For our parish family, the Church buildings are our spiritual home, so we naturally want them to look beautiful both inside and out. The Saints Mary and Joseph Parish Gardeners help by working during the spring and summer months to water & weed the church gardens, so that even our...
Many thanks to Lorenzo Ricci for his years of dedicated service to our Parish.
Reflection 05-01-2016 The word Pilgrim comes from the Latin combination of ‘per’ which means beyond and ‘agri’ which means country, therefore the foreigner. St. Ignatius calls himself a Pilgrim in his autobiography. John Wayne uses Pilgrim twenty-three times in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). St. Paul, in the...
Love Beyond Labels In an essay in The New York Times [March 3, 2010], Harriet Brown writes of growing up in a broken home, with emotionally distant parents who were at constant war with each other and their children. Harriet grew up believing that there was something wrong with her,...
“My sheep hear my voice…” To have Jesus and his Father watch over us. Protecting us. Caring for us. All because we follow Him. That does not sound so hard to do. Just listen to what He says. The words are all good. His promise of eternal life, if we...
We now have a Live Stream available at Mary Queen of Peace. You can watch mass live from the link in the top menu bar of our website. If there is not an ongoing mass or event you will see the church with a light on the tabernacle. Check out...
Join our parish as we participate in the Annual 1K Walk for Hunger Saturday, May 21, 2016, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM Meet at the Pleasant Street United Methodist Church 8 Pleasant Street Salem, NH 03079 Sponsored by Salem Lions Club All profits will be donated to three local Salem...
The historic tour, marking the 100th Anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima, will feature the world famous International Pilgrim Virgin Statue, traveling worldwide for nearly 70 years. Sts. Mary and Joseph Parish is hosting the tour starting at St. Joseph Church on May 6, 2016 with Mass...
The Easter Season celebrates our Lord’s Resurrection and the Lord’s triumph over evil and death. The sea-son begins with Easter Sunday and concludes with the Feast of Pentecost. Pentecost, along with the feasts of Pass-over & Tabernacles were the three major feasts of the Jewish liturgical year. All male Israelites...
In case you were not able to attend last night’s Good Friday mass or you just need to hear these words again here is the text of Deacon Jay’s homily. GOOD FRIDAY — March 25, 2016