This weekend  you we will have a Volunteer Sign Up Table in the Gather Space, come see us an join us in celebrating  150 years as a parish.

You can also click here for opportunities to be apart of this special occasion!

Stop by the table in the  Gather Space to pick up your packet.

Proceeds this year will benefit a new PA Security System.

 

5K Run @ 9:00 am:

$30 if you sign up by September 10th

 

Kids Fun Run @ 11:00 am:

$15

Use this link below to sign up

Click here for more info on this year's  amazing events...

Click here for the bulletin cover~all about volunteer needs and ways you can be apart of this year's special event!

ITEMS NEEDED FOR HARVEST FESTIVAL & 

COUNTRY STORE

Come check out the  "Donation Tree" and donate a fun item for Harvest Festival. It's simple just take a tag, pick up the item and bring it back on or before August 25/26. Or if you like to show off your arts and crafts skills, donations of handmade items are being accepted as well to be sold at St. Joe's country Store September 14-16. Proceeds from Harvest Festival will benefit a new Church Campus PA system. Please place your item in a plastic bag marked with a suggested price with the words "For Country Store" and drop off at the church office.   Sorry, no commercial or food items accepted.

CRAFTERS WANTED

We still have spots available, First Come First Serve basis. Please see our website for more info or email Bridget in the Parish Office.  

HARVEST FEST CHICKEN DINNER SALES

 Dinner tickets will go on sale beginning the weekend of August 25th & 26th in the Gather Space.

Veteran's Recognition table will be in the Gather Space after mass on August 18-19 or August 25-26 to fill out an application or obtain additional information. Donations are being accepted to cover the cost of the display.

 

Thank you!  

St. Joseph's Veterans Recognition Committee

Click here for this weekend's bulletin for more info

Come join us on 

Wednesday, August 29, 7:30pm

for an evening of stargazing with Mike Lynch, WCCO Radio's meteorologist, astronomer and St Joseph parishioner.  Mars will be the closest to the earth since 2003.  Mike's presentation is fun and interactive.  All donations will benefit our Prison Ministry program.  Suggested donation:  $10/Adults; children free.  Mike will have his book available for sale and will sign your copy.    We will start with dessert and presentation in the social hall, then move to the biggest outdoor theater. 

Bring a lawn chair for your seated outdoor enjoyment.

We will have a blessing for students after

all Masses on  Labor Day Weekend.  

Each student will receive a blessed cross which they may carry with them throughout the school year.  The blessing will take place in the church immediately following each Mass.

 

  "Take your cross and follow me" Mt., 16-24 

Join us on October 10th as we begin Consoling the Heart of Jesus- a ten-week book and video group retreat to aid us in our quest toward spiritual growth.

Wednesday October 10 - December 19, 9-10:30am, we'll watch a 30-minute video by popular author and speaker, Fr. Michael Gaitley and share our insights within our small group.

Registration deadline is September 17th.

Registration forms are available in the kiosk and on the Church of St. Joseph website   

Questions- please contact Kim Doyle-651-332-2266

Please visit the information table after Masses the weekend of  September 8th & 9th

FLYER                  REGISTRATION FORM

On the 2nd Friday of the month from

9:30 -11:00 am St. Joseph parishioners go to Trinity Care Center in Farmington. We have been helping out at Trinity since 2013. We lead the rosary, do a communion service, and then distribute communion to residents in their rooms.

We would be happy to have more people join us.

For more information or to volunteer please contact

Lou Croke 952-891-1029

 

Our goal is to have 350 pavers dedicated. 

We currently have 125 pavers dedicated! 

                   Click here for more info

Click here to purchase a paver or to donate

Through Friday, August 31st  the parish  office is open as follows:

 

Monday to Thursday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm; Friday, 8:00 am - 12 noon.

 

If you need to see someone outside of these office hours,

 please make an appointment.   Parish phone  651-423-4402

St. Joseph School Faithful Beginnings preschool program is seeking a part-time Preschool Assistant Teacher.  Candidates must be assistant teacher qualified as required by the Minnesota Department of Health and Human Services. Please visit this link for preschool assistant teacher qualifications. 

Click here to register for classes...

Click here to view the school website...

WELCOME BACK NIGHT

Wednesday, August 29th 

4:30 pm -7:30 pm

Packet Pick-up, the Donald's Uniform Sale AND School Pictures will be Thursday, August 16 from 

4-7 pm in the School Atrium.  

 Click here  To order your picture package online  or pick up a form the day of! 

We will see you there!  

To begin eligibility for the May 2019  Confirmation you will need to:  

These two steps get you into the program and start working towards completing the necessary components to be receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.

 

Questions can be directed to the

Confirmation Coordinator,
Mijanou.sampers@stjosephcommunity.org

As families prepare to send their children to school, please know that you continue to have such a positive impact on the lives of many.  The school supply donations from the parishioners of St. Joe's will be appreciated by many children and their families.   Imagine the smile on the faces of children as they receive their school supplies knowing that YOU are the reason for that smile!

As Dr. Seuss once stated,  "To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world." 

Thank you!    Scott-Carver-Dakota CAP Agency

In addition to generous school supply donations, your kindness provided the CAP Agency Emergency Food Shelf with over 100 pounds of food.    On behalf of children and their families, thank you!  Unemployment rates have decreased yet there are families in our community that are forced to make choices between paying utility bills, medical bills, prescriptions, car repairs and childcare.   

We and the families we serve are very grateful to each of you.

The St. Joe's 150th Anniversary Committee needs your help to fill the showcases in the Social Hall with artifacts and mementos from St. Joe's past. If you have any pictures of events such as Church Dinners or Holiday pictures, Baptisms or Weddings or even Summer Church Picnics, anything that relates to the old church or school, we would love to borrow them for the display.

Drop off these mementos to the church office any time during the weeks ahead. Put your name and phone number on them, and if there is a story that goes with the item- please share it. They will be returned after our Harvest Festival 150th Anniversary Weekend celebration which concludes on September 16, 2018. Thank you.

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