St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church

Daily Mass, Monday thru Saturday, at 9:00am, will be offered at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church.

In the kindness of your prayers, please remember the Sick: Father Francis Schlett, Robert Hracho, Mary Shesko, Julia Esposito, Vera Lahm, John Yankech, Mary Riley, Lillian Turansky, Jean Moister, Lyndsey Conner, Carolyn Pechin, Ann Hook, Joan Emery and Philomena Ducette.

This weekend, Confessions will be heard on Saturday, August 28th, from 5:45 to 6:15pm, prior to the Evening Mass. Next weekend, Confessions will be heard on Sunday, September 5th, from 9:45 to 10:15am, prior to the Morning Mass. Also the Sacrament of Reconciliation is available anytime upon request.

The Adult Choir will begin rehearsals for the 1999 - 2000 season on Monday night, September 20th at 7:30pm after the Youth Choir rehearsal. Returning members are asked to leave their folders and music in the choir loft any weekend before the 20th.

C. J. Cigas
Music Director, St. Joseph’s Church 

In order to prepare for the special Children's Mass and picnic to be held in Hibernia Park on Sunday, September 19th, the Youth Choir will hold practice beginning this Monday, August 30th at 6:45pm in the choir loft. The other practice before the event will be held two weeks from that on Monday, September 13th, at 6:45pm. No practice will be held on Labor Day, September 6th. Regular weekly practices will begin Monday, September 20th. If you have any questions, please call Susan Sandoski.

Registration for CCD will be held in the school hall after the 10:30 Mass this Sunday and next Sunday.  It is especially important that new students are registered.  Classes are available for children starting with preschool (age 4) through sixth grade.  If you have any questions, please call Frank Lasak.  Classes will begin on September 26th.

Bishop Shanahan High School, Downingtown, will reopen with In-Service Days for teachers on Tuesday, September 7th and Wednesday, September 8th. Freshmen should report for a full day of classes on Thursday, September 9th. All students should report for school on Friday, September 10th.

Coatesville Area Catholic Elementary School will reopen on Monday, August 30th, for the 1999-2000 Scholastic Year. Half day sessions will be held on August 30th, with dismissal at 11:00am. No lunch is required. August 31st and September 1st & 2nd will be full day sessions, with dismissal at 2:15pm, for grades First through Eighth. There will be no school on Friday, September 3rd, and Monday, September 6th. Classes will resume on Tuesday, September 7th, for all grades. Uniform dress code is effective as of Monday, August 30th. Buses will be available. A Kindergarten Meeting for parents and students will be held on Wednesday, September 1st, at 10:00am in the Schneider Center on Cemetery Road, Parkesburg. All Kindergarten students will report on September 7th for a full day session, from 8:10am to 1:45pm.

New To Our School Community

As school bells ring to open the 1999-2000 scholastic year, we are pleased to welcome two new Sisters to our consolidated parochial school. Both are native Philadelphians and veterans of numerous teaching campaigns, and served respective terms as Principal. Sister Jeanne Marie Baker, I.H.M. has been assigned as Vice-Principal of Coatesville Area Catholic Elementary School. Recently arrived from the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Georgia, Sister Jeanne has also taught in parish schools of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, as well as those of the Dioceses of Allentown and Harrisburg. After having completed her assignment in the Diocese of San Jose, California, Sister Leonard Marie, I.H.M. returns East to become a teacher in our First Grade. Previously, Sister Leonard was a faculty member in parish schools of the Diocese of Allentown and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. With warmth and gladness, we greet Sister Jeanne and Sister Leonard, wishing them much joy and satisfaction in advancing the mission of Catholic education among us. Welcome to our school community and parish cluster, Sisters!

Camilla Hall Nursing Home, located in Immaculata, is a facility of care for the elderly and infirm members of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. They currently have job openings for adults or high school students (age 14 or older) in the Dishroom and Food Service. The starting salary is $7.25 per hour. If interested, please call Sister Maryann Weidner, I.H.M., Director of Personnel, at 610-644-1152 or 610-644-1740.

The Archdiocesan Office for Communications encourages all to tune in to the "new and improved" Live with Cardinal Bevilacqua radio program, Mondays, 5:05 to 6:00pm, on WZZD 990AM. Beginning with the September 13th show, Live with Cardinal Bevilacqua will have a new format, new moderator and new sound. On this first show of the new season, His Eminence's guests will include Christian recording artists John Michael Talbot, Kathy Troccoli, Annette DiMedio and Angela Crimi, talking about their music, their careers and their faith. To talk with Cardinal Bevilacqua and his guests, call 1-877-FAITH-22 during the actual broadcast.

St. Joseph's in-the-Hills Retreat Center, Malvern, will sponsor the Fourth Annual Bereavement Conference on Sunday, September 19th, in the Upper McShain Conference Center, from 12:30 until 4:00pm. The keynote speaker will be the nationally know Father Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R., who will develop the theme: "Growing with Grief and Sorrow". For added details and reservation information, please call 610-644-0400, Monday through Friday.