You're invited!

“God’s Son, my Son”, a live, one-man theatrical presentation about St. Joseph, is coming to St. Timothy Parish!

Please join us on Friday, March 18th at 6pm where we'll start the evening with a "homemade soup & bread supper" (no cost to you) in honor of St. Joseph's Day this year (the Solemnity of St. Joseph is Saturday, March 19th).  Following that, Michael Sacilowski will perform and share the life story of St. Joseph at 7pm (duration of the presentation approximately 1 hour).

Accompany St. Joseph as he fulfills his call to be the human father to Jesus.  From a turbulent and compelling beginning with Mary and infant Jesus, to living a simple life; hear how Joseph strived to protect his family and how he raised Jesus during the hidden years.  See how this righteous man put his trust in God’s plan for him, and lived a life of obedience and action.  Witness how he participated in the work of God and trusted in God to faithfully carry out the mission that God gave him.  Listen to the "Patron Saint of Workers" share his words of wisdom and insights into the purpose of work, and how work can be a path to holiness.

This presentation is free and open to all ages.

Mr. Sacilowski has presented many one-man saint plays throughout the years, telling the stories of St. Joseph, St. Benedict, St. Nicholas, St. Patrick, and St. Francis.  If you submit the form in the bulletin to let us know how many plan to attend, we can better plan for the food for the evening.  But everyone is welcome, even if you forget to fill out the form.

Come join us!



More on the the origin of the play “God’s Son, my Son” (courtesy of Marc Massery and marian.org):

Walking the dog every morning for many months, Mike Sacilowski of Cheektowaga, New York, had his mind on St. Joseph.  During those walks, he memorized a 6,000-word script about the life of St. Joseph.  He wrote it himself over a span of six months, using various resources including Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father, by Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC.

"I put my heart and soul into [the script]," he said. ... "This is one of the greatest things that I've ever done. I'm really happy with it."

The name of Mike's play is "God's Son, my Son."  It features himself playing St. Joseph.  The pandemic delayed the presenting of it at churches in the area.

Mike has been giving presentations about saints for the past five years.  It began as an assignment in a class on spirituality when he was working on his master's degree in theology.  "We were encouraged to dress up as a saint and present their spirituality.  That's where it all started."  In his first presentation, he portrayed St. Benedict.  Then when he took a job as a director of religious education, he was inspired to create another one.

"I was at our [Catholic] school and noticed St. Patrick's Day decorations, which included leprechauns and pots of gold.  I thought 'What about St. Patrick?'  That was my impetus to start [doing more presentations on saints].  People were losing sight of the true meaning of feast days.  I found that giving presentations is a good way to spread the faith in an entertaining way."

"It's so hard in today's society to express our love for God to people.  We tend to shy away from that.  If I went around and said to people, 'I love Jesus and God,' people might not respond as well.  But with presentations like mine, people are drawn in a little more because it's St. Joseph saying everything, so that awkwardness is eliminated."

Mike read Consecration to St. Joseph as soon as it came out in early 2020.  Before then, Mike admits he had never had much of a devotion to the earthly father of Jesus.

"But now that I've spent the last year asking for his intercession, I feel he's really interceded.  So many things have fallen into place in the last year, and I attribute it to St. Joseph."  Then in late 2020, Pope Francis declared a "Year of St. Joseph." "Everything seemed to be coming together," Mike said.

When he finished the presentation, Mike sent it to Fr. Donald.  "He took the time to watch it from beginning to end.  I was so impressed with that.  Fr. Donald said it was 'theologically sound.'  And one of the things that really resonated with me was when he said that he hopes this presentation brings people 'closer to Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.'  And that's really what this is all about."