Dear Parishioners,
Monday December 9th is the Solemnity of the Immaculate of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Holy Day of Obligation. Mass will be offered at 7 AM, 9 AM (School Mass), 12:15 PM and 6 PM. Please note that the 6 PM Mass on Sunday, December 8th is the Mass of the Second Sunday of Advent; it is not the Vigil Mass of the Immaculate Conception.
Confessions are now being heard before the 10 AM and 12 PM Masses: 9:30—9:55 AM and 11:30-11:55 AM. Please take advantage of these expanded confession times to make a good confession.
Fr. Jean-Didier Sohotode has arrived at St. Joseph’s Parish. Fr. Jean-Didier is from Benin in West Africa. He is a member of the Order of St. Viator. He will be serving here as a parochial vicar. Welcome Fr. Sohotode. Fr. Sandry Matondo will continue in residence here at St. Joseph until the Archdiocese of New York asks him to transfer to another parish.
Maintenance update: The boiler in the rectory is now out of commission and will need to be replaced. It began to malfunction last Monday. The technicians we called in determined that is about 50 years old and that replacement parts are no longer made. We will now get two estimates for installing a new boiler. In the meantime, space heaters have been purchased. Happily, the hot water heater is in fine working condition.
The roof of the church has four hatches allowing access to the upper and lower roofs. The hatches were not in good condition. We have replaced the hatches with new custom-made stainless-steel hatches.
The contractor installing a new bathroom in the second-floor pastor’s suite is making good progress after the completion of necessary plumbing repairs. The next step will be the installation of air conditioning in the pastor’s suite and in the third and fourth floor priest’s rooms.
God bless you!
Fr. Gerald E. Murray, Pastor
The regular schedule of Masses is as follows:
Monday to Friday – 7:00 am and 12:15 pm
Saturday – 8:00 am, 12:15 pm and 4:00 pm (Sunday Vigil)
Sunday – 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 noon, 2:00 pm (Hungarian) and 6:00 pm
Confessions are heard on Saturdays from 3:15 to 3:45 pm
The church is open Monday through Friday from 6:30 am to 6:00 pm,
Saturday from 7:30 am to 5pm, and Sunday from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm.
The parish office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm.
The Blessed Sacrament is exposed for veneration on Sunday afternoons.
St Joseph Church
404 East 87th Street, New York, NY 10128
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