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We, the parish family of St. Joseph the Worker, are called to be a Christ-centered community seeking to renew our lives through conversion and spiritual growth. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we strive to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ by word, worship, welcome and service. By the Word of God, we encourage and strengthen one another through prayer, education, outreach and evangelization.

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You Give Them Something to Eat

Fr Michael J Rieder

Your heart is hungry. These stories are the feast.

You show up. You serve. You give what you can, even when it feels like almost nothing. And somewhere in the middle of the ordinary, exhausting, beautiful work of faith, you wonder: does any of it matter? Does God really see me in this?

In You Give Them Something to Eat: Loaves and Fishes for the Christian Heart and Soul, Fr. Mike shares a lifetime of stories gathered from the most unexpected places: the quiet after Communion at mass in jail, a burned-out Brooklyn neighborhood where a nun saw heaven, parish life, high school hallways, mission trips through Latin America, interfaith pilgrimages, and countless moments where grace arrived without warning. With the warmth of Chicken Soup for the Soul and the spiritual depth of Love Does, Fr. Mike invites you to see your own life through the lens of the loaves and fishes miracle. The disciples served the crowd, yes. But they were fed too.

These reflections will help you:

Recognize the sacred hiding in your everyday encounters
Rediscover the joy, humor, and grace woven through your own faith journey
Remember that when you give what little you have, God multiplies it anything you imagined

This is not a theology lecture. It is a fellow traveler on the scenic route through life, stopping to point out where God has been at work all along. Read a story. Then put the book down, call a friend, and share one of your own. Let your heart and soul join in the feast.

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Join us for a wonderful evening of food, fellowship, music, and dancing at our parish’s Harvest Dinner Dance! Gather with family, friends, and fellow parishioners as we celebrate the blessings of the season and enjoy a night of community and joy.

Pastor's Weekly Messages

Stay up to date with Pastor's weekly message reflections as he shares his takeaways from Sunday's messages.

Pastor’s Message on Easter 2025

By Anthony Aruanna • April 14, 2025

Dear brothers and sisters,

From Pastor’s Desk on the Eight Sunday in Ordinary Time, year C

By Anthony Aruanna • March 2, 2025

“Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit?” — Our Lord Jesus addresses this question to His disciples trying to tell them that they need to be healed of their spiritual blindness first. In this context blindness is not to believe in Christ and healing means to have faith in Jesus who is the Light of the world. In other words, when we gain our spiritual sight through faith, then we will be able to help others on the way to salvation. Without faith in Jesus we just remain living in the darkness of sin. Without Jesus we are all like blind men bouncing against the walls of reality and against each other. However, when we embrace faith in God in the person of Jesus and let our hearts be set on Christ, then He—the Son of God and Our Lord—becomes our guide. Because of that our every step will be illumined with the light of faith. While putting our faith into action in our daily life we also start bearing good fruits of an authentic and happy life.

From Pastor’s Desk on the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time, year C

By Anthony Aruanna • February 6, 2025

Often people ask us, priests, what to do in order to deepen their spiritual life. We all can come up with different answers and there are certainly many ways to greater spiritual life. There is, however, a more proven method that has helped many Christian Catholics to be on the fast track to holiness and to better understanding of spiritual life. It is the total consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, or as originally proposed by Saint Luis Grignon de Montfort back in the XVII century, the Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary. After St. Luis there were many others that followed in his footsteps. Among some of the most known saints were Pope Pius X, St. Maximilian Kolbe, and St. John Paul II. These saints recognized that Mary played a vital role in the life of the early Church and that the Blessed Mother still plays an important role in the Church of our times.

From pastor’s desk on the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, year C

By Anthony Aruanna • January 26, 2025

I am sure that all of us are stunned and horrified by the wildfires in Southern California impacting now hundreds of thousands of its inhabitants. The speed and ferocity of fire only proves how fragile we are as individual human beings and as humanity by and large. Many Californians may be doubting his or her faith at this moment; many will pose questions: Where is God? Why does God permit such terrible disasters? Certainly, many of us would ask the same questions. Whether God is behind it or not, we do not know. However, we do know that we live in a created world that has its own rhythm and cycles that occur in nature. Things happen with and without human interruption. Some things we can control (very little, in fact), and many things we can’t. What we can recognize is that natural disasters are a form of a call to conversion and to greater trust in God. It is also a call to action to make the earth more hospitable so that people can prosper in it.

From pastor’s desk on 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, year, B

By Anthony Aruanna • October 19, 2024

Last July over 50 thousand Catholics gathered in Indianapolis for the 10th National Eucharistic Congress. Obviously, the central theme of the gathering was the Eucharist. One of the key speakers at the Eucharistic Congress, Monsignor James Shea, said:

Message from the pastor on Sunday, October 6, 2024

By Anthony Aruanna • October 10, 2024

En Español

From pastor’s desk on the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, year B

By Anthony Aruanna • August 18, 2024

Many people ask me how I am doing and "what’s next" with my condition. For the time being nothing has changed. I am still paralyzed from the waist down. As you can see and hear I can function in the wheelchair and work as a pastor of the parish. I am very grateful to God that at least this I can do, not without an effort though. Simple activities of daily life, activities that usually people take for granted, cost me much more energy: dressing, getting out of bed, showering, preparing a meal, and of course moving from place to place—all this is hard work for me. But I know God is my strength and, as bishop Fulton J. Sheen used to say, "Life is worth living." So, my life is worth living and is even gratifying on many levels. I can see that despite my disability, or perhaps thanks to my condition, God does wonders in my life and in the lives of many people I encounter during my ministry and travels.

Mass Schedule

Weekly

Sunday

8:00am	English
10:00am	English
2:00pm	Spanish

Monday

9:00am	English

Tuesday

9:00am	English

Wednesday

9:00am	English

Thursday

9:00am	English

Friday

9:00am	English

Saturday

5:00pm	English
7:00pm	Spanish

Devotion to the Blessed Mother

First Saturday of the Month

9:00am	English

Reconciliation

Confession Schedule


Sunday	-
Monday	8:40am
Tuesday	8:40am
Wednesday	8:40am
Thursday	8:40am
Friday	9:30am - 10:20am
Saturday	3:45pm - 4:45pm

*Or by scheduling an appointment

Office Hours

Parish Office Schedule


Sunday	Not Available
Monday	9:00am - 1:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am - 1:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am - 1:00pm
Thursday	9:00am - 1:00pm
Friday	Not Available
Saturday	9:00am - 12:00pm

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