Dear Parish Family,
With the help of the April rain, spring has sprung! The trees are budding and the flowers are blooming! These wonderful signs of life help make the difficult days a little brighter and full of hope. We pray that you continue to be well and are staying safe. Remember, if you have any questions, special needs or would like us to pray for you, please don’t hesitate to contact us. You may email us at parishoffice@stjoenash.org or call the parish office at 603-883-0757
ext. 2.
Reminders and Updates:
We are pleased to share Bishop Christian’s 4/29/20 weekly message with you. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to receive notifications of future videos.
This Friday, May 1st, at 3 p.m., along with his brother bishops in the U.S. and Canada, Bishop Libasci will conduct a brief liturgy and prayer of renewal of the consecration of the United States to the care of our Blessed Mother Mary. This liturgy will be livestreamed on the Cathedral’s website. To learn more visit www.usccb.org/consecration.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be available every Sunday from 9 a.m. until 12 noon in the main church until further notice.
***Please be sure to maintain proper physical distancing (at least 6 feet) when entering, inside and exiting the church. We also ask that if you or someone in your household has any symptoms such as a cough, fever, sore throat, etc., please refrain from entering the church. We thank you for your patience and consideration during this difficult time.
Archived recordings of the weekend Gospel and Bishop Christian’s homily are posted on our parish website on Saturdays at 2 p.m. and on our parish Facebook page on Sundays at 8 a.m.
The St. Joseph’s Knights of Columbus Council 12311 is happy to announce the availability of two individual $1000 scholarship awards for the 2020-2021 school year. In order to qualify for consideration, the applicant must be a current year graduate from a qualified high school, a member of St. Joseph the Worker Parish and enrolled in a college and/or qualified trade school full time for the 2020-2021 school year. Click here for the Student Scholarship Application. The submission deadline is Friday, May 29, 2020.
Scam Alert! We’ve been notified once again that some of our parishioners have been receiving emails as well as text messages claiming to be Bishop Christian looking for help in various ways. Please know that Bishop Christian will never ask for money, donations, gift cards, etc. via email or texting. If you receive and email or text message using Bishop Christian’s name, please do not respond and call the parish office to report it. Thank you for your continued support!
Resources:
Parish Web Site: www.stjoenash.org
Parish Facebook page: www.facebook.com/stjoenash
Weekly Bulletin: www.stjoenash.org/Bulletin You may also sign up to receive our weekly bulletin via email by following this link.
May is the month of our Blessed Mother. Pope Francis has asked Catholics to make a special effort in May to pray the rosary. By doing so, we will be united with believers around the world asking for Mary’s intercession in stopping the coronavirus pandemic. Pope Francis also wrote two prayers to Mary that can be recited at the end of the rosary. Click here to see the pope’s letter on the month of May and his prayers. “We fly to your protection, O Holy Mother of God; Do not despise our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from every danger, O Glorious and Blessed Virgin.”
May the Lord bless you,
Bishop Christian and the Parish Staff
Kim Dupont
Office Manager
St. Joseph the Worker Parish
777 West Hollis Street, Nashua NH 03062
603-883-0757, Ext. 2
