Although the landscape of the Bow Farm area has changed greatly over recent decades, St. Joseph's has continued to stand as a recognisable landmark and reference point for the community around it. We enjoy strong links with our associated primary school - St. Joseph's - which carries out its mission of educating our children in their journey of faith and learning.

The fabric of the church has not changed significantly over the years: built in a 'low basilical' style common among early Roman churches, St. Joseph's is a humble building but nevertheless it contains many interesting features. Not least among these are the mosaics present on the sanctuary and throughout the church. On the sanctuary itself, on either side of the altar, we have mosaics of St. Peter and St. Paul. We see St. Peter at his work as a fisherman, but the keys of the Kingdom in his hand remind us that he is a fisher of men and the rock on which Christ has built his church. St. Paul is depicted preaching to the Athenians pointing to the empty pedestal, dedicated 'to an unknown God'. This mosaic calls to mind the spiritual search of all people of good will, even if they do not explicitly follow the same path. At the front of the Ambo we see the four creatures of the Apocalypse who stand as symbols of the four Evangelists. The altar frontal represents the lamb of the Apocalypse seated atop the book with the seven seals. This is an invitation to contemplate the mystery of Jesus as the Paschal Lamb who is sacrificed eternally in the Eucharist. The narthex (rear porch) contains a shrine to our parish patron: here too we have a cycle of mosaics dedicated to the life of St. Joseph and the Holy Family. Also in the narthex is a mosaic of St. Anthony of Padua, whose blessing we envoke on our charitable efforts.

The Stations of the Cross situated around the walls of the church are finely detailed and draw us into prayerful contemplation of Christ's journey to Golgotha on Good Friday. Continuing this same artistic meditation on the Passion, the Pietà (the image of the dead Jesus in the arms of his mother) taken from the original altar frontal has been set into the rear wall of the main church.