Fr. Joseph Sibliano, O.S.J., resident priest at the Oblates of St. Joseph Seminary, Laflin, served as featured celebrant during the St. Joseph the Worker Mass on Labor Day at 11 a.m.
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Alyce Zura and Joe McCulloch served as readers during the St. Joseph the Worker Mass at the Oblates of St. Joseph Seminary, Laflin, on Labor Day.
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Bringing the Offertory Gifts to the altar to Fr. Joseph Sibilano are Sheila Coyne and Bob Kosek.
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Fr. Joseph Sibliano, O.S.J., left, blesses baskets of bread to be passed out to the congregation at the Oblates of St. Joseph Seminary Chapel on Labor Day honoring St. Joseph the Worker. Fr. Raymond Tabon, O.S.J., back center, and Fr. Jackson Pinheiro, O.S.J., back right, look on.
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Fr. Joseph Sibliano, O.S.J., right, offers bread to Marianne Cameli and the rest of the congregation at the Oblates of St. Joseph Seminary, Laflin, during the St. Joseph the Worker Mass on Labor Day.
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LAFLIN — Oblates of St. Joseph Chapel was the site of the annual St. Joseph the Worker Mass on Labor Day.
Fr. Joseph Sibilano, O.S.J. served as celebrant assisted by Fr. Paul McDonnell, O.S.J., rector of the Oblates, Fr. Jackson Pinheiro, O.S.J., associate pastor, St. Joseph Marello Parish, and Fr. Raymond Tabon, O.S.J.
The Mass concluded a three-day triduum (three-day spiritual preparation and prayer) of Masses and devotions held over Labor Day weekend, conducted by Fr. McDonnell.
In a response to communists celebrating workers on May 1 each year, Pope Pius XII created the feast of St. Joseph the Worker in 1955, a tradition that continues today.
The feast honors St. Joseph, a carpenter by trade and foster father of Jesus, who is associated with labor, so it is fitting he is honored on the U.S. national holiday of Labor Day.
