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A couple of weeks ago I was at a national gathering of US Catholic Priests. We had a cardinal from Rome and another from DC.  There were two other bishops there as well as about 225 priests.

We are approaching the end of our fiscal year with the end of June. You have been generous in supporting the parish fiscally and also with all of the ministries we offer.

This weekend we welcome Sr. Lucia Benedict for our annual Archdiocesan Missionary Appeal. While our Commitment to Parish Like means what we do within our parish it also means what we do within our universal church and in our daily lives within our communities.

As a parish we have been Committed to Parish Life for many years.  That represents the many ministries we offer in the parish for families and individuals.

One of the things that gives me special delight every weekend is watching our young children come forward at offertory time to put money into the collection basket.

We are coming to the end of the fiscal year. I want to thank you for your continued support of our ministries by volunteering in so many of them as well as your fiscal support.

During the month of June, Pack with Purpose will be collecting for our friends at Dayton Mobile Hope with “non-food essentials”. We have heard from many of our partner organizations that non-food items are often overlooked and critical to daily life.

Registration for our 2022-23 Faith Formation year is now open. Register by June 15 to receive our early discount rate of $100.00 per student.

Teams of teens and adults will assist the Mobile Home community by painting, performing yard work, helping with indoor/outdoor clean-up, deck maintenance and simple landscape projects. ChristPower will be a daytime only mission in 2022.

St. Joseph the Worker is seeking a Coordinator of Discipleship Senior High Faith Formation and Youth Ministry and an Adult Nursery Worker. Click to learn more.

This past weekend there was a woman visiting from North Dakota.  She said when she first walked in she was wondering if we were a Roman Catholic church.  

The Caring for Creation team at St. Joseph the Worker, in collaboration with the creation care teams at Lord of Life Lutheran and Advent Lutheran in Osseo, will be giving away white spruce or northern pine saplings to caring parishioners on Sunday, May 8, following 8:30 and 10:30 Mass, in the church parking lot.

Saturday May 14 – 9:00am - 2:00pm Sunday May 15 – 9:30am - 12:30pm – 50% OFF ALL ITEMS! Click to learn more.

The Cursillo movement is dedicated too spreading the Word of God and to help people form a closer relationship with Jesus Christ. The next weekends are July 7-10 and July 14-17.

Welcome to our Damascus Summer Camp Retreat! This is for students going into 6th – 9th Grade in the fall of 2022. High School (students going into 10th – 12th) students welcome to join as mentors! Adult volunteers welcome! July 31st – August 5th

Things are wrapping up for the year at St. Joseph’s.

Over 10 years ago our parish decided to emphasize the need for a Commitment to Parish Life, or CPL.  I have discovered that folks who like and appreciate something is eager to get involved.

St. Joseph the Worker Knights of Columbus will be handing out Tootsie Rolls and collecting donations after all Masses this weekend.

I believe one of the best Eucharistic celebrations offered by the church is the Easter Vigil.  It is at least 3 hours at our parish.  It includes the stories from the Old Testament about God's faithfulness, even when the people were not so faithful to the covenant.

Individual Reconciliation services will be offered today April 5 from 4:00–7:00 pm.