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Saint Joseph's Parish
Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, serves the residents of Mission, British Columbia, Canada.
The parish church is located at 32550 Seventh Ave, Mission, BC, V2V 2B9. The parish office telephone number is: (604) 826-2452.
Located an hour and a half from Vancouver east on the Lougheed Highway, and approximately 20 minutes north east from Abbotsford on the Number 11 Highway, the church can be accessed via the Cedar Valley Connector heading north uphill, and left on Seventh Avenue (map this location).
Saint Joseph's Parish welcomes all new parishioners. Please contact us directly.
Parish History.
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Saint Joseph, Patron Saint.
Patron of the Universal Church
Feast day: March 19, May 1
Joseph, the foster father of Jesus, was not a rich man.
In those days, carpenters were not as well-off as their modern counterparts.
When Joseph took Jesus to the Temple to be circumcised, and Mary to be purified, he offered a humble sacrifice of two turtledoves. Such a small gift would only be offered by a family unable to afford the pricier offering of a lamb (Luke 2:24).
Despite his humble means, Joseph came from royal lineage. The Gospels make mention of his descent from David, the greatest king of Israel (Matthew 1:1-16 and Luke 3:23-38).
We read that the angel, who first informs Joseph of the Messiah to be born unto Mary, greets the newly appointed foster father as "Son of David." A royal title, reserved almost exclusively for Jesus in Gospel accounts.
Read more about Joseph at: www.catholic.org.
Archdiocesan Links:
Archdiocese of Vancouver: http://www.rcav.org/
The BC Catholic: http://bcc.rcav.org/
