St. Joseph Parish

The Holy See released Pope Leo's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas on May 25 to develop the Churchʼs social teaching in light of artificial intelligence, situating new questions of human dignity, labor, and the common good within the tradition that runs from Rerum Novarum through Centesimus Annus and Laudato Si'. Click the link in the comments to read the full text from the Vatican.

The Little Chute Chamber Ensemble will hold their spring concert at St. Joe's this Friday, May 22 at 7:00pm! Their director Brianna sings in our adult choir and our music director Marisa will be accompanying them on piano. The event is free and open to the public!

Last chance to register for our Volunteer Appreciation Event! If you volunteer at St. Joe's, you are invited. Please RSVP by Tuesday, April 28 by clicking the link! https://saintjosephparish.org/volunteer-appreciation-event-registration

Happy St. Fidelis feast day! Many of you know that we have a ministry that supports the St. Fidelis Friary, which is a retirement community for our Capuchin brothers. But you may not know the saint behind the name! St. Fidelis was born Mark Rey, and studied law and philosophy at the University of Freiburg. He became known as the "poor man's lawyer," but eventually became disillusioned with the evils in the law profession and joined his brother George as a Capuchin friar. He was christened "Fidelis," the Latin word for faithful, and celebrated his first Mass in 1612 on the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. During the course of his preaching he came into the crossfire of Calvinists and was ambushed after a Mass at the Church of Seewis. As Fidelis had predicted before his death, the rebels were soon defeated by imperial troops.