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THE MISSION
OF ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH is to give honor and glory
to God and to sanctify and edify the souls of the faithful
by preserving, protecting, fostering and defending the
Traditional Latin Mass and sacraments, as contained in the
Typical Vatican Edition of the Missale Romanum of
1962 and contemporaneous liturgical books. We seek to
promote the universal and unrestricted access to and
restoration of, this rite of Mass and sacraments.
The Sacrifice of the Mass is truly the Sacrifice of
Calvary made present among us, a sacrifice at which we
should dare to be present, only in a spirit of the utmost
reverence and the most abject humility, conscious of our
unworthiness in the presence of the all-holy God. A prayer
in the liturgy of St. John Chrysostom evokes the profound
truth that: "It is really Thou who dost offer and art
offered, Thou who dost receive the offering and art given
back to us, Christ our God."
Inspired by these same sentiments, we seek to unite
ourselves with the entire Church Militant, Suffering and
Triumphant in offering sacrifice to God in our ancient and
venerable rite. We seek to reach out and regain for Holy
Mother Church those lost or disaffected souls who have left
Holy Mother Church, mindful as we are of the changes
occurring throughout the Latin Church since the Second
Vatican Council. We proclaim Catholic Truth and use our
traditional forms of worship, which have proved to be
powerful, to attract new adherents to the One, Holy,
Catholic and Apostolic Faith and provide for the spiritual
welfare of the Catholic faithful in accordance with the
Motu Proprio Ecclesia Dei with at all times, complete
adherence and fidelity to all magisterial teachings
pronounced by Pope John Paul II, his predecessors and
successors.
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