St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church

Masses for the Week

Altar Servers

Easter Greetings

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. May you be caught up in the wondrous joy that marks this day of the Lord's resurrection. Much peace and hope, every grace and blessing from the risen Christ be with you and your loved ones. Hold fast to that unfailing love by which all our crosses become as crowns.

Vesele Alleluja! Happy Easter!

Prayer for Blessing the Home at Easter

Members of the household and the various rooms of the home may be sprinkled with blessed Easter water, available from Church. During the sprinkling, the following prayer is spoken:

Daily Mass in Easter Week

This week, frequently called Easter Week, daily Mass will be offered in St. Joseph Church at 9:00am on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, April 13th,14th,15th. On holiday visit with his family, Father Roman Kozacheson, O.F.M. will be available to celebrate daily Mass on those mornings. For the remainder of the week, the 9:00am Mass will take place in nearby St. Stanislaus Kostka Church. We are grateful to Father Roman for his thoughtful and kind consideration of us when he is visiting locally.

Confessions

Confessions will be heard in our Church next weekend on Sunday, April 19th, from 9:45 until 10:15am, just prior to the morning Mass.

Announcements

The Pastor and Cemetery Board of St. Cecilia Church announce that, because of the scarcity of available space, they will no longer be able to sell lots in their Parish Cemetery to anyone other than St. Cecilia parishioners. They will continue, however, to bury those who have previously purchased their burial lots.

St. Charles Borromeo Seminary needs your financial help. The 1998 Annual Seminary Appeal is continuing. Please send your generous contributions to: St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Office for Institutional Advancement, 100 East Wynnewood Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096. Thank you in advance for your support.

Family Services

You can change the future - by becoming a foster parent! Foster families provide temporary homes to children of all ages and races whose families are in crisis. The love, service and example of Catholic Social Services foster parents has a lasting and positive effect on all families whose lives they touch. For information about how you can become a foster parent, call Artrice or Angie at 587-3960.

Catholic Social Services is seeking couples interested in adopting African American, Korean, Chinese, and Special Needs infants. Single individuals are eligible in some of these programs. Please call (215)854-7050 for more information!

Spring is here and going fast. Why not take some time for yourselves, before the hot long days of summer arrive and go on a Marriage Encounter Weekend. Next dates are April 24-26, May 15-17, June 26-28 and July 24-26. For more information call 1-800-4LOVE30.

Is there an abortion in your past? Can we help? Catholic Social Services will offer Support Groups to anyone experiencing emotional distress as a result of an abortion...mothers, fathers, grandparents. No pre-registration or fee. Sessions will be held: May 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th, 1998 from 6:00pm-7:30pm. For information call Project Rachel (215)587-5640.

We Bear Witness to the Risen One

Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death and, upon those in the tombs, bestowing life! For this we are today's witnesses, passing on the witness of Mary Magadalene and the apostles, our ancestors in the faith. Here is our tradition: We hand on what was handed on to us. We are the new yeast in this world! Jesus is risen! He is risen indeed! God saves us - thanks be to God!

A Family Perspective

It was only when Peter saw for himself that Jesus was risen that he believed what the holy women had told him. In families, we often need to see and hear things first hand, rather than rely on second or third hand accounts and gossip. Like Peter, we are often amazed by the truth.

Upcoming Events

A Piano & Cello Recital, featuring Rev. Denis Wilde, O.S.A. of Villanova University and Mrs. Constance Iaconna, will be held on Sunday afternoon, April 19th, at 3 o'clock, in St. Mary's Hall Chapel, Route 320 and County Line Road, on the campus of Villanova University. A free will offering will be taken up for the benefit of Mother's Home, a crisis pregnancy center in Darby, PA.

St. Charles Seminary invites you to join in their Holy Land and Rome Trip. It will be held July 2nd - 12th, 1998. There is still space available. Please call (215)422-1084 for more information or to make reservations.

Welcome Matt, A Musical Drama, will be presented by Life Teen of Our Lady of the Rosary, South 17th Avenue, on Sunday, April 19th, at 7:00pm, and on Sunday, April 26th, at 4:00pm. Tickets are $3.00/adult, $1.00/child, FREE/children under 6. They are available at the door. To reserve tickets, call Gail at 383-7807 or Kalie at 384-1773. All are invited to celebrate the Eastertime with Life Teen.

CACES will hold their 5th Annual Golf Outing on Friday, May 15th, 1998 at 1:00pm, at the Fox Chase Golf Club. The cost is $90.00 per golfer and includes: greens and cart fees, refreshements on the course, lunch, dinner and door prizes. Register early for this very popular "fun raiser". Raffle tickets are available 6 for $5.00 to win $1,000.00 in cash or a set of Callaway Golf Clubs. For information and tickets please contact: Bunny Beers at 857-1700 or 383-9219.

The Congrega Society of Our Lady of the Rosary Church will hold its Annual Card Party on Tuesday, April 21st, starting at 7:00pm. Featured will be a tombola table, door prizes, and refreshments. For tickets, call Marie Slody at 384-0543 or Dolly Corbo at 384-8830.

Life Awareness Weekend

If you are thinking about being a priest, sister or brother, then come to Life Awareness Weekend. The Life Awareness Weekend is a retreat experience of prayer and discussion about priesthood and religious life sponsored by the Serra Clubs of the Archdiocese. An invitation is extended to single Catholic men and women between the ages of 18-40 to join us on the weekend of June 26th to 28th, 1998 at St. Raphaela Center in Haverford, PA. For more information and/or an application form please call Sr. Kathleen Leary, SSJ (215)587-3795 or Rev. Joseph Devlin (610)667-5778.

Bishop Shanahan Ice Hockey Club Registration/Open House

For the 1998/99 season will be held at Ice Line in West Goshen on Thursday, April 23rd at 7:30pm. Membership is open to all current 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th grade boys or girls who attend a Catholic elementary school and any high school student who will be attending Bishop Shanahan High School. For more information, please contact Pat Peterson at 269-1306.

Spring Clinic

To be held on Tuesday & Thursday, April 28th & 30th, May 5th, 7th, 12th, 14th, 19th and 21st at Ice Line in West Goshen. The middle school players (current 4th thru 7th) will take the ice from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. The high school players (current 8th thru 11th) will take the ice from 8:15pm - 9:45pm. Participation in this clinic is open to ALL hockey players. The fee for 12 hours of ice with a power skating instructor is $175.00. For more information, please call Pat Peterson at 269-1306.

Camp Neumann

Camp Neumann in Jamison, Bucks County, operates a Summer Day and Residential Camp during the months of June, July, and August. Registration may be for one week, two weeks, etc. or for the full eight week season. We offer swimming, boating, archery, arts and crafts, sports, nature lore, wood shop, native American history and much more.

Your children live in a safe, Christian atmosphere supervised by seminarians, teachers, college students and selected high school students. For a brochure call (215)343-6552.

Camp Neumann will hold an Open House on Sunday, April 26th from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Come visit and enjoy refreshments with us.

Women's Club News

Our Annual Card Party will be held on Monday, May 4th at 7:00pm in St. Joseph's Parish Hall. For tickets please call Mary Benkovich. If you are able to provide a door prize (value $5.00) please contact Ann Hamilton. Thank you.