Dear Friends,


I want to thank Steve Medlin and the members of the Parish Cemetery Committee for their many hours of planning and work at the cemetery.  I toured the property on Monday and found it to be much improved over what it was before. Many dead trees have been cut and removed and all of the shrubs have been trimmed.  An old fence that was falling down has been removed and replaced (thanks to a good neighbor).  While I was there the Bertrand Well Drilling Co. were digging a well so that we will be able to connect the sprinkler system that was installed last year.  St. Joseph Cemetery is a piece of property that we can all be proud of.
 
This past weekend nearly 50 high school students went to a youth conference known as Steubenville East. They were joined by over 4,000 other high school students from the East Coast. A special thanks to Rob and Kris Forde, Jen Tuzik and Mike Mayo who chaperoned from St. Joseph’s and for Fr. Mike and Deacon Kevin and their crew who chaperoned from Our Lady of the Lake in Halifax. I am so happy that our kids could be part of such a wonderful Spirit filled weekend.
 
Finally, I would once again urge everyone to make their donation to St. Joseph Parish through the online  giving program. Simply go to the parish web site and click on the On-Line icon.  You will find it very easy to navigate.  That way when you are unable to attend Mass you can still make your donation and the parish will be able to count on a regular weekly income that allows us to keep the budget balanced.



 



God Bless,
Fr. Wally