5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
5 February 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 am, 11 & 12.30 pm, 6.30 pm
Confession: Saturday: 11.30 – 12.30 & 5 – 6 p.m. or by appointment.
Ash Wednesday 22 Feb: Mass & Ashes 8:30am, 12:00 noon (followed by ACWO soup) ; 7:30pm
CCD Confirmation Retreat: Letters of all our CCD Confirmation candidates to Mgr Gonon should now be prepared , hand given or email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
🎭St. Joseph's Mardi Gras National Costume Party 🎉 Saturday 18 February 2023, 7:30pm to midnight, in Church Hall.
Please come dressed in your national costume or traditional wear. Register by Sunday 12 February after Masses at the Bookstall or with volunteers in the Parvis.
Bible Study: Wednesdays 10.30 – 12.00 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
TEEN FAITH MINISTRY For teenagers 13-17/18 years. Registration will be outside church after 11am Mass this Sunday 5th Feb.
“We host events, discussions, pilgrimages and activities specifically for teenagers, and we would love for as many young people as possible to participate.” You may also contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Marriage Preparation Course: will start on line on February 5th
Applications for next Course 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:pm
Parish Council meeting: Monday 13 Feb at 7:30pm
St Joseph’s Christianity & Film Group – Some sundays 8pm on zoom: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Collections 28th Jan.: Weekend Masses: €2648.34; ADP: 878; screens 247€; candles 27€
NB: unfortunately the screen company has ceased exploitation last 1st Feb 2023, screens are now closed.
The app “La Quête” can still be used.
RCIA: Adults preparing for Sacraments of Initiation at Easter 2023, on Thursday.
Baptisms: Sat. 11 Feb at 12.30 p.m. [Please arrive from 12.15 p.m.]
Next Baptism Preparation Sat. 11 March at 11am (starts with Mass) www.stjoeparis.org
Order of Malta collection last week-end: thank you for your generosity to the cause of Leprosy around the world poorest countries.
WARM ITEMS DRIVE Thanks for your donations for the Saturday 4 February 2023, Feed the Homeless.
THE CHURCH AS LEAVEN
The Catholic Church has existed in many different forms throughout its long history. The early Church was little more than a collection of small groups, meeting in private houses, scattered unevenly all over the empire.
At the same time, these were dynamic communities, filled with the presence and action of the Holy Spirit who shared gifts with all the members for the good of the whole community. Charity, service, and worship were the heart of their life. Everyone was included and invited to participate as a brother and sister. The focus of the community was to share the joy of knowing Jesus with the wider society. These small Churches had no official role or status in society but lived secretly and worked quietly as the leaven transforming the society from within. The fruits were many.
After the conversion of the emperor Constantine, the Church had a new status and role and soon took on the appearance and trappings of the Empire. It has not been easy for the Church to combine the poverty and simplicity of Jesus the innocent victim of imperial power with the majesty, pomp and splendor of the Empire.
Today we are invited to remember Jesus who was crucified by imperial power and to live our Christian discipleship more like the leaven than the Empire.
