Message from Monsignor

Dear Parishioners,

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I want to thank you for your outpouring of support during this Coronavirus quarantine. We appreciate the efforts you have made to hand-deliver your contributions to the rectory and mail in your envelopes. To make supporting our parish easier, you can now make your donations through our website. Simply click HERE to contribute.

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This is an unsettling time for everyone, as financial situations change and become more unclear. I thank you for keeping St. Joseph the Worker in your hearts and prayers. Following the request of Bishop Schlert, our rectory staff are now working from home, checking emails, managing our finances, and exploring new ways to keep our parish family connected in this time of separation.

Please sign up for our e-news (scroll down for the sign up form) and follow our Facebook page at St. Joseph the Worker Parish for all of the latest information. Fr. David has been posting daily homilies there. We are live-streaming the Mass from our chapel on Saturdays at 5 PM and Sundays at 10 AM here on our YouTube channel. I hope you will join us online.

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Please be assured of our prayers and let us pray that this virus will soon be overcome. Let us continue to pray for all of our sick and those caring for them.

God Bless You,

Msgr. Robert Wargo​

Where can I drop off my envelopes?

We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of our parishioners during this time of crisis. If you would like to contribute and are unable to mail your envelopes or contribute electronically, you may drop off your envelopes in the lock box hanging on the wall next to the glass entrance doors to the rectory office. Thank you to everyone for keeping St. Joe's in your prayers!

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Huszar Scholarship

The Frances and Michael Huszar Scholarship Fund – If you have a son or daughter entering college in September 2020 or currently attending a college or university, you may download an application here. Scholarships are awarded on the following criteria: Financial Need, Practice of your Faith, and Current or Past Parish Involvement. Current involvement can include your involvement at your college’s Catholic Newman Center, and please provide from the priest at the Newman Center verification of your practice of the faith while you are at college. Applications must be returned to the rectory office no later than June 30. For additional information, contact the rectory via email.

Flea Market Donations

Flea Market Donations will be accepted in the two car garage from 8am-8pm daily. NO computers, trophies, school textbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, or exercise equipment will be accepted. Projected date to begin is June 22nd. All furniture donations must be approved. Contact Jess with further questions or to volunteer at 610-739-0463.

Mass Obligation Lifted as Masses Suspended

Effective immediately, and until further notice, Bishop Alfred Schlert, in union with the Bishops of Pennsylvania, has dispensed the faithful of the Diocese of Allentown from the obligation to attend Saturday Vigil/Sunday Masses.

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“The clergy and religious of the Diocese of Allentown continue to stand ready to provide steadfast support and prayers during this difficult time,” said Bishop Schlert. “Just as St. Joseph protected the Holy Family, we turn to St. Joseph to protect us at this time of uncertainty and pandemic.”

2021 Mass Book

The 2021 Mass book is not yet open. Stay tuned for more details on when you can start scheduling your Mass intentions for next year.