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Newsletter: March 2025

Newsletter: March 2025

Dear Friends of Joseph House: March has arrived, and on the 17th many people, Irish or not, will be wearing green in honor of St. Patrick. But in case you forgot, there is another saint we celebrate this month who is also associated with the color green. That saint, of course, is our beloved patron,…

Newsletter: December 2024

Newsletter: December 2024

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…

Newsletter: October 2024

Newsletter: October 2024

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…

Newsletter: August 2024

Newsletter: August 2024

Dear Friends of Joseph House: The dog days of summer are here, and the heat makes us want to take it easy and dream of the sea breezes down by the beach. But for people who are poor there is no vacation from poverty. Families facing eviction or a utility cut-off, the elderly and infirm…

Newsletter: June 2024

Newsletter: June 2024

Dear Friends of Joseph House: It is a great mystery of our faith that after the Resurrection Jesus still bore the marks of His crucifixion. They were how He proved His identity to His disciples: “Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts? Look at My hands and My feet, that…