St. Joseph Marello Catholic Church

7200 Auburn-Folsom Road

Normal Hours:
8:30-2:00pm M-F
First Sunday of the Month:
9:30-10:30am
SUMMER HOURS:
8:30-12:30 M-F

Are you new to St. Joseph Marello Catholic Church? Welcome!
Please download a Parish Registration Form by CLICKING HERE (or pick one up at the Welcome Table in the vestibule of the church).

Are you interested in becoming Catholic? Please visit our Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults page.

Along with the gift of life, our parents gave us the gift of our Catholic faith. Marianne and I were born into traditional Catholic families. Her parents emigrated from the tiny island nation of Malta and my parents came to the United States from Ireland.

Our parents, reinforced by the Sisters of Mercy and the Holy Family Sisters, taught us our prayers, prepared us for the sacraments of Penance, Holy Eucharist and Confirmation, and laid the foundation for our Christian adulthood. 

As we look back, we did and learned what we were told and taught. We did not give it much thought. The faith was laid on us, and we accepted it without question. We were accidentalCatholics. We did not earn our faith, seek it or make it our own…………..until we grew up!

Marianne and I grew up as Catholics when we committed ourselves to each other in marriage in 1959 and within four years welcomed the first three of our five children into our family. We became intentional Catholics, actively engaged in the work of our parish as Confraternity of Christian Doctrine teachers and as a link between our parish and the families of newly baptized infants. That was the start of our maturation in our faith. 

Scripture Study (as students and teachers), Pastoral Care Ministry, Ministry to the Dying, Eucharistic Ministry, Readers of the Word, RCIA and Marriage Preparation Catechesis, and Pastoral Council Membership were some of the many experiences that deepened our understanding of, our appreciation for and our commitment to our Catholic faith.

We prize the gift our parents gave us. Our Catholic faith is the “pearl without price”! And we are called to pay it forward.

Bishop Robert Barron, one of the great spiritual teachers of our time, presents these biblical stories of true conversion drawing from the riches of scriptural accounts. They were people just like you and me who were called by Christ - Bartimaeus, The Man Born Blind, The Woman at the Well, and Jonah and the Great Fish.

Other inspiring CDs and books are also available.  Recommended donations are $4/CD or $5/Book (checks can be made payable to the parish). 

The myParish app allows us to better communicate with you throughout the week and keep you updated with relevant parish news or updates. The app is very well designed and very intuitive. It is a great resource for parishioners by providing daily Mass readings, Catholic news and prayers, convenient prayer and Confession reminders, our bulletins, parish calendar and more. We hope our app is a tool for fostering stronger parish life at St. Joseph Marello and better engaging the New Evangelization. To download, go to https://myparishapp.com/download/If you have questions or need assistance, email Anne at marelloparish@gmail.com.
 

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