St. Joseph's Church

ADVENT VESPERS (Evening Prayer) will begin on December 3rd, at 6 o'clock in the chapel. Come and spend some quality time praying in the presence of Jesus our Lord. Following the service, there will be a video showing of the TV series of The Chosen. Refreshments will be available. All are welcome.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION Mass will be Friday, Dec. 8th at 12:10 and 5:30 pm

PITTSFIELD PENANCE SERVICE - Join us 6:30pm on Tues., Dec. 5th at St. Mark's, Pittsfield and Sun., Dec. 10th at 1 p.m. at Sacred Heart, Pittsfield. We will have multiple confessors from around the area for you to choose from. Fr. Matt and Msgr. Mike will be at both.

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Sunday, December 17th at 2 p.m. We have a bus going to the Majestic Theatre in West Springfield this holiday musical production. Following the performance we’ll have dinner at the historic Storrowton Tavern located on the grounds of the Big E in Springfield. The cost of this trip is $80.00. We have limited seating so please call the Rectory for reservations at 413-445-5789.

December 3rd Classes for grades K through 5 from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Classes for grades 6 through 9 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Sorry this was omitted from last weeks’ bulletin. December 10th - Classes for grades K through 5 from 10:00-11:00 a.m. December 17th -Classes for grades K through 5 from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Classes for grades 6 through 9 from 5:00-7:00 p.m.

POLAR EXPRESS MOVIE NIGHT Grades K through 5, please join us Friday, December 8th in St. Joseph’s Parish Center from 6 to 8:45 p.m. for Polar Express Movie night. Bring a friend, stuffed animal, pillow, blanket, sleeping bag. Write a letter to Santa or make an ornament. Parents optional (need to start Christmas shopping). Sponsored by the 175th Jubilee Committee.

ST. ANNE SOCIETY Our next St. Anne meeting, scheduled for December 9th at 2:00 p.m. in the Parish Center, will be our Christmas Tea. Don Coudert has graciously accepted our invitation to be the entertainment at the Tea! Besides enjoying the singing and refreshments, we will once again help out BCAC with their ongoing need for warm clothing. This year we will concentrate on adult women and men. The need for jackets, sweaters, socks, sweatshirts and sweatpants,mittens, gloves, and hats is never ending. Please do what you can to add to our donation and bring what you buy to the Tea. We will be sure they will receive all of it, and they will appreciate your generosity. All women in our community are invited to the Tea. After the entertainment and refreshments we will attend the 4:00 p.m. Mass and process in as a group. Our guests are invited to join us. We will take this opportunity to install new members and hope to see a large attendance at this event!

TWELFTH NIGHT On this feast of the Epiphany, we will begin the celebration at the 4 pm Mass at St. Joseph Church followed by dinner and dancing at the Country Club of Pittsfield. Tickets are $50 and will be available starting December 4th to 20th by calling Michelle at the rectory at 413-445-5789, Monday through Wednesday from 10 to 4. Choices include chicken, salmon, or vegetarian. There will be door prizes, raffle, and Italian cookie service. Music provided through dinner by Rob Dwyer and dancing to music of On Tap.

RCIA meets on Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m.

The Thanksgiving Day Mass will be at 9 a.m. We will bless bread for your thanksgiving table.

November 19th -Classes for grades K through 5 from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Classes for grades 6 through 9 from 5:00-7:00 p.m.November 26th-NO CLASS - Thanksgiving Day Weekend.December 3rd- Classes for grades K through 5 from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Classes for grades 6 through 9 from 5:00-7:00 p.m

First week total of children and adults 509 attended Mass. There was an additional Mass for county wide CCD students which numbered 127. Second week 507 attended Mass and the third week 509 attended.

Members of the parish will be making pies for the bazaar on Wednesday, November 15th in the evening. We are looking for donations of pie filling, apple, cherry and blueberry.

Please consider signing up to give your donations to our parish online. It is very easy to do. You can donate either with a credit card or a check and chose how much you would like to give and how often: weekly, monthly, semimonthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually. You can go directly to the website at https://stjoepittsfield.weshareonline.org to sign up. We thank you for your generosity.