an act of spiritual communion · an act of spiritual communion my jesus, i believe that you are...
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An Act of Spiritual Communion
My Jesus,
I believe that You
are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love You above all things,
and I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment
receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace You as if You were already there
and unite myself wholly to You.
Never permit me to be separated from You.
Amen.
Modern Communications
There are so many forms of communication and ways to spread information quickly. Our parish does have a presence
on Facebook. If you would like to follow us, please go to this address and like our page if you have not already done so:
https//www.facebook.com/stjoekp. In addition, we have been communicating via email to keep parishioners up-to-date
on the latest developments here at St. Joseph’s Church especially during this pandemic where information is constantly
being updated. We are still collecting and developing a database of email addresses. If you have not already joined our
mailing list, and would like your address included, please send an email from the address you wish to use to our parish
email ([email protected]) or fill out the form below and return it to the parish office. You can also join the mailing list at
our parish website www.stjosephskp.org. Although Masses can now be held in Church with 25% capacity, all masses will
continue to be live streamed and you can participate in the Mass by watching at: https://stjosephskp.org/live.
Please provide the following information to have your name added to our email database:
Name: ________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mailing Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________
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Focus on Religious Freedom
www.cffor.org
Celebrating "Religious Freedom Week" June 22 - 29
Beginning June 22, the Feasts of Saints Thomas More and John Fisher, the United States Confer-ence of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) celebrates religious freedom and urges Catholics to pray, reflect and take action on religious liberty. Please
join Catholics for Freedom of Religion (CFFOR) in praying to Mary Immaculate, Patroness of America, for the healing of our Nation and full restoration of religious freedom. The text of the Rosary for America can be printed from the home page of www.CFFOR.org. Freedom of religion is critical to our nation. In 1887, Baltimore Archbishop Gibbons explained the American heritage of religious liberty during his visit to Rome by attributing it to the "civil liberty we enjoy in our enlightened republic" and "in the general atmosphere of liberty (the Church) blossoms like a rose."
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The Church has been a staunch defender of religious liberty in the past and has a solemn duty to discharge that duty today. "As Catholic bishops and American citizens, we address an urgent summons to our fellow Catholics and fellow Americans to be on guard, for religious liberty is under attack, both at home and abroad."
(2) Pope Benedict XVI spoke about his
worry that religious liberty in the United States is being weakened. "Of particular concern are certain attempts being made to limit that most cherished of American freedoms, the freedom of religion. (There is) a tendency to reduce religious freedom to mere freedom of worship without guarantees of respect for freedom of conscience."
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Religious Liberty is about the freedom to contribute to the common good of all Americans. "Can we do the good works our faith calls us to do, without having to compromise that very same faith? Without religious liberty properly under-stood, all Americans suffer, deprived of the essential contribu-tion in education, health care, feeding the hungry, civil rights, and social services that religious Americans make every day, both at home and overseas."
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(USCCB.org/Ourfirstmostcherishedliberty, (1-4)
Regaining Religious Freedom After Covid-19
Attorney General Barr has made it clear by his words and actions that civil liberties are "not suspended in times of crisis."
(5) He recently wrote in a memo titled, "Balancing
Public Safety with the Preservation of Civil Rights" that a DOJ priority is defending people of faith against potential dangers of government overreach and discriminatory policies. Americans have witnessed this discrimination in numerous places including Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, California and beyond. N.Y. Gov. Cuomo's irreverent state-ment at a press conference concerning flattening the curve in NY, "God did not do that. Faith did not do that. Destiny did not do that...." demonstrates that some in government cannot understand why their self-imposed orders closing churches can be seen as antagonistic to people of faith.
(6) It appears that
to some governors, faith is not existential or necessary and religious practice is a novelty. "For people of faith, defending religious liberty and free religious exercise in the ultimate sense is a matter of life and death. Just ask the early apostles," wrote Ryan Helfenbein, Liberty University.
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(dailysignal.com, 4/27/20(5); breitbart.com, 5/7/20(6)(7); washingtontimes.com, 5/1/20; deseret.com, 5/20/20)
To Register and View this video log on to FORMED at:
stjosephskp.formed.org
CYO ~ Ball Fields 1, 2 and 4 8:00 AM — 8:30 PM
CYO ~ Ball Fields 1, 2 and 4 8:00 AM — 8:30 PM
Religious Education ~~ CLOSED
Religious Education ~~ CLOSED
