Pastor's Letter | December 6

12/6/2020

Dear St. Joseph Parish Family,

We're now a quarter of the way through Advent and I still can't believe we're now in December. That means that the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is this Tuesday, December 8th. Normally the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a holy day of obligation, but due to the pandemic it is not this year. However, we'll keep our usual holy day of obligation schedule for those who want to celebrate Mass for the Immaculate Conception.

Immaculate Conception Masses:

• 7pm Vigil Mass (Monday the 7th) 
• 12:10 Daily Mass (Tuesday the 8th)
• 7pm Evening Mass (Tuesday the 8th)

Also, we're looking toward Christmas this year. We won't have the normal children's pageant because of the pandemic, and we will only have cantors rather than whole choirs. However, we will have our normal Christmas Mass Schedule:

Christmas Eve (December 24th):

• 5pm Christmas Vigil Mass
• 10pm Christmas Mass at Night

Christmas Day (December 25th):

• 9am Christmas Mass at Dawn
• 11:30pm Christmas Mass at Day

Please note that there is no evening Mass on Christmas Day. 

We'll have confessions before each Mass. 

Have a Blessed Advent,

Fr. Boniface