Mass and Reception with Fr. Mike O'Brien -- Fr. Mike was pastor here at St. Joseph from around 1988 until 2000 will be retiring this year and will soon be moving to Ireland for some time. While he was here at St. Joseph he made many friends and many here remember him very fondly. We've invited him to come and say Mass for us at the regular daily Mass time at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. We will also have a reception after Mass in the Parish Hall so you can come and say hello and visit with him and one another that evening.
Vacation Bible School -- June 6-9 from 8:30-11:30am for 5 year old's through 4th graders. There'll be a sign up sheet in the back of church soon.
Steubenville Youth Conference -- The Youth of our parish (9th through outgoing 12th Graders) are invited to attend the Steubenville Youth Conference in Atlanta, Georgia the weekend of July 8-10. There will be 2500 other teens present. Fr. Mike Schmitz will be the keynote speaker and celeebrating the sacraments as well through the weekend. The cost is $100 per person.
Homework Starkville -- Our High School Students of the parish are also invited to attend Homework and Rafting this summer. Homework is four days of service here in Starkville (and possibly Macon as well), putting into practice the Corporal Works of Mercy. Homework will begin the morning of Monday, July 18th and end the morning of Friday, the 22nd. Then, around noon of the 22nd they'll leave for the rafting trip, spending the night near Chattanooga, Tennessee and then rafting on Saturday, July 23rd, and returning to Starkville late Saturday night.
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