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When Commitment to Parish Life began many years ago the company trying to pitch the program to us tried to explain how we needed to pitch people investing with time, talent and treasure in the community.

SJTW is happy to announce the hiring of Brady Tynen to serve our parish community within our Faith Formation team.

We are a seeking an energetic, technically savvy, service-oriented individual who would like to join the SJTW staff as full-time Coordinator of Outreach and Shared Ministry.

Over the years my family has moved further and further apart.  As a child we all tended to live pretty close together and we tried to get together as often as possible for celebrate summer or special days.

We have finished the fiscal year for 2020-21.  We have done amazingly well considering the difficulty of worshipping as a family.  As we begin the process of returning to things we had given up,

Registration Deadline- Friday, August 20, 2021 – Our Faith Formation programs serve children 3 years old through high school. Classes begin in mid-September and run through April. 

SJTW has added AccessiBe website accessibility to it's parish website. AccessiBe offers users a hassle-free online experience for those with disabilities.

The numbers of people attending in person continues to grow and there are new faces.

We are happy to announce that Sunday School will resume this Fall. Parish member, Jeanne Smith, will serve as our new Sunday School Coordinator. Jeanne has years of catechetical experience, both here at SJTW as well as in her former parish in the Fargo diocese.

I pray that you have received my letter in the mail by now about our finances in the parish.

Archbishop Bernard Hebda has officially appointed Fr. Ron Kreul, OP (pronounced like Prell but with a K) as a priest to the parish of St. Joseph the Worker effective July 1.

While I hate what COVID has done for us as a worshipping community, one good thing it has done is forced us to look at doing ministry in different ways. 

We have exciting news. We have completed the search process for a Director of Justice, Mission, and Outreach.

Coming Fall 2021--ALL parishioners are invited to come and share hopes and dreams for our local church over 6 sessions to be held mid-Sept to early November 2021. After these sessions across the Archdiocese, Archbishop Hebda and others will develop an action plan based on what participants say.

When COVID struck a year ago no one had any idea what it was, how it would effect people, how businesses would be altered and how we would continue to gather as a faith community.

It is stunning!  Now that the CDC has said those fully vaccinated do not need to wear masks, the effect upon people is like being released from the prison of our home.

 Our faith community is a family of believers.  We come from many different backgrounds and live in many different areas of the cities.  This was very evident these past few weekends when we have celebrated First Communion and Confirmation for a good number of our youth.

We invite you to register your student(s) for Faith Formation. Early Registration Discount Ends June 1 – Register Today! We serve children ages Preschool through High School.

We are entering the final two months of our annual budget. You have been wonderful in supporting the parish during this COVID year. We ended the last calendar year in the black.  

During the past year you have been extremely faithful in your contributions to the parish.