24 Apr 2019 0 Comment

Happy Easter to Everyone

My brothers and sisters, Christ is risen. Alleluia. What joy it is to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Easter is the greatest and the most important feast in the Church for three reasons: First of all: The resurrection of Christ is...
18 Apr 2019 0 Comment

Why do we pray the prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel?

We have recently begun to recite the prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel at the end of our Mass and questions have surfaced as to why? The excerpt below is taken from an article on www.ourcatholicprayers.com and helps to explain the...
18 Apr 2019 0 Comment

Family Life Team Listening Session

Please join us on April 23, from 6:30-8 pm in the Father Tucker Center As we redesign the focus of the Family Life Team, we invite you to a listening session in which we determine our future direction within the parish.  We will be...
18 Apr 2019 0 Comment

A Message From Fr. Kalombo

Homily-Palm Sunday It is Palm Sunday. It is the day we remember the beginning of the end. We remember how Jesus rode on the back of a donkey into Jerusalem. The crowd is whipped into a frenzy. They are celebrating His entry and rejoicing....
9 Apr 2019 0 Comment

“Church Principal” Debbie Luedke Retires April 7th

Sts Joseph and Paul Sunday Matters Minister, Debbie Luedke has announced her retirement effective April 7th. Debbie has been a member of Sts. Joseph and Paul for fifteen years and is looking forward to being with us as a “regular”...
9 Apr 2019 0 Comment

“Lazarus has died. And I am glad for you that I was not there, that you may believe .”

 When Jesus first learned that Lazarus was ill he said, “This illness will not end in death, but is for the glory of God.” The disciples were still learning about Jesus, and from him. They did not understand all that he did and said....
2 Apr 2019 0 Comment

Homily-4th Sunday of Lent

This is the fourth Sunday of Lent. In two weeks we will be celebrating Easter. Time goes very fast. Since we are almost at the end of Lenten season, today, is an opportunity to see what we have done and what we have to change....
28 Mar 2019 0 Comment

Church – People of God  

 By Lavida Mischel (talk from for our recent parish Koinonia retreat) I want to remind you what the church is Not… it is not the building, not the hierarchy, not the Bishop or Pope and not the Priest and staff. The church is US...
27 Mar 2019 0 Comment

Witness Weekly: Jonathan Lucas McManaway

 Hello Sts. Joseph and Paul Parishioners! My name is Ginny Powers Meadows and I would like to introduce my son Jonathan to you. Jonathan ‘Lucas’ McManaway is a 23 year-old resident at Wendell Foster’s Campus for Developmental...
27 Mar 2019 0 Comment

“But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!”

Jesus was asked if the Galileans were sinners because they were slaughtered by Roman soldiers as they sacrificed in the temple. Jesus knew people believed a violent or tragic death was a sign of God’s punishment for a sinful life. He...