St. Joseph's

Catholic Church

Fasting: Catholics ages 18-59 are obliged to fast on Ash Wednesday & Good Friday. This means that you are allowed only one full meal and some other food during the day that does not equal another full meal.

Abstinence: Catholics ages 14 years and older are obliged to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent.

The Sacrament of Penance: Confession is offered every Saturday from 4:00- 4:45pm

 “Reconciliation Monday” – April 3rd ~ Confessions will be heard from 3:00-9:00pm in the Church & Chapel 

Confessions will be offered after the 9:00am Mass in the Church on Tues., April 4th & Wed.April 5th

Stations of the Cross 
Every Friday during the Season of Lent at 7:00pm in the Church
 

Holy Week is a sacred time
in the life of the Catholic Church.

We begin this Holy Week on Palm Sunday, April 2^nd . We celebrate Our Lord’s triumphant entrance into Jerusalem. Jesus is welcomed by the crowds worshiping him and laying palm branches before Him.

On Holy Thursday our Lord shared the Last Supper with His Apostles. On this night Jesus gave us the Sacrament of the Most Holy Eucharist and the Sacrament of Holy Orders. The Holy Priesthood in which we receive the Bread of Life- Jesus’ Body and Blood!

On Good Friday Jesus suffered and died for our salvation. He was crucified on Calvary, outside the gates of Jerusalem. “Behold the wood of the cross on which hung the savior of the world.”
He was buried the same day, and arose three days later, on Easter Sunday. The day we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the Dead!

“So it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rose from the dead.” Luke 24:46

I pray that this Holy Week will be a time of grace and mercy for the entire St. Joseph’s Parish Family.
While we cannot physically gather together as a community of faith- we do gather together in spirit and in our hearts.
May God Bless you and your families with His Peace!

Romans 8: 35, 38-39
“Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril or the sword?
“ For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Fr. Lagiovane,
Pastor






Holy Week 2023

Monday, April 3rd—“Reconciliation Monday”
The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available from 3:00PM~9:00PM in the Church & Chapel

Tuesday, April 4th and Wednesday, April 5th
The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available after the 9:00AM Mass in the Chapel.

HOLY THURSDAY, April 6th

7:30AM~Mass of the Lord’s Supper (For those unable to participate in the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper)

9:00AM~Tenebrae/Morning Prayer

7:30 PM~Mass of the Lord’s Supper Mass will conclude with a procession to the repository in the Chapel.
The Repository will remain open until 11:00PM, at which time all are invited to join in Night Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours.


GOOD FRIDAY, April 7th

9:00AM Tenebrae/Morning Prayer

3:00PM Celebration of the Lord’s Passion

7:00pm Stations of the Cross


HOLY SATURDAY, April 8th

9:00am Tenebrae/Morning Prayer

12:00noon Blessing of the Food and Easter Baskets

8:00pm The Great Vigil of Easter The Vigil begins with the lighting of the Easter fire in front of the Church. Easter water will be available at the conclusion of the Easter Vigil.

EASTER SUNDAY, April 9th

Mass will be celebrated at:
7:30am 9:00am 11:00am 1:00pm

(Please note the change of Mass times for Easter Sunday)

* For those unable to come to Church during Holy Week
Holy Thursday, Good Friday & 11 am Easter Sunday Mass will be Live-Streamed- Just go to our parish website www.stjosephsomers.org and access our YouTube Channel.

We thank you for your continued prayers & financial support. Please leave your weekly & Easter donations in the boxes in the Narthex & entrances of the Church.
You can mail your donations directly to the Parish Office or you can contribute through our OnLine Giving called " We Share" https://stjosephsomers.churchgiving.com 

The obligation to attend Sunday Mass & Holy Days of Obligation is an important precept of the Church. 
Our 10:00 am Mass each Sunday is Live-Streamed through our You Tube Channel.
See the Link Below 
youtube.com/channel/

Program for Palm Sunday, April 2nd, 2023
Palm Sunday Program ~ April 2nd ~ Palm Sunday

 

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Your support and generosity are greatly appreciated.
 “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” 1 Thessalonians 5:18