OLOA Mass in Honor of St. Joseph and Outdoor Social

WOODBRIDGE, CT - Our Lady of the Assumption will celebrate a Solemnity of the Year of St. Joseph Mass in honor of St. Joseph on MARCH 19 at 7:00 pm at the Center Road Church.

THE JITTER BUS IS COMING!

An outdoor social will be held following the Mass with Coffee (AND OTHER BEVERAGES), and zeppoles (INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED) FROM ROCCO’S BAKERY will be served on the Church Portico as we celebrate the feast of saint joseph, the patron of the archdiocese of Hartford.

No 9:00 a.m. mass OR STATIONS OF THE CROSS on Friday, March 19.

Pope Francis proclaims the Year of St. Joseph With the Apostolic Letter “Patris corde” (“With a Father’s Heart”), Pope Francis recalls the 150th anniversary of the declaration of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. To mark the occasion, the Holy Father has pro-claimed a “Year of Saint Joseph” from today, 8 December 2020, to 8 December 2021. Pope Francis describes Saint Joseph as a beloved father, a tender and loving father, an obedient father, an accepting father; a father who is creatively courageous, a working father, a father in the shadows. Joseph is also a father in obedience to God: with his ‘fiat’ he protects Mary and Jesus and teaches his Son to “do the will of the Father.” Called by God to serve the mission of Jesus, he “cooperated... in the great mystery of Redemption,” as St John Paul II said, “and is truly a minister of salvation”

Prayer to St. Joseph

Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. To you God entrusted his only Son; in you Mary placed her trust; with you Christ became man. Blessed Joseph, to us too, show your-self a father and guide us in the path of life. Obtain for us grace, mercy, and courage, and defend us from every evil. Amen.