ChristLife Saint Joseph the Worker Parish

03/03/2026

12/21/2025

I have never heard a better description of what an usher does (see below)! At St, Mary of Ostrabrama in South River NJ, ushers are also the greeters. I know at many churches the greeters are separate from Ushers. I do believe that sometimes churches feel that greeters and ushers are "not all that important" and the main role seams to be to handle the collections instead of making everyone feel welcome and loved. The description below is from St Mary of Ostrabrama website and it is more akin to my feelings.

USHERS
Ushers are good men and women of great character who greet Parishioners, visitors, family and friends as they enter our beautiful Church for Mass or other Services. They es**rt those who need to find a seat or find their family members. These men and women express their joy that resides in their heats, in their smiles and their welcoming. They also assist in taking up the collections and distributing Bulletins and other materials. If you feel called to this joyful group, please Email, call or stop by the Rectory Office. We need your assistance to make our "Jewel of South River!" the most beautiful and joyful place by word and example.

12/21/2025

A good Christmas movie that showcases a town's faith is Max Lucados " The Christmas Candle". I enjoyed it.

11/18/2025

Should be a nice concert

Our Christmas concert is on Sunday,12/14 at 7:00PM in St. John's Church this year! Please join us for a wonderful evening of music.

11/16/2025

Yesterday I attended a fundraiser for the Franciscan Missionary Sister of the Infant Jesus, which was held at Church of the Incarnation - Mantua, NJ. It was well attended and it was a fun event. The Sisters do so much for the community that it is nice to see so many people turn out to support them. If you are interested in finding out more about these sisters, check out https://www.fmijusa.org/

11/13/2025

The small dog is really good at it. The cat too.

11/11/2025

Cool

11/10/2025

I went to an organ recital today at St. Joseph, the Worker parish. It was fantastic. I learned something new. The organ there at that church is electric and you can program it to sound like other organs around the world. So if you want to play a piece and have it sound like it's being played by a certain organ that's in another country or a church or something like that, you can say sound like that organ. That's pretty cool.

11/09/2025