40 Days for Life Campaign Began February 14: Catholic Charities is hosting the ecumenical 40 Days for Life campaign in Northwest Ohio through March 25. You can participate in three ways: prayer and fasting, community outreach and peaceful vigil. We invite you to pray for an hour in front of Capital Care Network, the Toledo abortion clinic, located at 1160 W. Sylvania Avenue. Sign up at www.40daysforlife. com/toledo. Since the international 40 Days for Life Campaign began in 2007, over 750,000 volunteers in over 40 nations have stood in prayerful witness at abortion clinics to witness to the dignity of human life. Through these prayerful campaigns, over 14,000 lives have been saved, 170 abortion workers have quit their positions, and 90 abortion facilities have shut down! To learn more, email Peter Range at prange@toledodiocese. org. Join the movement, and help us end abortion in Northwest Ohio.
Evening Prayer during Lent Vespers (Evening Prayer) will take place in Church on: Thursday evenings February 22; March 1, 8, 15, 22 from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. Lent is our season of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, ancient practices dating back to the Israelites. Vespers is one of the prayers of The Liturgy of the Hours – the public prayer of the Church for praising God and sanctifying the day. All Catholics are called to this prayer – please join us as we give thanks for the blessings of the day!
Body Better Exercise Class for Seniors: Meets each Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. in the East Campus Meeting Rooms. You can call Laurie Neary, Parish Nurse with questions: (T, W, TH) at 419-885-5791 or lneary@stjoesylvania.org.
Annual Collection for Mom’s House Kisses for Kids Campaign 2018: Volunteers will be at the doors of the Church next weekend, February 24/25, following Masses to accept your contributions for the Mom’s House annual campaign for Kisses for Kids Campaign. This collection is a major source of support for Mom’s House and is the only time in 2018 that Mom’s House will be at St. Joseph for this parish-wide collection. Thank You for your continued generosity!
Neighbors Serving Neighbors Toiletry Collection: February 24/25. While shopping for your own toiletries, why not throw in a couple more to help our neighbors. Thank you for your generosity
Joseph’s Meals: This Saturday and Sunday, February 17/18 is sign-up weekend for anyone interested in helping with our monthly, parish food donation to the Helping Hands of St. Louis Soup Kitchen. Tables will be in the back and front of church with lists of various items that are needed. Please sign up to make a pasta dish or to provide other foods or supplies. The drop-off point for these items will be on the East Campus off Ravine Road on Wednesday, February 21st between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m. If you would like to help but can’t make this time frame, please contact Larry or Deb Gaster at 419-841-3724. If you would like to contribute to this outreach program, please make your check payable to St. Joseph Social Outreach.
Knights of Columbus Immaculate Conception Council: 5628 St. Joseph Sylvania, OH. Reformer or Revolutionary? On Friday, March 23, Knights of Columbus Immaculate Conception Council 5628 will offer a lecture entitled Martin Luther: Reformer or Revolutionary. Come and learn about and the origins of the Protestant Reformation, presented by Lourdes University professor, Dr. Geoff Rey Grubb. The lecture will begin immediately after Stations of the Cross or about 7:30 p.m. in St. Joseph Church. There is no charge for the event, but attendees are asked to bring one canned good for the Knights of Columbus 40 Cans for Lent Food Drive.
Parish Library: Our Parish Library (located in the Church Narthex) has many new books, thanks to book donations by a number of parishioners, and organized in a way that makes it easier to locate books. Thanks to the efforts of our parishioner, Peggy Rabideau, who is a retired librarian, our library is labeled and sectioned by the following categories: Cancer, Catholicism, Family Health/Illness, Inspirational, Saints, Prayer, Bible. Also, each category has a listing of the available books by author and title, which is noted in the loose-leaf file located on the bottom shelf, left cabinet. We encourage you to browse through the available books in the library and feel free to take them home to read. Please return them when you’re done so that others will also be able to enjoy them.
St. Joseph Church
5373 Main St., Sylvania, OH 43560
(419)885-5791 or www.stjoesylvania.org
