Welcome to St. Joseph's Church

Dear Parishioners,

October is the month of the Holy Rosary. I encourage you all to pray the rosary every day.

This Saturday, October 3rd, the monthly German Mass will resume at 5 PM. The German Mass is offered on the First Saturday of every month during the school year.

This coming First Friday, October 2nd, the Father’s Prayer Group will meet for 15 minutes in the church at 8:10 AM. All fathers are invited. I will preach a short meditation and prayers will be recited.

On First Friday we will have exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament following the 12:15 Mass, concluding with Benediction at 2 PM.

We have resumed the Family Mass every Sunday at 10 AM, at which students help with the readings, altar serving and bringing up the offertory gifts. After each Family Mass there is a gathering in the church basement for coffee and doughnuts. All are invited!

For those who would like to join the Catholic Church, and for those Catholic adults who have not yet made their First Holy Communion and/or Confirmation and would like to do so, our parish online class is available. Please contact me for more information and to register.

On Tuesday October 13th there will be a Eucharistic Procession beginning and ending at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. All parishioners are invited. At 3 pm, Father Gregory Pine, OP, and Father John Burns will give meditations accompanied by beautiful choral music. At 4 pm, Bishop Joseph Espaillat, Auxiliary Bishop of New York, will celebrate Mass and preach. After the Mass, at about 5 pm, there will be a Eucharistic procession in Midtown, culminating with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. 

God Bless you!

Fr. Gerald E. Murray, Pastor