And it increases our openness and responsiveness to the movements of grace, elections of the Spirit, shinings of God's countenance and leadings of providence, so that we can proceed in our daily life and work with quickened faith and hope in our contribution to peace and renewal. Do you, who have bestowed them as an odor of sweetness for our use and the easing of our ills, pour forth upon them heavenly blessing . St. Joseph in the carpenter shop in Nazareth, as our example and intercessor. We beseech this through the intercession of St. Joseph, patron of all who labor for the building of God's Kingdom, and of Blessed and Glorious Mary, ever Virgin, our Mother, Mystical Rose, Mediatrix of All Grace and Queen of Heaven and Earth. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ . . .
Glory be . . .
Now on its hundredth birthday, the small St. Joseph's Catholic Church has become one of the few forces in Woods Hole that attempts to bring the community's diverse population together. The cohesive force of the church comes, surprisingly enough, from a stone tower and a thrice daily chime of bells . . .