From the Desk of Fr. Lagiovane

I just want to thank once again the 225 families who contributed to our Renew & Rebuild Campaign. We raised over 950,000! Thank you for your generosity.
Please know that in 2019 the regular Cardinal Annual Appeal will commence. As promised I will not get up at Masses and speak about the Campaign. I will put announcements in the bulletin and website for those who would like to contribute to the Campaign.
I want all of our parishioners to know that I requested that NO letters be sent for the 2019 Appeal to those who contributed to our Renew & Rebuild Campaign as well as waiting several months to send out letters to all our other parishioners. 
I did not authorize any letters to be sent out for the Cardinals Annual Appeal, 2019 at this time. If you received a letter please know it was not of my doing as your Pastor. 

This upcoming week we remember the Supreme Court Decision Roe Vs Wade which legalized abortion in the United States. Our unborn brother and sisters are in need our prayers. They have no voice and we as a people of faith must be the voice of the unborn. This same week we also remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, the civil rights leader who preached respect and dignity for all God’s children. That people be judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin. We pray in a very special way for a greater respect for all human life- from conception through natural death. This is especially important because right here in New York State the Governor Andrew Cuomo is pushing the : Reproductive Health Act”, which among other things would allow non- physicians to perform abortions as well as repeal existing laws that protect children who are born alive through and abortion procedure! God help us! Our Catholic faith has consistently proclaimed the Gospel of Life! We are all called to do our part to build up a culture of life in our society. May Mary the Mother of all Life guide our Pro- Life efforts!

“That is the dignity of America, the reason she exists, the condition of her survival, yes, the ultimate test of her greatness: to respect every human person, especially the weak and most defenseless ones, those as yet unborn.”

St. John Paul II

“ All life has inestimable value even the weakest and most vulnerable, the sick, the old, the unborn and the poor, are masterpieces of God’s creation, made in his own image, destined to live forever and deserving of the utmost reverence and respect.”

Pope Francis

“ `Every child who, rather than being born, is condemned unjustly to being aborted, bears the face of Jesus Christ, bears the face of the Lord, who even before he was born, , and then just after birth, experienced the world’s rejection. And every elderly person… even if he is ill or at the end of his days, bears the face of Christ. They cannot be discarded, as the culture of waste suggests!”

Pope Francis

An Important Message from Carl Anderson- Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
A message worth reading!

   NEW YORK STATE LOOKING TO MAKE ABORTION LEGAL    THROUGH ALL NINE MONTHS OF PREGNANCY.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-york-governor-vows-to-enact-massive-abortion-expansion-by-next-month

 

Let us pray for a greater respect for all human life! Especially the respect and rights of the unborn child!

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The mission of St. Joseph's Church is to be a welcoming, caring, Christ-centered Catholic community.  We desire to experience and share God's unconditional love.  Inspired by the example of Jesus, we strive to lead all people to wholeness and fullness of life.

St. Michael the Archangel
defend us in Battle.
Be our Protection against the wickedness and the snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray and do thou O Prince of the Heavenly Host by the Divine Power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits that wander throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen

O blessed Joseph, faithful guardian of my Redeemer, Jesus Christ, protector of thy chaste spouse, the virgin Mother of God, I choose thee this day to be my special patron and advocate and I firmly resolve to honor thee all the days of my life. Therefore I humbly beseech thee to receive me as thy client, to instruct me in every doubt, to comfort me in every doubt, to comfort me in every affliction, to obtain for me and for all the knowledge and love of the Heart of Jesus, and finally to defend and protect me at the hour of my death. Amen.

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