A note from Joseph.

With my wife, we founded this faith-based company as we believe that it will offer blessings to our community, family, and clients we serve.

I first experienced the sting of death when my grandfather passed from suicide at the age of four — witnessing the pain of my mother's grief — and again at the age of fifteen with a close friend passing in a farm accident. As you grow older, you learn the fragility of life and how we are to be prepared for His coming. We all write our own stories in this place. I'll tell you a bit about mine.

I grew up in rural farm country in Northwest Ohio — running through bean fields and catching fireflies, where you tried out for the team and always made the team. It was a solid foundation at Holy Family Catholic Church: faith, farming, and family. I had no intentions of moving to a large city — the country has a fabulous feeling of true freedom. However, in 2002, God pointed me to the Detroit Metro area. My wife and I met at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Royal Oak and married in 2007. We decided to root in Troy to start a family. Both of us were building careers in the auto industry.

In 2010, our first child arrived — and it's true: the toughest job that you will ever love. We continued on the path of progression in our careers and family's faith at St. Anastasia Catholic Church in Troy. I felt the call to serve and moved my Knights of Columbus membership to Troy and became an usher. In 2012, our second child arrived. It was our first awakening. My wife decided to take some time out of the corporate world to witness our son's firsts that we had missed with our daughter.

In 2015, we moved to a home able to accommodate our aging parents' needs. Although my father passed in 2016 and never saw the home, I feel his presence here. The remaining grandparents have stayed with us multiple times to recuperate from surgeries and health issues. It has been a blessing from God. Another awakening occurred in 2019: my wife decided to leave a successful supply chain career to become a teacher. With COVID in 2020, that turned out to be a great blessing — she was able to assist in the children's schooling and manage the home.

In 2021, my mother passed unexpectedly. We had a special bond and it hit me very hard. The following year, my wife's father passed from a returning cancer. We were reeling from grief but trusted in our Lord to lead us forward.

In 2023, after 24 years in the auto industry — from plant analyst at a supplier to assembly plant controller — I experienced my first exit from a downsizing on my mother-in-law's 70th birthday. God was clearly trying to get my attention, and He did. Instead of bad habits, I walked to mass daily at St. Andrew's Catholic Church. I prayed for Him to show me the way. He provided an opportunity five miles from home with similar compensation. He brought me closer to Him and even answered our prayers.

During this experience, I began to develop the New Beginnings business concept — including the name. The ideas came in bits and pieces during reflective times. Over the past years, I have been praying for a way to marry my faith and work. In 2026, the message became stronger from Him through various experiences and comments from others. I could no longer deny some type of calling here, and was introduced to Venerable Father Bruno Lanteri's Nunc Coepi — Now, I begin.

We formed this entity to share our faith and assist others through one of life's most challenging moments. Let us help you move forward — with dignity, faith, and a new beginning.