2006 Novena Schedule

In March, as always, we will honor the patron saint of our parish by conducting the solemn nine-day Novena in Honor of St. Joseph. The novena begins on Saturday, March 11, at 12:10 p.m. at St. Joseph’s. Two days of the novena will be celebrated at our sister parishes, Sweetest Heart of Mary and St. Josephat. On Sunday, March 19, the Feast of St. Joseph, we will close the novena with a solemn Mass at noon.

Music for the closing Mass will include the Messa di San Giuseppe by Johan Ernst Eberlin (1702-1762), Mozart’s predecessor in Salzburg. The Mass is set for soprano, organ and strings; our long-time soprano soloist, Linda Munch, will sing. At communion, we will hear De Commnione by the Bohemian composer Josef Antonín Plánicky´ (1691-1732) an aria on the text Domine, non sum dignus.

The schedule of Masses and Novena prayers is below; we hope to have you with us in person, or at the very least in spirit.

Rev. Mark Borkowski
Rev. Paul Ward

Saturday, March 11: 12:10 p.m. at St. Joseph
Sunday, March 12: 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph
Monday, March 13: 12:10 p.m. at St. Joseph
Tuesday, March 14: 12:10 p.m. at St. Joseph
Wednesday, March 15: 12:10 p.m. at St. Joseph
Thursday, March 16, Noon at St. Josaphat
Friday, March 17, Noon, at Sweetest Heart of Mary.
Saturday, March 18: 12:10 p.m. at St. Joseph
Sunday, March 19: Noon. at St. Joseph

St. Joseph is located at Jay and Orleans Streets, one block from Gratiot, directly across from the Gratiot exit from I-75.
St. Josaphat is located on Canfield at I-75, just north of the Mack exit.
Sweetest Heart is located on Russell at Canfield, just north of the Mack exit from I-75.
Call 313-831-6659 for further information.

If you cannot join us, but would like to make the novena at home, click here for the St. Joseph Novena prayers.