February 20th, 2022

seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time

by Fr. Boniface Endorf, O.P.

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Dear St. Joseph Parish Family,

Good news! This year our annual St. Joseph Parish Dinner returns! It will mark the official opening of McGuire Hall, our new parish hall. We’ll bless the hall just before dinner and we’ll show before and after photos of the project. We’ll also continue the trivia contest during dinner. Monte’s Trattoria is catering the event again, and the operators of Monte’s are parishioners, so the food will be great! Tickets will be sold at our Sunday Masses, starting next week, until the dinner or until we run out. So mark March 19th in your calendar, buy a ticket, come to the 5:30pm Saturday Mass, and come to the dinner afterwards. I look forward to seeing everyone there!

This year St. Joseph’s is taking part in the Archdiocese of New York’s 40 Days for Life. On Saturday, March 12th, after the 12:10 pm daily Mass here, we’ll walk to the abortuary on Bleeker street and pray together. We invite everyone to join us in this important social justice work.

Finally, Lent is only a week and a half away. It’s time to start considering Lenten penances. My letter next week will be about Lenten observances and penances, but start praying now about how to use the graces of this Lenten season to grow closer to Jesus Christ: take advantage of how God wants to work in your life. 

God Bless,
Fr. Boniface