2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
15th January 2023
Saint Joseph’s Passionist Church
Tel: (01) 42 27 28 56 [Int’l + 33 1]
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Website: www.stjoeparis.org
Saturday: Vigil Mass: 6.30 p.m.;
Sun Mass: 9.30, 11 & 12.30pm, 6.30pm
Collections 7 & 8 January 2023:
church collections: €2,576.91; ADP: 320€;, Screens: €87; candles: €6; la Quête app: €5. Thanks a lot.
CCD Confirmation Retreat: Sat 21 Jan.
For our young CCD candidates: Meet at St. Joseph’s on Saturday 21 Jan at 9:30am. Contact Venci for more info: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
“Walk to st Augustin Church 75008 Paris, morning prayers & group reflexion, Mass at 2pm, retreat finishes at 3pm in St Aug.”
Marriage Preparation Course: Blessing of all couples from last session this Sunday 15 Jan at 11am Mass.
Applications by email for next Course starting 5 Feb.2023 to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
schedule: Sunday February 5th & 19th March 5th & 19th, April 2nd & 16th , from 4pm to 5:30pm.
Stewardship of Church: preparation of our Church, cleaning public areas each Saturday from 11.30 a.m. This is essential for the worthy reception of people for Mass Sanitizing of Church between Sunday Masses is cared for by Facilities Group.
CCD is on today. Last call to FHC parents: Please send Baptism certificate of your child to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
A donation of €75 per child is asked to cover cost for books, zoom or Hall.
Hand in envelope with child’s name in collection, or online from website with email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with child ‘s name.
TEEN FAITH MINISTRY: For teenagers 13-17 years.
Meets at St. Joseph’s on Saturdays 2.00-4.00 pm. Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
“We host events, discussions, pilgrimages and activities specifically for teenagers, and we would love for as many young people (ages 12 - 18) as possible to participate.”
See posters around Church.
Young Adults Ministry YAM in January 2023: Friday 20: Vespers at Miraculous Medal Chapel 140 rue du Bac 75007 at 6:50pm
Sat 28: 5:30pm Rosary followed by 6:30pm Young Adults Mass.
Bible Study: Wednesdays 10.30 – 12.00
The Film group will be meeting on Sunday22 January on zoom (8:30-10 pm) For link: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Schedule on www.stjoeparis.org
Fr Martin is away a few days and Fr Brendan McKeever, C.P. is here to help. He is currently in the Passionist Community, Mount Argus, Dublin.
RCIA: January 19th at 8 pm. Adults are preparing for Sacraments of Initiation at Easter 2023.
Parish Pastoral Council: Next tba in February at 7:30pm in the hall.
FOR THE TRAVELER
Every time you leave home,
Another road takes you
Into a world you were never in.
New strangers on other paths await.
New places that have never seen you
Will startle a little at your entry.
Old places that know you well
Will pretend nothing
Changed since your last visit.
When you travel, you find yourself
Alone in a different way,
More attentive now
To the self you bring along,
Your more subtle eye watching
You abroad; and how what meets you
Touches that part of the heart
That lies low at home:
How you unexpectedly attune
To the timbre in some voice,
Opening in conversation
You want to take in
To where your longing
Has pressed hard enough
Inward, on some unsaid dark,
To create a crystal of insight
You could not have known
You needed
To illuminate
Your way.
When you travel,
A new silence
Goes with you,
And if you listen,
You will hear
What your heart would
Love to say.
A journey can become a sacred thing:
Make sure, before you go,
To take the time
To bless your going forth,
To free your heart of ballast
So that the compass of your soul
Might direct you toward
The territories of spirit
Where you will discover
More of your hidden life,
And the urgencies
That deserve to claim you.
May you travel in an awakened way,
Gathered wisely into your inner ground;
That you may not waste the invitations
Which wait along the way to transform you.
May you travel safely, arrive refreshed,
And live your time away to its fullest;
Return home more enriched, and free
To balance the gift of days which call you.
~ John O'Donohue ~
