St. Joseph's Catholic Community

Fr. Biju is pastor of St. Joseph's Parish in Elko, NV, Sacred Heart Parish in Carlin, NV, St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Wells, NV, St. Brendan's Parish in Eureka, NV and Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission in Jackpot, NV. He is also President of Eastern Nevada Catholic Parish Corp, a non-profit corporation that oversees these parishes.

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Hey everyone! My name is Kyle Bell. I wanted to tell you all about a ministry that I started here at St. Joseph's. The ministry is called St. Paul Street Evangelization. The goal of St. Paul Street Evangelization (SPSE) is to reach out to our community by setting up little booths with resources such as pamphlets on Mother Mary, the Eucharist, abortion and why abortion is wrong, and more. The team members sit in the booths at events like fairs or parades, or on busy streets in bigger places like New York or Chicago and what not. When someone comes up and has a question, the team members will offer their best answers, offer prayers, and ask if the person asking the question has any specific intentions they would like prayed for. Basically, SPSE tries to evangelize by working its way directly into the hearts of people who come to the booth, whether they are fallen-away Catholics, Protestants, Mormons, or atheists.
Our goal in the Elko chapter of SPSE is slightly different. Of course, our main goal is to spread the love of Christ throughout our community, but because there aren't many people who walk around town, and we don't have as many public events where setting up booths is normal, we are taking a different approach. Right now, we are working on soup kitchens being put on weekly along with occasional food drives and clothing drives to focus on the homeless. We have a Bible study that we are working on in order to focus on young adults and adults who are interested. And we are trying to get together with the senior center to set up occasional visits and lunches with the elderly in those places.
These are just a few of the things we have in mind right now, but we are not focusing on
one group of people. We want to reach everyone from the youngest of us to the oldest of
us, because we are all one community in Christ, and the world needs Him more than ever
right now.
If anyone is interested in helping with this mission for Jesus, please contact me either by
email or by phone. God bless you all, please keep this ministry and all the other beautiful
ministries in this parish in your prayers!
Kyle Bell, Phone: 775-934-6303, Email: kyle_m_bell@outlook.com
 

To Proclaim by word and witness the Good News of God in Christ, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.  Centered in the Eucharist, we strive to serve Christ in all persons through prayer, religious education, worship, Christian fellowship, and loving service to neighbor.

The Nevada State Assembly is now hearing SB 179, a bill that revises current statute regulating abortion. It expands this threat to the sanctity of human life in a number of ways. It takes away a physician's obligation to obtain the age of the person undergoing an abortion, circumventing the obligation as a mandatory reporter of sexual assault or abuse of a minor. It decriminalizes unqualified persons who perform or assist with abortions and thus removes important protections making it easy to prey on economically challenged immigrant populations and victims of human trafficking. It neglects to address parental notification of underage minors seeking an abortion. We need you to express your opposition to SB 179. Please go on the legislative website to register your opposition: https:./www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Opinions/80th2019/. Enter "SB179" in the box and click on "against". Or call you legislator at 775-684-1400.

The Gabriel Project is looking for parishioners to become volunteer Angels to walk alongside women coping with unplanned pregnancies. If you are interested, please contact Julie for details and training dates. 340-8722.

If you want more information about the Pro-Life movie "UNPLANNED" or wish to donate to this organization, you can visit their website at https://www.unplannedfilm.com/.