As living members of the Body of Christ, the people of 

St. Joseph Parish embrace the Traditions of the Church  as given to us by Christ. 

Empowered by the Holy Spirit we teach, live, and love one another as brothers and sisters in Christ, and celebrate the Word of God as a faith-filled community that welcomes all who seek the truth.  We celebrate the presence of God in our midst through worship, service, and catechesis.  In accordance with the teachings of the Church, we work to assist all parish members in discerning the truths of our faith and the moral obligation to which we are called to live the Gospel.  Email us.

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   May our Lord bless you abundantly

throughout the New Year

Year of St. Joseph

December 8, 2020 - December 8, 2021

Litany to St. Joseph

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Listen to Fr. Tim's weekly announcement

If you are not receiving Fr. Tim's weekly calls,

please call or email the rectory and give us

your current phone number.  Thank you.

Pray the 9 Days for Life Novena

beginning January 21st.

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                             Every Life

              Cherished  *  Chosen  *  Sent

Read protocols for registering for Masses here.

Guidelines to return to Church

                 Click to read

Communications from the Diocese of Joliet

relating to Covid-19

The Obligation to attend Mass on Sundays

is still lifted as the coronavirus

pandemic continues.

The Catholic Ministries Annual Appeal for 2021 

will kick off in February.  Click on the image above 

to learn more. Information has been mailed to

diocese households.

Read Bishop Ronald Hicks' Reflection here.

What is AMAZON SMILE?

Amazon Smile is a simple, automatic way for you to

support your favorite charitable organization every

time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop

at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same

low prices, vast selection and convenient 

shopping experience at Amazaon.com, 

with the added bonus that Amazon will donate

a portion of the purchase price to your favorite 

charitable organization. 

You can use your existing account on Amazon.com. 

Remember to go through Smile.Amazon and select

St. Joseph Parish as your charity of choice. Click on

this link or the icon in the right-hand column to begin

shopping and helping St. Joseph at the same time!

SCRIP Gift Cards are available to purchase for all

of your in-person or online shopping needs.  Use

them for groceries, gift-giving occasions, back-to-

school shopping, gas, and much more!  Call the

rectory to place your order or order directly through www.ShopWithScrip.com.  St. Joseph Parish earns

a rebate on all Scrip Gift Cards purchased. 

Save Time  *  Save Gas  *  Shop SCRIP 

The 2021 Mass Book is open.

Please call or email the rectory to

schedule  your Mass requests.

Thank you and God bless.

St. John's Food Pantry Monthly Collection

Our weekend to collect for St. John's Food

Pantry is January 23rd & 24th.       

St. Joseph Parish supports the St. John Food

Pantry with a collection on the fourth weekend

of each month. 

Could you make a monetary donation or bring an item or two

of non-perishable ood or a household item (cleaning product,

shampoo, etc.) to help St. John's Food Pantry?

Monetary donations can be mailed to the rectory or

dropped through the mail slot in the front door of the

rectory. Non-perishable food donations can be dropped

off to the back porch of the rectory or in Church

at your convenience.

Many are in need during this time.  With children home

from school and adults not working full time or at all,

so many are lacking basic necessities, like food. May

God bless you for your generosity and prayerful support.

We recognize the centrality of the Eucharist in

our Catholic Faith, but the present crisis requires

us to follow directives that will eventually

minimize this pandemic.

So Storm Heaven with your prayers and recite

the following prayer as you make your

Spiritual Communion with Christ.

An Act of Spiritual Communion  

My Jesus, I believe that You are present in

the Most Holy Sacrament.

I love You above all things, and I desire to

receive You into my soul.

Since I cannot at this moment receive You

 We truly appreciate everyone

who has mailed in their offertory envelopes or

made online donations to St. Joseph Church.

Your generosity is helping us to maintain the Church

we all love and to keep the lights and heat on.

We depend on your spiritual and financial support to

continue the operations and ministries at St. Joseph Church. 

If possible, please prayerfully consider continuing your

donations to St. Joseph Church during these

uncertain times.  Your offertory gifts can be mailed

to the rectory, dropped through the mail slot 

in the front door, or you can submit your

offertory gift via Online Giving through the link

in the left-hand column above.  

We truly appreciate your continued support.

May our Lord bless you in all you do.

Weekday Masses

8:30 AM

Enter through

Clay Street

doors.

No Registration

Required

The Adoration

Chapel 

is not open at 

the present time.

The Obligation to

attend Mass on

Sundays

is still lifted

as the

coronavirus

pandemic

continues.

 Click Here to Register for Weekend Mass

Shop

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and earn

money for

St. Joe's

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St. Joseph 

Parish Museum

"And gradually,

though no one

remembers exactly

how it

happened, the

unthinkable

becomes tolerable. 

And then acceptable. 

And then legal.

And then 

applaudable."

 - Joni Eareckson Tada

  Respect 

All Life

From the Womb

To the Tomb

National Day of Remembrance -

Watch the

ceremony Here

St. Joseph Park,

Sept. 12th

Thank you to our

Prolife Committee

for coordinating

this beautiful event

and to

Channel 6 JCTV

for filming.

SCAM ALERT!!!
Cyber crime has hit

St. Joseph and is

hitting dioceses

nationwide. If/when 

you receive an email

from Fr. Tim

requesting you to

purchase a gift card

or to urgently contact

him via email, 

please delete it!

It is a scam!

This email scam is

also using other

priests’ names in the

diocese asking for

money or gift

cards.  Parishioners 

should contact the

parish office to verify

the legitimacy of any

suspicious request

they may receive.

Prayer to St. Rocco

O Great St. Rocco,

deliver  us, we

beseech thee,

from the scourges

of God; through

thy intercession,

preserve our bodies

from contagious

diseases, and

our  souls from

the contagion of 

sin. Obtain for us

salubrious air; but

above all purity

of heart.

Amen.

St. Rocco is the

patron saint

of epidemics 

and the

gravely ill.