A Message from the Pastor
March 18, 2020
My Dear Friends:
I’m writing to update you on actions that we as a parish community are taking in coordination with our diocese to help contain the spread of the coronavirus in our area. Your safety and health are my primary concerns as we confront the sobering and unsettling realities of this pandemic. I ask that you carefully read this letter and the letter from our bishop that follows, and I hope you will contact me through the church office if you have any questions at all. It is true that we are experiencing vast changes to the ways we live our lives, but it is equally certain that our entire church staff and I remain committed to provide whatever spiritual support we can to each of you for as long as this crisis endures.
In this spirit, I must now inform you that all Masses (daily and weekend) in all churches within the Diocese of St. Petersburg have been suspended until further notice. So that you may continue to offer prayer and adoration before the Tabernacle, our church will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. every day. If you come to pray, I ask you to remain mindful of the guidance our civil authorities are providing: Please do not come if you are ill, and please always maintain appropriate social distance within the church.
In addition to your continued prayers, our parish needs your continuing financial support during this time to cover basic expenses and to preserve our staff so that we are prepared to resume public celebrations when the situation allows. I encourage you to mail in your offering or to give online. If you would like to set up a secure online giving account, please call the church office and we will assist you. The process is simple and, again, completely secure.
We will keep this website and our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/stjoezhills/) up-to-date with the latest information on our parish, and we will notify you when Masses resume. If you have not yet registered with Flocknote, please do so. It takes just a moment, and it will help ensure that our community stays connected (https://stjoezhills.flocknote.com/).
This severe moment that is unfolding throughout the world enables us to see the profound truth underlying the season of Lent: Life is fragile, and our flesh is weak. Yet scripture assures us in Psalm 46 that God is “an ever-present help in time of distress.” Let us then turn our hearts toward trust and faith in God and spend this Lent in prayer, fasting, and abstinence with deep awareness of all those suffering because of this virus. To help in this, we are adding a Lenten Meditations page to this website that can help you focus your reflection and intentions (click the tab above or click HERE to be directed to it). As we join our hearts in hope, I trust that we will be able to gather again soon to experience together God’s mercy, grace, and presence.
Yours in Christ’s Service,
Fr. Allan Tupa
My Dear Friends:
I’m writing to update you on actions that we as a parish community are taking in coordination with our diocese to help contain the spread of the coronavirus in our area. Your safety and health are my primary concerns as we confront the sobering and unsettling realities of this pandemic. I ask that you carefully read this letter and the letter from our bishop that follows, and I hope you will contact me through the church office if you have any questions at all. It is true that we are experiencing vast changes to the ways we live our lives, but it is equally certain that our entire church staff and I remain committed to provide whatever spiritual support we can to each of you for as long as this crisis endures.
In this spirit, I must now inform you that all Masses (daily and weekend) in all churches within the Diocese of St. Petersburg have been suspended until further notice. So that you may continue to offer prayer and adoration before the Tabernacle, our church will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. every day. If you come to pray, I ask you to remain mindful of the guidance our civil authorities are providing: Please do not come if you are ill, and please always maintain appropriate social distance within the church.
In addition to your continued prayers, our parish needs your continuing financial support during this time to cover basic expenses and to preserve our staff so that we are prepared to resume public celebrations when the situation allows. I encourage you to mail in your offering or to give online. If you would like to set up a secure online giving account, please call the church office and we will assist you. The process is simple and, again, completely secure.
We will keep this website and our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/stjoezhills/) up-to-date with the latest information on our parish, and we will notify you when Masses resume. If you have not yet registered with Flocknote, please do so. It takes just a moment, and it will help ensure that our community stays connected (https://stjoezhills.flocknote.com/).
This severe moment that is unfolding throughout the world enables us to see the profound truth underlying the season of Lent: Life is fragile, and our flesh is weak. Yet scripture assures us in Psalm 46 that God is “an ever-present help in time of distress.” Let us then turn our hearts toward trust and faith in God and spend this Lent in prayer, fasting, and abstinence with deep awareness of all those suffering because of this virus. To help in this, we are adding a Lenten Meditations page to this website that can help you focus your reflection and intentions (click the tab above or click HERE to be directed to it). As we join our hearts in hope, I trust that we will be able to gather again soon to experience together God’s mercy, grace, and presence.
Yours in Christ’s Service,
Fr. Allan Tupa
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 in my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally,
come spiritually into my heart.
I embrace you as if you were already there,
and I unite myself wholly to you.
Never permit me to be separated from you.
Amen.
I believe that you are present in the most holy Sacrament.
I love you above all things, and I desire to receive you in my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally,
come spiritually into my heart.
I embrace you as if you were already there,
and I unite myself wholly to you.
Never permit me to be separated from you.
Amen.
To learn how to watch or listen to the Mass online, click here:
https://www.dosp.org/chancellor/directory/radio-and-tv-broadcast-masses/
https://www.dosp.org/chancellor/directory/radio-and-tv-broadcast-masses/
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Please note all Masses and Confessions are currently suspended) Monday - Saturday....8:00am Wednesday Night.......7:00pm Thursday Holy Hour and Adoration...8:30am - 9:30am Saturday Vigil 4:00pm CH & PC, 6:00pm Sunday 7:00am, 9:00am CH & PC, 11:00am Find mass times while you are traveling at http://catholicmasstime.org. Confessions Saturday.........................8:30am Thursday before first Friday...8:30am |
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Physical Church Address: 38710 5th Ave Zephyrhills, FL 33542 Office Address: 5316 11th Street Zephyrhills, FL - 33542 Phone - (813) 782-2813 Fax - (813) 788-1036 Office Hours Monday - 1pm -4pm Tuesday - Thursday 8:30am - 4:00pm Friday - 8:30am - 12pm Closed for Lunch 12pm - 1pm For information regarding any of our parish ministries or activities, please email our parish office at info@stjosephzephyrhills.org Are you new to the parish?Click on the link below to download a registration form. You can drop it in the collection at Mass, or bring it to the parish office.
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