On November 19, 2020, in the pastor's monthly chapter talk here at the parish, a "Year of St. Joseph" was declared to help strengthen our ties to our patronal saint and to help us discern our collective future emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic and other global crises.
On December 8, 2020, Pope Francis declared a "Year of St. Joseph" for the universal church. We are excited by the reinforcing possibilities for us at the parish.
 



YEAR OF ST. JOSEPH
Advent 2020 to the Feast of St. Joseph, March 2022
St. Joseph Catholic Community, Bound Brook, NJ
Discerning our collective dreams
with the intercession of the exemplary dreamer

POTENTIAL TIMELINE AND DISCERNMENT THEMES
ADVENT 2020 – Launch of the Year of St. Joseph
DECEMBER 8, 2020 – 150^th Anniversary of the Declaration of St. Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church
MARCH 19, 2021 – Feast of St. Joseph
MAY 1, 2021 – Feast of St. Joseph the Worker
FEB 16, 2022 – Start of Consecration to St. Joseph
MARCH 19, 2022 – Feast of St. Joseph and Closing Events of the Year of St. Joseph
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ST. JOSEPH THE DREAMER – Discerning our future in bewildering times with the help of St. Joseph.
ST. JOSEPH, MAN OF SILENCE – Contemplation in the ongoing life of the parish
ST. JOSEPH, REFUGEE – Walking in solidarity with the marginalized
ST. JOSEPH, FAMILY PROVIDER – Stewardship of the parish through tough times
ST. JOSEPH, THE HOLY FAMILY AND OUR FAITH FAMILY, OUR FAITH FORMATION  -- Re-envisioning our faith formation
ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER AND THE APPLICATION OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL DOCTRINE AT THE PARISH
ST. JOSEPH, PATRON OF THE DYING – Remembering our deceased and living in hope-filled awareness of our death


  El Evangelio significa buenas noticias, como probablemente todos ustedes ahora. Es un mensaje que contiene una verdad, la mayor verdad sobre Dios y sobre nosotros. Cada parroquia lleva ese mensaje.
The Gospel means good news, as you all probably now.  It is a message that contains a truth, the greatest truth about God and about us.  Every parish carries that message.
Pero cada parroquia lleva ese mensaje de una manera diferente. Cada parroquia tiene una cultura diferente, un patrón diferente, una ubicación diferente.
Como párroco, soy el jefe del mensaje de la parroquia. Entonces, ¿qué queremos decir sobre quiénes somos?
But every parish carries that message in a different way.  Every parish has a different culture, a different patron, a different location.
As the pastor I am the carrier of the message of the parish. So what do we want to say about who we are?
Pues, estoy aquí esta noche para anunciar que vamos a tomar una parte importante de tiempo para discernir quiénes somos. Entre el Adviento y la fiesta de San José en marzo de 2022, vamos a tener un "Año de San José", donde acudiremos cada vez más a nuestra parroquia en busca de ayuda para discernir dónde estamos con Dios, entre nosotros y con nuestro pueblo. Tendremos muchos eventos, muchas discusiones e involucraremos todas las áreas de la vida parroquial.
I am here tonight to announce that we are going to take a significant part of time to discern who we are.  Between Advent and the Feast of Saint Joseph in March of 2022, we are going to have a "Year of St. Joseph," where we will turn more and more to our parish for help in discerning where we stand with God, each other and with our town.  We will have a lot of events, a lot of discussions and we will involve all the areas of parish life.
Creo que es hora de tener algo visual para identificar quiénes somos, para tener un mensaje con eso. Y así, esta noche les presento nuestra nueva imagen de San José, mientras vive sus famosos sueños, y nuestros nuevos colores de verde y azul, porque estamos muy cerca de la naturaleza y el agua. También estamos incluyendo las espirales y los colores de nuestra vidriera en el diseño de la letra. ¡Espero que te gusten!
I think it is time to have something visual to identify who we are, to have a message with that.  And so tonight I am presenting our new image of St. Joseph, as he is experiencing his famous dreams, and our new colors of green and blue, because we are very close to nature and the water.  We are also including the spirals and colors of our stained-glass window in the letter design.  I hope you like them!  And may St. Joseph lead us in our discipleship toward a new future.