POLISH PICNIC Sunday, July 15th from 12 to 5 PM St. Joseph Church -414 North St., Pittsfield, MA Free Admission! Bring your lawn chair and dancing shoes. For your listening pleasure “The Rymanowski Brothers” from 1 to 5 PM - Hot food available at Noon - Polish Food –Kielbasa, pierogi, golumbki, kapusta. American food– hot dogs, hamburgers, desserts - please note: **Frozen Polish food for sale from 9:00 AM to noon.
The Diocesan Listening sessions held during winter/spring 2018 yielded 8 overarching themes around which the Bishop and the Diocese might focus research and activity in the ensuing 3 to 5 years. 1. Create/build community within parishes. Creation of welcoming environments within our parish communities. Become more active seeking those who are missing from our churches and parish life. Listen and invite to come back, heal and encourage to stay. 2. Young Adults: Intentionally invite and engage the youth and young adults of our diocese in Catholic life. 3. Life long faith formation: Engage all parishioners, children and adults in life long formation in their faith. 4. Spirituality: Encourage more awareness of and appreciation for the breadth and depth of Catholic spiritual life. Promote more and greater participation in the numerous spiritual practices at the diocesan and parish levels. 5. Diocesan/Parishioners relationship: Establish a more open, inclusive diocesan way of doing business that listens to the advice and concerns of its people, engages them in dialogue, invites them into participation in the decision making process, and shares the method and reasoning of outcomes. 6. Cultural Integration: Parish/diocesan practices, programs, and worship that are intergenerational and integrate diverse cultures, ethnicities, and life choices. 7. Catholic Schools: Discernment of the value, structure and support for Catholic School education in our Diocese. 8. Clergy Formation and Support: Avenues for continuing formation and support for clergy and vocations.
At each of the Masses the gifts of Bread and Wine are placed at the center aisle . Please take the opportunity to bring the gifts to the priest at any Mass. A sign-up sheet is placed at the break in the center aisle for your convenience. Children love to perform this function and parents are advised to encourage and escort your child with the gifts at Mass.
All Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers, please save the date: Wednesday July 11, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. in the church. Msgr. Mike, assisted by Jim Armstrong and Gerry Dahrouge, will hold an update session for your ministry leading to certification by the diocese. More information will be in next week’s bulletin. Please plan on attending. Any folks who wish to begin serving as a Lector or Eucharistic minister are most welcome to come. Contact the Rectory to let Michelle know if you will be attending.
ST. ANNE SOCIETY - We will take part in the daily Holy Hour on Wednesday, June 13th beginning at 11 a.m. and praying for vocations to the priesthood, religious, married and single life. All members of the parish are welcome to come to the daily devotion beginning at 11 a.m. each weekday morning. The hour consists of quiet prayer and meditation, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and recitation of the rosary. The St. Anne meeting will be on June 20th beginning at 6 p.m. in the Parish Center. Sheriff Thomas Bowler will be the speaker for the evening. As always refreshments will be served. All members of the Parish are welcome to attend. We hope to see you there!
St. Joseph increased weekly Giving Program is coming to a close. We would like to commend all parishioners for their concern for our parish. If you have not yet returned your response envelope, please do so at the first opportunity. Thank you.
Msgr. Eugene F. Marshall, Knights of Columbus Council #103 Father's Day Breakfast Fundraiser, Sunday June 17, 2018, 8 AM to 11 AM at St. Joseph Parish Center. We are raising funds for scholarships and other worthy charitable causes. Serving pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, home fries, orange juice, coffee. Donation: Adults $10.00, Children 5 to 12 years old $6.00. Treat Dad for Father's Day, Take-out available. Purchase tickets early (limited tickets at the door if available) at St. Joseph Rectory or through members of the Knights of Columbus Council #103 or contact Jack Laviolette at 464-6009.
Tuesday, October 2nd Day of Retreat Enders Island, Mystic, CT - The bus leaves our parking lot at 7:30AM. Coffee reception upon arrival. A wonderful hot lunch, Mass and talk, free time to roam the Island. We leave to return home between 4 & 4:30PM. The cost for the day is $92. Please call for reservations.
St. Joseph's Cemetery-year around, full time grounds employee position available, 40 to 44 hours per week, includes benefits. Please contact, Jay Meehan, Superintendent at 413 499-1317. St. Joseph's Cemetery-summer grounds maintenance position available, 40 hours per week. Please contact, Jay Meehan, Superintendent at 413 499-1317.