Looking for the perfect Easter season gift? Share Word on Fire ENGAGE with your friends and family. Invite the joy of the Risen Christ into your life and learn all the ways His love can transform you and those around you. Take an extra flyer and share with someone who is not here! Or you can sign up on our web- site, stjosephct.org/wordonfireengage, or just text JOSEPH1905 to 84576.
We have decided to wait till the Fall to pursue an in-person St. Joseph Book Club. Thank you for your support thus far and we look forward to a safer, more normal environment later this year. Until then, please keep checking our St. Joseph Book Club page on our website for great reads and suggestions.
May 1st St. Joseph Day Outdoor Celebration at St. Joseph Church In Honor of Our Great Patron on the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker (Rain date is May 2nd at 1pm following Noon Mass-please check website for weather updates and announcements) 11:00am Outdoor Rosary by Our Lady of Fatima Followed by Fellowship, Free Food/Drinks, Raffle Baskets, Craft for Kids and Ladies of St. Joseph Bake Sale! following all Covid guidelines- in the Lower Parking lot. Please bring a chair! **Masks required for Rosary and for all instances where 6ft distance cannot be maintained.** Please click title for more details!
Please remember our online giving system, especially as we approach the summer months and you might feel like traveling! We still need you to keep running! It’s easy and secure- set up a recurring giving account (to give to multiple funds we will combine your accounts into one for you!). We also want to remind you of our Amazon Smile account! You can sign in through our website page, under Online Giving, and give to St. Joseph just by making your regular Amazon purchases! Thank you as always for your continued generosity of St. Joseph Church.
Please sign up to receive our monthly newsletter with a message from our Pastor, events, news, and faith content! Sign up is on the main page. You can also find the sign up for Word on Fire ENGAGE through a parish communication system Flocknote, which we are transitioning to in the future for our newsletter communication. Thank you!
The Annual Catholic Appeal for the Diocese of Norwich is underway. Envelopes are available in the Church or the Parish Office. Please click title to learn more and view the video from Bishop Cote. Thank you for your generosity for an important cause that benefits many in need!
Please click title to read a letter from the Provincial of the Pauline Fathers to the parishioners of St. Joseph Church regarding their decision to leave the parish in June. Thank you.
Sign up to receive faith based content from Bishop Barron's Word on Fire and other amazing Catholic resources through a parish communication system called Flocknote. Don't miss out! Click to sign up via text or email and learn more!
The Knights of Columbus will be collecting food during Lent for Cornerstone Kitchen here in Rockville. The collection will run from February 17th, Ash Wednesday, till March 28th, Palm Sunday. Please place food in the baskets in the foyer. All non-perishable foods are needed. Thank you for remembering those in need during this Lenten season of giving.
Beginning Ash Wednesday, our parish along with parishes across the Diocese of Norwich will participate in a program of prayer and sacrifice called Operation Rice Bowl. Rice bowls will be available starting Ash Wednesday on either side of the altar at the front of the church. Click here to read more!
The St. Joseph Men's Club is asking all parishioners to say and share the prayer to St. Michael to combat the evil forces in our world today. Please click here to view more details and obtain the St. Michael prayer, as well as a non-Catholic version to share. Thank you!
While the state has allowed churches to operate at 50% capacity with no cap, WE STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN DISTANCE. Therefore, we are asking that you continue to contact the office for Mass reservations to make sure we have enough distanced seats for all. Thank you!
St. Joseph Book Club will start meeting in person in March! Please click title to go to our St. Joseph Book Club page for details and sign ups! You may also call the parish office to sign up. We look forward to seeing you!
Ash Wednesday Masses will be at 7:30am and 7:00pm. Parishioners MUST call the parish office to reserve a seat for Mass. Ashes will be sprinkled over your head and not place directly on your forehead for health and safety reasons. Thank you!
Living Rosary starts TODAY, January 25th (1st Day on your calendars). Calendars have been emailed to you, or available in the parish office for pick up during office hours. Thank you!
Please remember our easy and secure online giving system! Donate once or set up a recurring giving account. We appreciate your continued generosity of our parish.