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This Week

Stations of the Cross- Tonight (Friday) at 7 PM in the Church
Men's Group- Saturday at 9 AM in Parish Center room 3/4
Altar Server Appreciation- Saturday at 10:30 AM in Church
Monsignor Smith's final Mass here- Saturday Vigil at 4 PM
Young Adult Social- Saturday at 5:15 PM in room 5/6
Monsignor Smith Celebration- Sunday after all Masses
Blood Drive- Sunday in the School Cafeteria 7:30 AM-1:30 PM
Women's Guild Meeting- Tuesday at 6:30 PM
OCIA- Tuesday at 7 PM in room 3/4
Holy Hour For Vocations- Tuesday at 7 PM in the Chapel
TMIY!- Wednesday at 7 AM in room 3/4
Quilting- Wednesday at 9 AM in the Rectory Basement
Mary's Mantle Consecration- Wednesday 9:30 AM Parish Center
Mary's Mantle Consecration- Wednesday 7 PM Parish Center
Bible Study- Thursday at 9:30 AM in room 5/6

A Few Notes

This weekend begins with Altar Server Appreciation in the Church at 10:30 AM. If not remaining with them, parents may pick up their children in the Parish Center at 1 PM. If you forgot to RSVP, it's not too late. Please tell us how many will be there for lunch HERE.

The Blood Drive will take place on Sunday at the School and there are still appointments from 7:30 AM to 1:30 PM available HERE. Walk-ins are welcome, but please sign up if you plan to go.

The Young Adults and the Women's Guild are gathering this coming week, and the Family Promise hosting weeks for March are quickly approaching. See below.

Fr. Brelinsky is hearing confessions on Monday nights during Lent from 7-7:45 PM.

We will be celebrating Monsignor Smith this weekend in the Parish Center after all the Masses on Sunday. There aren't enough words to express our appreciation and love for him, as he has impacted all of our lives in some way throughout his years here. Be sure to see the bulletin this weekend for his contact information. You can access it HERE. We will also livestream the Vigil Mass HERE.

Schedule an appointment HERE!

We invite all women to join us for our next Women's Guild meeting on Tuesday, March 3 in the Parish Center at 6:30 PM. Tom Ropash will tell us about the history and culture of pizza in America and around the world.

Thank you to all who signed up for Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament during Lent. The hours of Adoration for Lent are Monday through Thursday 9AM to 8PM, and Friday 9AM to 8AM Saturday.

PLEASE READ: We will be having overnight adoration during the 40 Hours devotion on the nights of March 15 and March 16, Sunday and Monday. We need adorers for all openings. Please sign up HERE.

We still have some overnight Adoration hours open on Fridays during Lent HERE. Thank you for your sacrifice!

Family Promise will be hosting our homeless families in need, along with Jordan Lutheran Church, during the weeks of March 8 and March 15 at Jordan Lutheran. There are three opportunities to help 1) make and deliver a meal - 2)host during dinner - 3) sleep overnight. Volunteer van drivers are also needed (no special license required.)We invite you to take a look at the sign up genius to see where you may be able to help. If you have any questions or want more information about Family Promise at St. Joe’s please email Fran HERE. To learn more about Family Promise of the Lehigh Valley click to HERE. Sign up to volunteer HERE.

Order HERE!

We hope you will consider taking part in this 40 day campaign to to end abortion through prayer and fasting. Here in Allentown, it is held at Planned Parenthood located at 29 9th St, Allentown. Please consider signing up for one hour on Tuesdays or Wednesdays with St. Joseph the Worker members. If you have any questions, please call Sandra at 610.703.7161. You can sign up HERE.

The Food Pantry is in need of the following items:

Pasta and Applesauce

Donations may be left in the wire basket in the vestibule before Mass or in the Parish Office during the week. Thank you for your generosity!

There will be a Bereavement Gathering on Sunday, March 8, at 12:15 PM in room 3/4 in the Parish Center. Whether you experienced a loss a while ago or recently, if you are still grieving, sharing can help.

We will be making Halupki in the Parish Center kitchen for the upcoming Festival, preparing the meat filling and cabbage on Wednesday, March 11 and rolling on Thursday March 12. Both days will begin at 9:15 AM and continue until we are finished. Please help if you can! Any amount of your time is appreciated. Contact Gina HERE if you have questions.

The Youth Group will be meeting on the first Saturday of the month beginning next week, March 8th. We will meet in the Church for Mass at 8:30 AM, followed by our meeting. Pick-up at 10:00 AM.

Save the Date

-Msgr. Smith final Mass- February 28 at 4 PM

-Msgr. Smith Celebration- March 1 after all Masses

-Blood Drive- March 1, sign up HERE

-Women's Guild- March 3

-Youth Group- March 8

-Family Promise Weeks- March 8 and March 15, sign up HERE

-Halupki Making- March 11-12

-Fish Fry- March 20

-St. Patrick's Day Dance- March 21

Pray for Our Parish

Dear God, I believe that you have the ability to convert everyone at St. Joseph the Worker Church and I beg you to perform miracles in our lives that we will come to love you and never want to offend you.

I beg you to let us see our sins and run to the confessional, that the lines will be out the door.

Set the hearts of our priests on fire so that they burn with the desire for the conversion of every soul in the parish.

I implore you to make St. Joseph's a beacon in our diocese, that souls will be drawn by the holiness they find here.

I ask that you blind Satan to every parishioner, that they might have the space to know and love you without temptation.

I offer myself to you completely at whatever the cost.

Amen

Pray for Vocations

God our Father, please send us holy priests and religious, all for the Sacred and Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, all for the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, in union with Saint Joseph.

Amen

Bulletin Submissions- Please submit your bulletin submissions to Gina Medvedz at media@stjwchurch.org by Monday morning at 9 AM prior to weekend edition.

E-News Submissions- due by Friday at noon.

Visit Our Church

The Parish Office is open from 9 AM-4:30 PM, Monday through Friday. If you have a question, email our secretary, Anne, at parishoffice@stjwchurch.org

or call the office at 610-395-2876.

If you are interested in registering with the parish, please contact Gina at media@stjwchurch.org. You must be a registered member for at least three months to be a godparent, Confirmation sponsor, marry, or baptize your child at St. Joseph the Worker. Please register, and remind your adult children to register in a parish near them.

Helping Hands are available for sale Tuesday through Friday next week, 11 AM-1:00 PM in the Parish Office, or before and after every weekend Mass.

Thank you for continuing to support our parish. You may mail offertory envelopes to the parish office, drop them in the lock-box hanging to the left of the office entrance, or bring them inside during office hours.

We also offer an online system where you have control over how much you donate each week. Click HERE to sign up!

Live Stream- at 9 AM HERE

Daily Mass Times

-6:30 and 8:30 AM Monday through Friday

-8:30 AM on Saturday

Weekend Mass Times

-Saturday Vigil at 4 PM

-Sunday Masses at 7, 9 and 11 AM

Adoration Schedule

-The Rosary is prayed in the Chapel from 9:00 to 9:30 AM after daily Mass and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 3 PM when adoration is open.

Adorers needed for the following hours to serve weekly:

-Monday- 5PM