ST. JOSEPH CHURCH
414 NORTH STREET
PITTSFIELD, MA 01201
Summer 2013
Dear Parent(s) or Guardian(s),
Where has the summer gone? It’s time for us to start thinking about CCD. There will be changes for us this year. We thank Mrs. Collins for her many years of service to the parish and especially to the youth of St. Joseph’s. We wish her many peaceful and happy days of retirement. We also welcome our recently established CCD Board. They will assist me and our newly appointed Coordinator
of Faith Formation. We are all dedicated to the religious formation of our youth and also to the rest of the parish.
We are eagerly looking forward to the beginning of a new year. Each of us is called to be a proclaimer of the Gospel using our God given talents. St. Joseph’s Program has been blessed with many fine and talented teachers. I thank them in advance for their service to the parish. GOOD NEWS! We would like to welcome John Arasimowicz and Linda Hermanski as our new Co-Coordinators. I am confident they will do a wonderful job.
Our new year will begin with registration (Parish Center) on Sunday, September 15th. Please come to the center following the 9AM Mass. I am including a registration form with this letter. You may fill it out and mail it in before September 15th if it is convenient.
I must stress the importance of Sunday Mass. Mass and Class go hand in hand. It is expected that all students attend Mass as well as the class following Mass. Classes will begin at 10 and end at 11. More about that later.
I thank you for entrusting your child to us. Our Lord’s final words to us at the Ascension were, “Go and teach all nations.” It is our obligation to take his words to heart. We will do the best we can and we hope you will do the same.
I entrust you all to the loving care of the foster father of Jesus. St. Joseph, prayfor us.