Church of St. Joseph

Provide and deliver meals, friendship and other important items to live comfortably at home for homebound parishioners. To be eligible for the meal service program, you must be over the age of 60 or disabled, a resident of Aston and in true need of assistance.

To request this service:

• Contact the parish office by email or phone (610-497-3340).
• Parish office will contact the ministry leader and you will be paired with a visitor.
• Visitor will contact you to set up a day and time to start delivering meals. Unfortunately, at this time, visitors are not allowed to enter your home.

• Complete the form attached to this link to request assistance.  To be eligible for the meal service program, you must be over the age of 60 or disabled, a resident of Aston and in true need of assistance.
• A coordinator will visit your home, assess the situation and determine if and how we can help.
• Visitor will contact you to set up a day and time to start delivering meals and visit with you.

Provides transportation to medical appointments, supermarket and local stores for individuals that cannot drive. Individuals do not need to be parishioners but must be mobile and able to get to the car without assistance.

To request this service:

• This service is currently suspended

• Teams and their phone numbers are listed in the bulletin each week.
• Call a team member for a ride. Please give 24 hours’ notice.
• If you don’t have a team member’s phone number, please contact the parish office or phone (610-497-3340).
• One ride is provided per week.

A Eucharistic Minister will come to your home and bring the Eucharist. Individuals must be homebound.

To request this service:

• This service is currently suspended

• You (or a family member) contacts the parish office or phone (610-497-3340).
• Eucharistic Minister will contact you to discuss a day and time to bring the Eucharist weekly.

Priests and congregation prayer for all intentions.

To request this service:

• If you would like your name to be published in the parish bulletin prayer list, contact the parish office or phone (610-497-3340).
• If you would like someone else’s name to be published in the parish bulletin prayer list; you must have that person's permission to publish their name, prior to contacting the parish office.
• Visit our Prayers webpage and send a confidential prayer request to the parish office.

If you or your family are in serious financial need, the parish does have some funds set aside to help in such circumstances. Please contact the Parish Office or phone (610-497-3340) to set up an appointment to discuss the situation and how and where we may be able to assist.