Dear Parishioners,
Monday February 16th Is Presidents’ Day, a Federal holiday. There will be only one Mass at 7 AM. There will be no 12:15 PM Mass. The Church will close after the 7 AM Mass. The rectory office will be closed.
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 18. There will be three Ash Wednesday Masses here at St. Joseph’s: 7 AM, 12:15 PM and 6 PM.
LENTEN FAST AND ABSTINENCE REGULATIONS
During the season of Lent, the Church urges the faithful to reflect a spirit of penance in their daily lives through performing acts of fasting and abstinence.
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fasting and abstinence.
Fasting means only one full meal a day may be taken. Two smaller meals may be eaten to maintain physical strength but together they should not equal another full meal in quantity. Snacking between meals is not permitted. Catholics ages 18- 59 are obligated to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Those who are not specifically obliged to fast are encouraged to join in the discipline of fasting, to the extent that they are able.
Abstinence forbids the eating of meat or poultry. Those who have reached the age of 14 and older are obligated to abstain on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays of Lent. Those who are not specifically obliged to abstain from eating meat are urged to join in the discipline of abstaining, to the extent that they are able.
All Fridays of the year are designated as days of penance during which we are encouraged to practice self-denial out of gratitude for the suffering and death Jesus accepted for us.
The Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal 2026 is underway in the Archdiocese of New York. Those parishioners who have contributed in the past should have received a letter from Timothy Cardinal Dolan along with an informational flyer and donation envelope. If you are not on our mailing list, you may take the informational brochure and donation envelope which are available on the table at the back of the church.
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, 4:00 pm (Sunday Vigil), 5 pm German Mass on the 1st Saturday of the month.
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
Sundays from 9:30 am to 9:55 am and 11:30 am to 11:55am
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 from 3:15 pm to 5:30 pm.
Holy Hour takes place on the first Friday of each month following the 12:15 pm Mass.
St Joseph Church
404 East 87th Street, New York, NY 10128
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