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St. Joseph Parish is a welcoming Catholic community of faith that embraces its diversity and reaches out to all of God’s children. We nourish our faith in our Lord Jesus Christ through the Sacraments, the Word and the Eucharist. We strive to increase our stewardship by sharing our time, talent and treasures.

The end of the National Eucharistic Congress on Sunday in Indianapolis is just the beginning as the final phase of the 3-year Revival, the year of Mission, gets underway.

July 17, 2024, to Pentecost 2025 will be a Year of Going out on Mission.

Catholics who have been healed, converted, formed, and unified during the Eucharistic Revival are now being sent out as missionaries to bring the love of Christ to a hurting and hungry world.

This month, let us pray for the pastoral care of the sick. 
 
The Anointing of the Sick is not a sacrament only for those who are at the point of death. No. It is important that this is clear. 
 
When the priest draws near a person to perform the Anointing of the Sick, it is not necessarily to help them say goodbye to life. Thinking this way means giving up every hope. 
 
It means taking for granted that after the priest the undertaker will arrive.  
 
Let us remember that the Anointing of the Sick is one of the “sacraments of healing,” of “restoration,” that heals the spirit. 
 
And when a person is very ill, it’s advisable to give them the Anointing of the Sick. And when someone is elderly, it’s good that they receive the Anointing of the Sick. 
 
Let us pray that the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick grant the Lord’s strength to those who receive it and to their loved ones, and that it may become for everyone an ever more visible sign of compassion and hope. 

Francis