Pope Francis inaugurated Synod 2021-2023: For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission. This Sunday, October 17th, marks the beginning of the diocesan phase of the synodal process, a process that invites our local Church, the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, to open our hearts to the Holy Spirit as we discern how God is calling us to communion, participation, and mission here in the Southwest. Click the title for more information.

We meet the first Saturdays of the month in the Nazareth Center at 10 a.m. Our Motto is Unity and Charity. Contact the parish office if you would like to join.

Classes are in-person and will begin on 9/26/21. Sunday 11:30am - 12:50pm and Monday 7:00pm to 8:20pm. If you have questions, please contact Stephanie at spickup@sjrgparish.org or 505-450-8270. For the schedule and letter from Stephanie with important information, please click the title.

It’s been a challenging year, yet we remain grateful to our parishioners for their food donations to the Caring and Sharing Ministry. The collected non-perishable food is given to “Hopeworks,” an organization in downtown Albuquerque that delivers food to the homeless. Click for more information about how to support the homeless with several items listed.

Meets at the Nazareth Center Monday, 7:00 p.m. September 20, 2021. For more information, call the church office and leave your contact information.

Senior Singles meet in the Nazareth Center at 9:30 am on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the Month, right after daily 9:00 am Mass. The next meeting is on Sep 22nd. We humbly request that you be fully vaccinated to participate.

This is the 4th in our free webinar series exploring the US Bishops pastoral against racism, Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love. Monday, September 27, 6pm-8pm.

As a Church and a nation, we are polarized and divided. We are called to overcome division, promote encounters with our neighbors, and seek the truth. Join Catholics across the country in living out: A Better Kind of Politics by pledging charity, clarity, and creativity to promote the common good.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is seeking professional staff and volunteers for the support of Afghan refugees at Holloman Air Force Base. The program, which begins immediately as our Afghan sisters and brothers are arriving at Holloman, is to provide social services and the promotion of social health for Afghan children, women, and men. THE NEED IS IMMEDIATE. Thank you for whatever you can do to help in this urgent situation. May God bless you. Click the title for more information.

Congratulations to Mike and Janet on their 50th Golden Wedding Anniversary. Click to see the happy couple.

This Sunday is the 4th of July. The United States is 245 years old this Sunday, and if I say so myself, even in her worst days, she is still a great country. Why should you pray for this nation? Because as Catholics, we are duty-bound to pray for our country and its leaders. Another reason? Because the United States has been consecrated to the Blessed Virgin Mother. The consecration of a nation to the Blessed Virgin Mary is a rededication of that nation's common life, not to profit, prestige, war, or power, but to the tender mercy of the Mother of God. How can it not be great? We have the Queen of Heaven as our protectress! Quite frankly, looking at the nation's history and its near destruction so many times, there must be divine intervention somewhere in there! If you haven't done so, please turn to Our Mother and recite the Most Holy Rosary with passion. Our Lady asked us to pray the rosary for peace. What better time than on a Sunday, on the birthday of a nation dedicated to our Lady?

The Mercy Associates will hold a supply drive for Casa Angelica during July. Who are Casa Angelica?  They are a non-profit in need of Our Lord's mercy. It is a home for children and young adults with developmental disabilities, owned and operated by the Canossian Daughters of Charity. Please click on the title for the details.

Come back to the beauty of the Church. The devotion to the Sacred Heart is one of the most widely practiced and well-known Catholic devotions, taking Jesus Christ's physical heart as the representation of His divine love for humanity. Click on the title to see the promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Memorial Day honors those who died so that we could enjoy our life. It’s serious, somber, and heart-wrenching when you stop and consider the lives that are gone, the families who remain, and that even today, our country continues to burn as a beacon of opportunity and prosperity. Click the title to read more.

Pray the Litany of Sacred Heart of Jesus in the month of June. Pray for chasity for in your station in life. Click the title for the Litany.

On this Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, Vatican announces that titles given by recent popes will be included in Litany. 1) Guardian of the Redeemer, 2) Servant of Christ, 3) Minister of Salvation, 4) Guide in Times of Trouble, 5) Protector of Exiles, 6) Protector of the Afflicted and 7) Protector of the Poor.

Who is St Joseph and why we need him in our lives? Click on the title to listen to a talk by Fr Chris Alar from the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception. In this special year dedicated to St. Joseph, the head of the heavenly family of Nazareth, Fr. Chris delves into the devotion for this saint who said so little but who accomplished so much. He explains why we should consider consecration to this saint.

Please join the Archdiocese of Santa Fe African American Catholic Community as they celebrate the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mass on Sunday, January 17, 2021, 10:00 a.m. at St. Joseph on the Rio Grande Catholic Church, 5901 St. Joseph’s Dr. NW, Albuquerque. Click title for details.

It is customary for the home and the household to be blessed on the feast of the Epiphany. Let's bring this holy tradition back. Click on the title for the prayers.

To mark the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the declaration of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church, the Holy Father has proclaimed a “Year of Saint Joseph” from 8 December 2020, to 8 December 2021. This is the time for parishioners of Saint Joseph on the Rio Grande to rise up and ask for the intercession of St. Joseph our patron saint, the Terror of Demons. Go into 2021 with the armor of God ready. Click on the title for more information.