-church-54021/bulletin/file/02-0545-20210411B.pdf
read moreApril 1, 2021 Parish Update
https://parishesonline.com/find/st-joseph-church-54021/bulletin/file/02-0545-20210404B.pdf
read morePALM/PASSION SUNDAY
28 March 2021 I was very young, a child, when I learned that the crowd’s choice of Barabbas over Jesus was a symbol of our fickleness, our inability to love long and well. And in my child’s mind I remember pledging that I would not be this way– I think every child probably does that. Every child’s heart goes out to this innocent man and promises with Peter: “Even if I have to die, I will not desert you.” I wanted to see myself that way, and believe it could be that way. It was a childish pledge,...
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