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“This is the Day the Lord has made”
Psalm 118
Dear Parishioners and Friends in Christ,
Christ is Risen! Alleluia! Happy Easter to you all in this most joyful season of Christ’s victory over sin and death!
May this Easter Season fill you with abundant joy, renewed hope, and a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit. May we all experience the Peace of the Risen Lord Jesus in our relationships with God, with one another, and in our own hearts. “This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad!”
With prayerful best wishes,
Fr. John Mahoney
Marcellin Laliberte
Mass of Christian Burial on Friday, April 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM followed by Interment at Riverside Cemetery
Paula Strickon
Mass of Christian Burial on Friday, May 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM followed by Interment at Riverside Cemetery
Eileen Mayhew
Committal Service on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM at Riverside Cemetery
Come back to me with all your heart … long have I waited for your coming home to me and living deeply our new life (Hosea 14).
Dear Parishioners and Visitors,
Holy Week begins soon. Our forty-day Lenten pilgrimage is almost over. There is still time to rediscover the zeal that we all had on Ash Wednesday, when we proudly wore that mark of penitence on our foreheads. Maybe it’s a mark a lot of people left in the bathroom sink. But we should continue to carry it in our hearts. This Monday, March 30, we will celebrate Reconciliation Monday—all the churches in the Diocese of Manchester will be open for confession. Here at St. Joseph’s, confessions will be heard in the confessional – either behind the screen or face-to-face – from 11:00 A.M. to Noon, and from 5:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. It’s a wonderful opportunity to be reconciled, to know the beauty of God’s mercy, to walk again among the living, and to embrace again the fullness of the light of Christ. He is longing for your coming home to Him.
With prayerful best wishes,
Fr. John Mahoney
April 12, 2026
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be prayed at 11:00 am, following the 10:00 am Mass.