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Welcome to St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ellsworth, Maine! We are happy you found us online.
Through these pages we seek to introduce you to our active faith community. Our Parish is a Catholic community of hopeful and loving people, schooled in compassion, who support one another on our journey of faith. As disciples of Jesus Christ, in lifelong ministry with the poor of the world, we are being made new through God's spirit. As bread is broken open and shared, we freely witness to the Reign of God.
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Mass Times
Sunday: 8:00 & 11:00 AM
Daily Mon-Thurs: 8:00 AM
Community Prayer: Fri 8:00 AM
Confession: Sat 3:30 PM Parish Hall
Summer Missions (July - Labor Day)
Saturday: 4:00 PM St. Margaret, Winter Harbor
Sunday: 9:00 AM Our Lady of the Lake, Green Lake
Sunday: 10:00 AM Bay School, Blue Hill
Check the bulletin (below) for changes
Office Hours
Sat & Sun: CLOSED
Please call 207-667-2342 before you come!
The Parish Office closes for major holidays.
Current Season
Ordinary Time
Ordinary Time is a time for growth and maturation, a time in which the mystery of Christ is called to penetrate ever more deeply into history until all things are finally caught up in Christ. The goal, toward which all of history is directed, is represented by the final Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.
WORSHIP & SPIRITUALITY COMMISSION
This commission nourishes and gives direction to the liturgical and communal prayer life of the community. The members collaborate with the pastor and staff in this area of mission on liturgy preparation, the training and formation of various liturgical ministers and the formation of the assembly about sacraments and liturgy.
This commission is focused in the following areas:
SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMISSION
This commission discerns and responds to the needs of persons in the parish, the wider community and the world by identifying resources to meet their needs and enlisting the active cooperation of parishioners. The members collaborate with the pastor, staff and other organizations and agencies in service, advocacy, justice education and empowerment of people. The commission may have committees such as pro-life, meal program and food pantry.
This commission is focused in the following areas/projects:
Families First Community Center
Fair Trade Sale
Migrant Resource Fairs
EVANGELIZATION & FORMATION COMMISSION
This commission promotes and develops opportunities for lifelong faith formation aimed at personal conversion and growth in faith. The members collaborate with the pastor and staff in this area of mission on all programs of evangelization and catechesis. The commission may have committees such as evangelization, child ministry, youth ministry, young adult ministry, adult and family ministry and vocations.
This commission has the following committees:
STEWARDSHIP COMMISSION
This commission educates and promotes the giftedness of all parishioners and the responsibility of disciples to steward all resources. The members collaborate with pastor and staff to develop strategies and practices which invite all parishioners and the parish organization itself to share time, talent and treasure.
This commission has the following committees:
In addition, though it is independent of the Stewardship Commission, a link to the Finance council is included here as an element of Stewardship.
Papal Prayer Intentions
AUGUST
Families, Schools of Human Growth
That families, through their life of prayer and love, become ever more clearly "schools of true human growth."
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Living the Eucharist
During Lent we experienced a program of spiritual renewal for everyone. Nearly 100 parishioners across the cluster signed up looking forward to becoming more immersed in the Eucharistic Celebration and the meaning of the Sunday Liturgies of Lent.
Pope Benedict XVI’s apostolic exhortation, The Sacrament of Charity, inspired Living the Eucharist. This exhortation calls on all Catholics to renew our experience of the Sacrament of the Eucharist as a mystery to be believed, a mystery to be celebrated, and a mystery to be lived.
Living the Eucharist renews and heightens parishioner involvement in the Sunday Eucharist, helps parishioners connect the celebration of the Eucharist more closely with the mission of Jesus Christ and the Church, and inspires them to live more intentionally as missionary disciples of Jesus during the week.
Thirteen small groups from within our Cluster met to pray over the meaning of Lent, certain aspects of the Mass and the Sunday Readings. Through heartfelt faith sharing and discussion the participants found inspiration and an enriched Lenten Journey during these six weeks. We are sharing photos of those groups.
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| Monday – Bar Harbor Group Joan Sheridan, Kathy Perrine, Edith Lyman, Carol Stabinsky, Sue Seavey |
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| Saturday – Brooklin Group John & Sandy Rossomondo, Diane & Frank Bianco, Marcia & John Diamond |
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| Sunday – Blue Hill Group Jim Ford, Glenna Ford, Rick Seger David Putnam, and Rita Seger (Kit Lane taking photo – see reflection |
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| Tuesday – Ellsworth Group John Lynch, Fr. Cahill, Jill Jameson, Dale Worthen, Trish Worthen, Joe Losquadro (Judy Losquadro not in photo) |
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Wednesday – Ellsworth Group |
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| Thursday – Corea Group Vickie Brochu, Rose Arnett, Kate McLoud, Rose Ann Schultz, John Primeau |
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Castine Group |
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Stella Maris – Monday, Wednesday and Thursday Groups
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Stonington Group |
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Bar Harbor – Tuesday Evening Group |
Click to email (use format xxx-xxx-xxxx for phone):
- Fr. Emile Dube, Pastor
- Fr. Joseph Cahill, Parochial Vicar
- Monica Giordano, Administrative Assistant
- Edith Forst, Cluster 11 Catechetical Coordinator
- Dan Conte, Music Director
- Joe Losquadro, Webmaster
Events - to see a list of all events for the current month, click on View All Events and then Agenda View.
- Sep 26 2019 3:00 pm - Adoration
- Sep 28 2019 3:00 pm - Adoration
- Sep 28 2019 3:30 pm - Reconciliation
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Word on Fire
Today’s Gospel focuses on prudence. In the Middle Ages, prudence was called “the queen of the virtues” because it was the virtue that enabled one to do the right thing in a particular situation. http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/092219.cfm …pic.twitter.com/myuisHlUbI
09/22/19 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel focuses on prudence.
In the Middle Ages, prudence was called “the queen of the virtues” because it was the virtue that enabled one to do the right thing in a particular situation.
Read MoreSt. Matthew, great evangelist and proclaimer of the Gospel, pray for us! (¿Hablas español? ¡Sigue @WordOnFire_ES!)pic.twitter.com/B6wOaSX75M
09/21/19 7:30 am
St. Matthew, great evangelist and proclaimer of the Gospel, pray for us!
(¿Hablas español? ¡Sigue @WordOnFire_ES!) pic.twitter.com/B6wOaSX75M
Read MoreToday we celebrate the feast of St. Matthew, and our Gospel tells of his conversion. Jesus says to him, “Follow me.” There is nothing simpler or more basic in the Christian life than this. This is what we disciples do: we follow, we apprentice to him. http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/092119.cfm …pic.twitter.com/J8qCipHeHL
09/21/19 5:01 am
Today we celebrate the feast of St. Matthew, and our Gospel tells of his conversion.
Jesus says to him, “Follow me.” There is nothing simpler or more basic in the Christian life than this. This is what we disciples do: we follow, we apprentice to him.
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