In the Church's liturgy the divine blessing is fully revealed and communicated. The Father is acknowledged and adored as the source and the end of all the blessings of creation and salvation. In his Word who became incarnate, died, and rose for us, he fills us with his blessings. Through his Word, he pours into our hearts the Gift that contains all gifts, the Holy Spirit.
Taken from the Catholic Catechism 1082

Saint Joseph Parish has available assistive listening devices in the vesting sacristy, for use during Masses. Ushers are available to assist you, if needed.

We also provide communication access to persons who are Deaf and who use sign language during the 9:45 AM Mass. This Mass is signed by Father Rozman.  Confessions are available by appointment.

Saint Joseph parish is committed to the provision of communication access in all aspects of parish life to parishioners who are deaf.   Under the direction of Father Thomas Rozman, pastoral care, sacramental preparation, religious education and Masses are provided in ASL.  Interpreters are available for many parish activities, fostering  a spirit of welcome and inclusion. Sign language classes are offered for interested individuals and the deaf community meets on a regular basis for bible study, faith sharing groups and annual retreats.

Boys and girls who have completed at least the third grade as of June in the school year are eligible to be Altar servers. New servers are trained in the fall.

These are parishioners who are at least seniors in high school, married or single, who because of their love of the Church, their love of the Eucharist, their exemplary Christian living, and their willingness to offer service to the Church have been recommended by the parish priest to the Bishop. The Bishop mandates them to assist in the distribution of Holy Communion. Training sessions are provided.

Adult parisioners may volunteer to serve as lectors, and are either added to the roster or waitlisted based on parish needs and at the clergy’s discretion.

The men and women who serve as ushers perform very important services. Their duty is to assist and provide guidance to parishioners during the celebration of the Mass and other devotions. This involves greeting people arriving at church, helping seat people at crowded Masses, directing the procession at the preparation of gifts, taking up collections, directing communion processions, passing out bulletins and responding to emergencies.
 

The men and women who serve as ushers perform very important services. Their duty is to assist and provide guidance to parishioners during the celebration of the Mass and other devotions. This involves greeting people arriving at church, helping seat people at crowded Masses, directing the procession at the preparation of gifts, taking up collections, directing communion processions, passing out bulletins and responding to emergencies.

The Greeter ministry falls under the Hospitality Ministry umbrella and complements both the ushers and welcome kiosk ministries to inspire a wel.coming Saint Joseph culture.  The greeters provide a warm welcome to all coming through our doors during the weekend liturgies and other services as needed.  

“For the liturgy, ‘through which the work of our redemption is accomplished,’ most of all in the divine sacrifice of the Eucharist, is the outstanding means whereby the faithful may express in their lives, and manifest to others, the mystery of Christ and the real nature of the true Church. It is of the essence of the Church that she be both human and divine, visible and yet invisibly equipped, eager to act and yet intent on contemplation, present in this world and yet not at home in it; and she is all these things in such wise that in her the human is directed and subordinated to the divine, the visible likewise to the invisible, action to contemplation, and this present world to that city yet to come, which we seek. While the liturgy daily builds up those who are within into a holy temple of the Lord, into a dwelling place for God in the Spirit, to the mature measure of the fullness of Christ, at the same time it marvelously strengthens their power to preach Christ, and thus shows forth the Church to those who are outside as a sign lifted up among the nations under hich the scattered children of God may be gathered together, until there is one sheepfold and one shepherd.” – Vatican II,  The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, #2.