St. Joseph & Sons -- Contributions

The guys are in the middle of fund raising activities to allow us to continue our work on projects.  If you would like to contribute to St. Joseph & Sons, please follow the directions below.

 

Make your checks payable to:  Diocese of Rockford

 

 

Mail your check to:  St. Joseph & Sons

 

P.O. Box 15728

 

Loves Park, IL   61132-5728

 

 

All contributions are tax deductible.  If you have any questions, please contact 815-979-0466.  We thank you for your contributions, support, and prayers.  

It's Celebration Time

On Wednesday, May 1, 2013, the feast day of St. Joseph the Worker, there will be a special gathering for the members of St. Joseph & Sons at St. Rita Parish.  We will start with Mass at 6:00 pm followed by a potluck dinner and program in Wahl Hall. 

All Joes and spouses / significant others are invited to celebrate this day and honor our patron saint. You are encouraged to extend an invitation to others you feel would be interested in joining our organization.

We will gather with our membership family in fellowship and in celebration for the completion of our recent projects.  After the meal, we will present a brief program to include the history of St. Joseph & Sons, a sharing of the successes from many of the projects, and information on future projects.

Please bring you favorite dish to pass, enjoy the fellowship, and share with your fellow St. Joseph and Sons family.  More information will follow in regards to the potluck.      

Work Weekend This Weekend

Attention Joes
We'll be working at two sites this weekend: St. Patrick's and Holy Family. Start times for Friday is 2:00 pm concluding around 5:30 pm. Start time on Saturday is 7 am and we should be finished with all projects by 4 pm.  Please let us know if you can make it either day to either site.

Details include:
St. Patrick's - We'll be hauling plaster and other debris so please bring any 5-gallon buckets you may have available. Also, we'll be digging trenches so narrow shovels will also be needed. Meet at the church office and bring your own drink/lunch.

Holy Family - Meet at the maintenance room located at the southeast corner of the parish center. Bring brooms, dustpans and other cleaning equipment. Please bring your own drink/lunch.

Attention All Joes

We have a recruiting session planned for tomorrow March 19th, St. Joseph's Day at Holy Family - immediately following the 6:30 AM Mass. We will be presenting St. Joseph and Sons at approximately 7:00 AM in the lower level of the church.

Please invite anyone you think would enjoy participation in our organization.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

St.Peter's Project Update

Our Team was made up of over 20 people per day. We had 3 Boylan students and 1 Guilford student participate. The St. Peters Parishioners took ownership and pride in the project. As other needs arise in the school you now have a strong team to accomplish the tasks. We started each day with a reflection prayer service that helped us center on our project at hand and why God has given us the strength to use our talents to assist others.

• We accomplished the removal of the carpet in four classrooms, cleaning and staining of the woodwork as well as the first floor hallway.
• Completed the cleaning and staining of the windows and handrails in the west section of the school.
• Leveled the floor in one of the rooms by removing part of the floor and installing a sheet of plywood. • Replaced all of the insulation on the hot water pipes floor to ceiling in the 4 classrooms.
• Replaced the sink cabinet and plumbing in the second grade class room.
• Updates to the 4 rooms included; computer cable rerouting, cleaning and adjustment to the windows, which should now open a little easier.
• A Window Team was brought together to take ownership of the window maintenance and repair.

 The professional carpet installers will complete the carpet installation on Sunday the 7th. Thank you for the gifts that God has given the team members.

Thank you to the ladies and staff for providing us with the snacks and lunch. Thank you to the St. Peters students, staff and others for their prayers in supporting the team. Thank you to Father Beekman for his guidance in bringing the St. Peters Team together to make a difference.

On behalf of St. Joseph and Sons, Stewards of the Carpenter, we appreciate the opportunity to be part of this project.

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New Project at St.Peter Cathedral School

Hello Fellow Joes

We are preparing to start a new project at the St. Peter Cathedral School in Rockford this upcoming weekend.

The plan is to remove the existing carpet in various classrooms and prepare the floors for new carpet to be installed early next week. We're asking for volunteers to aid in removing desks & furniture, clean rooms as best we can and prepare the flooring for professionals to lay the new carpet.

Times for the project are as follows:
Friday, Oct. 5th      1 pm - 5 pm
Saturday, Oct. 6th   7 am - 5 pm

We will meet in the school parking lot to divide up into teams so we can maximize efforts on the work details.

We already have a good group of Joes confirmed for this effort including some of the newest Joes from the St. Peter's parish. Join us if you can - the more the merrier. If interested please contact Bill at billd@fieldfastener.com.

Thanks again for your support and dedication.

Project Updates

The guys went out this past weekend to finish off a couple of projects that have been in the works - Bishop Lane Retreat's Walking Path and the Cross Renovation on the grounds of the Poor Clares.

Joe led groups of five working on the walking path both Friday evening and Saturday morning with a small group staying over at the retreat house Friday night for some brotherhood and spiritual enlightenment. THANK YOU to the staff at Bishop Lane for the great breakfast and lunch on Saturday.

The teams worked to remove several stumps, cut back encroaching foliage, added trail markers as well as hand level and re-mulch the path. Joe mentioned we will need to set another date for finishing off the last 80 feet of leveling and the final 800 feet of mulching.


Tom also led a group of five working on the garden cross and corpus at the Poor Clares facility on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. The crew removed the cross and corpus to a safe location within a garage, demolished 1-1/2 yards of concrete including a section of sidewalk and then stripped the finish from the cross and cleaned the corpus.

Tom figures we will need at least one and perhaps two more work sessions to pour new concrete and install final landscaping elements including top soil, plant material, and a small stone wall at the site.

To get involved and help out on these projects contact us at billd@fieldfasteners.com. Thanks for your participation and support.