St. Joseph The Worker
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Children's Christmas Practice-December 14 & 19 from 7-8 PM.
Penance Service for Advent
A penance service will be held in our parish on Saturday, December 17 at 10:30 a.m. There will be priests from around the Deanery to hear your confession.
Parish Council of Catholic Women News
Introduction to Natural Family Planning presentated by Dr. Luis Garcia will be held in the Parish Center from 6:30 to 8:00 PM on December 15. Please join us for this informational presentation on the Church's teaching and how NFP actually works.
The ladies will be making fruit baskets on December 15th at 6:30 PM in the Parish Center.
PCCW Annual Christmas Dinner will be held at Hoss's in Gettysburg on Thursday, January 5 at 6:00 PM. RSVP to Julie Eckenrode by December 28.
Christmas Cards and Magnets
The knights will be selling Christmas cards and magnets after each Mass.
Brother's Pizza Day
The next Brother's Pizza Day will be Thursday, December 15. Come out and enjoy your favorite pizza or sub and support the parish. Ten percent of the sales are donated back to the parish.
Knights of Columbus Council-- General meetings are held every 4th Sunday of the month, at 7 p.m. in the Deacon Rich Weaver Center.
Grocery and Walmart Cash Cards can be purchased after Masses or at the parish office. Please continue to purchase or help sell them after Masses. They are a good source of income for our parish.
Adorations every Thursday from 7 PM to 8 PM in our Parish. Please come and join! Let us spend an hour together with Our Lord and recite Evening Prayer.
Memorial Walkway Bricks can be purchased in honor or memory of a loved one or family. Use the order form below. New bricks are usually installed once a year in the spring or fall.
Pastors of St. Joseph, Bonneauville
Rev. Basil A. Shorb, founding pastor 1859 - 1871
Parents donated the land for the Church.
Father Shorb buried in the parish cemetery.
Father Shorb was a "native of near Bonneauville"
Cornerstone laid August 31, 1859
First Service March 19, 1860
Father Boll 1871 - 1872
Father Pope 1872 - 1874
Father McIlhenny 1874 - 1876
Father Shanahan 1875 - 1881
Father O'Brien 1881 - 1883
Father Gormley 1883 - 1888
Father Burke 1888 - 1891
Father Hollern 1891 - 1893
Father McBride 1893 - 1897
Father Martin 1897 - 1901
(Gettysburg native)
Father Thompson 1901 - 1903
Father Costigan 1903 - 1905
Father Burhard 1905 - 1909
(brick veneer covering placed over the entire outside of the Church)
Father P. S.Huegel 1909 - 1910
Father William McSherry 1910 - 1913
Father John Shanahan 1913 - 1917
Father John McNichols 1917 - 1922
Father M. Scanlon 1922 - 1926
(interior decorations of the Church)
Father J. T. Enright 1926 - 1933
Father Timothy O'Hanrahan 1933 - 1935
Father Leo J. Krichten 1935 - 1960
Father Louis W. Foregang 1960 - 1969
Father Edward Gerrity 1969 - 1970
Msgr. Bernard V. Mattern 1970 - 1973
Father Paul T. Rindos 1973 - 1995
Father Brian P. Conrad 1995 - 1998
Father Philip DeChico 1998 - 2006
Father Caesar Belchez 2006 - 2011
(Cemetery wall and walkway installed along with a new organ and roof on the social hall)
Father Augusty Thankachang Valomchalil 2011 - 2013
(Old School Hall rededicated as the Deacon Richard Weaver Parish Center)
Father Peter
DiTomasso 2013 - present