+ Saint Joseph Parish - Kingston, New York +

NEW INFORMATION - Bicentennial Campaign & Cephas Institute

Saint Joseph School News

St. Joseph School Invites you to join us for Catholic Schools Week, to be held January 29th to February 5th 2012. Open house days will be the 29th from 11am to 2pm, and in Spanish on the 4th from 11am to 2pm. All are welcome. Please help our school continue to be the best in the area. Consider supporting the St. Joseph School Giving Tree. For more information please see our website.

Thank you for visiting our new website!

This is our home on the Internet. Here you will find the latest news and information about the church. Please take a moment to visit the online Calendar for upcoming events and our News page for featured articles. Visitors are invited to sign up for our online mailing list for special news and announcements. We hope you enjoy your visit and encourage you to check back often for updates!

This is the home of St. Joseph and this House of Prayer welcomes you with love as you visit us. Our communication by the grace of God will strengthen our unity as God's own family. We hope to provide you the needed information which you can get concerning our ministry in this part of the globe - Kingston, New York.

Welcome to Our Parish Family! If you are newly moved into our parish or are established residents but not registered, please stop in or call the rectory during office hours and we will be pleased to include you.

"St. Joseph's Parish celebrated its Diamond Jubilee in 1943. The occasion was marked by the publication of the Diamond Jubilee Journal, but the joy of the parishioners was marred because of World War II, with many parish sons in battle across the Atlantic and Pacific and the restrictions at home in their severest and most critical stage."

"For fifty years, the red brick schoolhouse across the street has been the religious training center of this parish. Thousands of young men and young ladies have come to it and learned of Christ and His great redeeming love for us. They have gone out from it to bring Christ into the homes, and streets and offices of Kingston, in fact they brought the message of God's love to all they met. Please God, all the children who go out from this new school, will go out filled with that same love of God and country and fulfill the purpose of every Catholic school."

"The school building rose and was completed as planned; it was opened for use in September; but Monsignor Connelly died on October 8, 1963. St. Joseph's parishioners, young and old, mourned the death of a dear friend, a dedicated pastor and a devoted father. In the sadness of genuine loss, the parishioners awaited the assignment of a new pastor until December, 1963."