Welcome
Dear Parishioners and Friends,
It is my great joy to welcome you to St. Joseph Parish website.
St. Joseph’s is a parish rich in history and tradition, blessed with faithful parishioners, and active in prayer and ministry. We were founded in 1901; and in the decades that have followed, we have grown into a community of vibrant Catholic identity that expresses itself in prayer and worship, in faith formation for parishioners of all ages, and in compassionate ministry to all in any need.
I hope you will take some time to become acquainted with the many dimensions of our parish life as you scroll through the website: our Pastoral Staff, St. Joseph Parish School and Religious Education Program, our parish Social Ministry, parish organizations such as our Rosary/Altar Society, our CYO program, out Knights of Columbus Council – all of which are grounded in our spiritual life that celebrates in Liturgy and Sacrament the Real Presence of Christ among us.
Please get to know us. Our doors – and our hearts – are always open!
Reverend Msgr. James P. Swiader
Pastor
St. Joseph Church Respect Life Ministry and St. Joseph-Bishop Baldwin Knights of Columbus 15809
40 Days for Life
September 24- November 6, 2022
This fall parishioners, clergy and the Knights of Columbus of St. Joseph Church and
parishioners of St. Anne Church and St. Aidan Church will join the 40 Days for Life
Prayer Vigil outside the Planned Parenthood abortion business at 540 Fulton Ave.,
Hempstead from 11 AM to noon on these Fridays: September 30, October 7, 14, 21, and
28 and November 4. Please join us and help close this Planned Parenthood facility. If
you are unable to pray on the above Fridays, then please consider praying on these
Saturdays: October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 & Nov. 5 anytime from 9 AM‐5 PM. Planned
Parenthood is the largest abortion practitioner in the nation, ending the lives of more
than 300,000 babies a year. Many of those babies are aborted in Planned Parenthood’s
Hempstead location at 540 Fulton Avenue. That’s just 1.5 miles from St. Joseph Church.