Fasting is one of the three traditional disciplines of Lent (the other two are prayer and almsgiving). These Lenten practices help us with the process of conversion, that is, of detaching ourselves from sin and turning toward God. Regarding fasting, there are prescribed days of limiting our food intake and abstaining from meat. It is…
Dear Friends of Joseph House: The Gospel has a freshness and clarity that never diminishes. It is always new and never antiquated, always relevant and never out of touch. It speaks to us because the words have the power of the Holy Spirit. In the Gospel according to John, Jesus says, “I give you a…
Dear Friends of Joseph House: We love the changing seasons. Each time of year has its own beauty, and winter is no exception. The dormant earth, the pale light of the sky, the skeletal trees . . . the starkness of winter is a time to enlarge our perception of what is beautiful, to appreciate…
Christmas at the Joseph House means lots of work and lots of smiles! Every year we give away gift bags to more than 600 children from low income families. The bags have toys, books, art supplies, and items for cold weather like hats and gloves. We often receive adorable handmade gifts that make us wish…
We wanted to make Thanksgiving feel a little more special for visitors to our Food Pantry this year. Although we give out turkeys, sometimes our families don’t have everything they need to prepare a holiday meal. So we decided to include some extra items: cooking oil, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, dried…
The weekend before Thanksgiving was very busy with a community-wide food drive in the Salisbury area. Bernie Greene and her family have been organizing this drive for years, which has been sponsored by Spicer Bros. Construction. The food drive takes a lot of work and we are incredibly grateful for all the time and energy…
Dear Friends of Joseph House: There’s a Christmas song that goes “There’s no place like home for the holidays,” but on that first Christmas Mary and Joseph were far from home, and 60 years ago this December so was the founder of the Joseph House and Little Sisters. Sr. Mary Elizabeth, who back then was…
Dear Friends of Joseph House: We enjoyed watching the Olympic Games this past summer, and it’s always exciting to see athletes find an extra burst of energy as they enter the home stretch of a race. Sometimes even a marathon comes down to a sprint at the end. They might be running on fumes, but…
Sr. Virginia and Sr. Marilyn were interviewed by Bob Krebs for Catholic Forum, a production of the Office of Communication of the Diocese of Wilmington. The video was posted October 9, 2024. You can watch it below and read the transcript too. The two Sisters talk about the various ministries of the Joseph House, our…
Dear Friends of Joseph House: October is the “golden hour” of the calendar year, the equivalent of late afternoon when the day is drawing to a close and the quality of sunlight glazes everything with a soft, warm glow. These are days of rich autumn colors and pleasant weather, but they are bittersweet because they…