Life can be hectic and challenging and staying connected. Adding the pandemic of the coronavirus makes it all the more difficult. To help us all stay united as a parish family, and growing in our faith, we have started to watch faith-related videos and joining in online discussions with other parishioners. We invite all parishioners to take advantage of this opportunity to grow in faith as well as get to know some new parishioners through the online discussion groups.
Beginning the week of November 30th we start a 4-week series on Advent. The discussion times available for the ADVENT series are as follows.
Monday - 1:30 to 2:30 PM - Deacon Ken - email: k.bauer@dbqarch.org
Monday - 5:30 to 6:30 PM - Sean McVeigh - email: s.McVeigh@dbqarch.org
Tuesday - 3:00 to 4:00 PM - Deacon Jeff - email: j.volker@dbqarch.org
Wednesday - 6:00 to 7:00 AM - Deacon Dennis - email: d.ternes@dbqarch.org
Thursday - 7:00 to 8:00 PM - JoAnn Starr - email: J.Starr1@dbqarch.org
Directions for joining FORMED. St. Joseph Parish has a subscription to FORMED, so you do not need to purchase one yourself. To register as part of our parish to be able to utilize the FORMED content for free, use the following instructions. Go to https://formed.org/. Select the button that says, "Sign Up." You will then see three options - "I am an individual," "I am a Parish or Organization," or, "I Belong to a Parish or Organization."
Select the last option, "I Belong to a Parish or Organization." You will be asked for the name of your Parish. Simply type in St. Joseph in Marion, Iowa. Once you have selected St. Joes as your parish and provided the other information they ask for, such as your email address, you will have access to all of the media content for free. This includes the video links Sean will be sending to you as part of this parish-wide initiative.
We hope you will join in our efforts to keep our parish connected as a strong community. God bless you all.