Ministries and Committees

The Eucharist is the central focus of our common parish life. Through the Liturgy, we are called to share our faith and mission as a community united in Christ. Our faith guides us to act in ways that attend to our own spiritual needs, serve our parish community, and address the needs of the people of Philadelphia. Our common call is to share our gifts for the betterment of society and to grow in faith.

At Old St. Joseph’s Church, our ministries and committees work together to respond to that calling. All members of our community are encouraged to participate in ministries and committees. Activities are announced weekly in the parish Bulletin, on the parish website, and on our Facebook page (OSJ@19106).

To contact our ministry and committee leads please use the email addresses below.

Committees at OSJ:

• Adult Education, adulted@oldstjoseph.org
• Care for Creation, careforcreation@oldstjoseph.org
• Ignatian Spirituality, osjspirituality@oldstjoseph.org
• Parish Life, parishlife@oldstjoseph.org
• Social Justice, socialjustice@oldstjoseph.org
• Women, Faith and Friendship, wff@oldstjoseph.org

Ministries at OSJ:

• Altar Servers, altarserver@oldstjoseph.org
• Children’s Liturgy of the Word, clow@oldstjoseph.org
• Eucharistic Ministers, EM@oldstjoseph.org
• Eucharistic Ministers at Pennsylvania Hospital, hospitalEM@oldstjoseph.org and Eucharistic Ministers to the Homebound, homeEM@oldstjoseph.org.
• Lectors, lectors@oldstjoseph.org
• Ushers, ushers@oldstjoseph.org

For all these liturgical ministries, scheduling is flexible and training is provided. You can also sign up through OSJ’s Ministry Scheduling Progam. 

To read ministry testimonials from our parishioners, please click here.

Committee event requests:

Committee Leads and their delegate may fill out the form below to request an event or parish initiative. All submissions will be reviewed, and the Committee Lead will be contacted once the event is confirmed. Once you fill in the PDF, please email it to vitullon@oldstjoseph.org. Thank you in advance for your submission.

Committee procedures:

To view our committee procedures, please click the button below.