St. Joseph Catholic Church
Winter Haven, Florida
Calendar of Upcoming
Events!

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Religious Education Registration 2010-2011
Church Office
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Room 1 FLC
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The Blue Madonna
- Carlo Dolci -
See it at the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, FL
.......
Marian Concert
Coming October 10
at 2:30 pm in the Church
join us in musical praise!
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Introducing:
Grief Share

a Grief Recovery
Support Group
sponsored by
Grace Luthern Church
See the Bereavement Ministry Page
for details.

Fall Ministry Schedules
Check your ministry page!
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History of St. Joseph
New! See it on the History Page!
(photo courtsey of
Kevin Murphy, parishioner)

Sticky Notes!
New on the Music Ministry Page.
St. Joseph Church Parish Office Hours
Monday-Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm
Telephone (863) 294-3144
Fax (863) 299-9709
532 Ave M N.W.
Winter Haven, FL 33881
Standard Mass Times
Sunday Masses
8:00 am, 10:00 am, 11:45 am Church
Spanish Mass: 3:00 pm Chapel
Spirit Mass: 5:30 pm Church
Saturday Masses
Reconciliation: 3:30-4:15 pm Church
Vigil Mass: 4:30 pm Church
Haitian Mass: 7:30 pm Chapel
Daily Masses
Monday - Friday
7:00am & 8:30am Chapel
Wednesday School Mass
8:30am Church
What's so Extraordinary about Ordinary Time?

Check it out this Sunday September 5, 2010
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Hint: Discipleship as a commodity. You get to know the cost up front. (it's totally worth it!)
Top
Twelve Reasons
For Wanting To Spend One Hour With Jesus
In The Blessed Sacrament
(With Jesus your cup overflows)
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# 12. Each moment you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament brings joy, pleasure, and delight to His Sacred Heart! "My joy, My pleasure, My delight is to be with you." (Prov 8:31)
# 11. Jesus will bless you, your family and the whole world for this hour of faith you spend with Him in the Blessed Sacrament.
"Blessed are they who do not see and yet believe..." "Faith can move mountains..." " What is needed is trust... " "Behold I come to make all things new." (Jn 20:29; Mk 11:23; Mk 5:36; Rev 21:5)
# 10. Each hour you spend with Jesus on earth will leave your soul everlastingly more beautiful and glorious in heaven!
"They who humble themselves shall be exalted...." "All of us, gazing on the Lord’s glory with unveiled faces, are being transformed from glory to glory into His very image." (Lk 18:14; 2Cor 3:18)
# 9. For Peace in our country!
"When My people humble themselves and seek My Presence... I will revive their land." (2Chr 7:14)
# 8. Jesus is infinitely deserving of our unceasing thanksgiving and adoration for all He has done for our salvation.
"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive honor, glory and praise." (Rev. 5:12)
# 7. Jesus will give you all the Graces you need to be happy!
"The Lamb on the Throne will shepherd them. He will lead them to the springs of life-giving water." (Rev 7:17)
# 6. Each hour you spend with Jesus will deepen His Divine Peace in your heart.
"Come to Me all of you who are weary and find life burdensome and I will refresh you..." "Cast all of you anxieties upon the One who cares for you..." "My Peace is My Gift to you." (Mt 11:28; 5:7; Jn 14:17)
# 5. Each moment that you spend in His Eucharistic Presence will increase His Divine Life within you and deepen your personal relationship and friendship with Him.
"I have come that you may have life, and have it more abundantly." "I am the Vine and you are the branches. Whoever remains in Me and I in Him shall bear much fruit because without Me, you can do nothing." (Jn 15:5)
# 4. When you look upon the Sacred Host, you look upon Jesus, the Son of God.
"Indeed, this is the will of My Father, that everyone who looks upon the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life. Him I will raise up on the last day." (Jn 6:40)
# 3. The specific way that Jesus asks you to love Him in return is to spend one quiet hour with Him in the Blessed Sacrament.
"Where your treasure is, there is your heart...." "Could you not watch one hour with Me?" (Mt 6:21; 26:40)
# 2. Day and night Jesus dwells in the Blessed Sacrament because of his Infinite love for you!
"Behold I will be with you always even to the end of the world," because "I have loved you with an everlasting love, and constant is My affection for you." (Mt 28:20; Jer 31:3)
And the # 1 Reason
# 1. He is really there!
"I myself Am the Living Bread come down from Heaven."
(Jn 6:35)