Join the parishioners of St. Joseph as they honor their patron saint with the traditional St. Joseph Feast Day meal on March 19 after the 6 p.m. Mass. It’s also a tradition to have bread blessed on this feast — so bring any breads you may have for a blessing by Father Byrd.
How to Meaningfully Observe Lent –It’s Simple, Intentional & Achievable!
Get the three ways to make Lent your best yet with Fr. Byrd’s study on: How to Meaningfully Observe Lent. You take three actions: Make it Simple Be Intentional Make it Achievable You choose something you can do. For example, if you don’t sleep well already don’t say you will get up earlier than you need. However, there are other … Read More
Oh, February! Donut Sunday, Bake Sale, Baby Shower & Dates You’ll Want to Save! Oh, and A Beautiful Idea of How to Use Candlemas Candles!
For February we’ve got lots to choose from: Donut Sunday, A Seminarian Bake Sale, An All-Month Baby Shower and Lenten events coming up in March! There’s also a photo of St. Valentine’s Shrine in Ireland — he is a real saint. Check out Fr. Byrd’s Lenten Soup Supper & Study on the Sacrament of Charity that delves into the deeper … Read More
It’s an All-Month Baby Shower for 3 Pregnancy Care Centers!
It’s a month long baby shower to support three hard-working pregnancy care centers that service Jennings County! The St. Joseph Rosary Society is sponsoring the event and there will be baskets in the back of St. Joseph Church to place items for the month of February. Items Needed Here’s a wishlist for the baby shower. Diapers sizes 5 & 6, … Read More
The Gabriel Project Needs Your Help
The Gabriel Project has a new video explaining what they do and who they help. Their amazing video explains how we can respond to help women and children. It comes as the agency is seeking to rehab an old home to further serve its clients. We also have our own Gabriel Project ministry for the Catholic Churches of Jennings County. … Read More
New Maternity Home Brings Hope to local Pro-Life Ministry
The Missy’s Hope Banquet was a night that brought tears falling, but spirits soaring as women told their stories of placing their children for adoption. The testimonies were part of the 2022 fund-raising dinner at St. Mary’s Parish Center for Missy’s Hope, a maternity home in Jennings County. The home is a community faith-based effort. The evening raised almost $10,000 … Read More
St. Philip Neri // Fr. Byrd’s Rome Experience in Photos!
St. Philip Neri is quite the saint and while in Rome, Fr. Jerry Byrd got to visit and celebrate Mass at some of the most important places in Neri’s life! Fr. Byrd went to Italy — mostly Rome — for the Third International Convocation of the Confraternities of Catholic Clergy (US, Australia, Great Britain). Here he learned more deeply about … Read More