Solemnity of St. Joseph.... More food for thought....

As planned, the Mass for the Solemnity of St. Joseph was followed by some fellowship and festivities the parish hall.  The celebration was made complete with St. Joseph Fritters and other tasty, homemade treats!

Pictured below is a display for St. Joseph's Day featuring a statue of St. Joseph and the Child Jesus with a banner with a symbol of St. Joseph and the Latin title "Protector St. Ecclesiae" (one of the titles from the Litany of St. Joseph which means "Protector of the Holy Church").

"What is crucially important here is the sanctification of daily life, a sanctification which each person must acquire according to his or her state, and one which can be promoted according to a model accessible to all people: 'Saint Joseph is the model of those humble ones that Christianity raises up to great destinies; ...he is the proof that in order to be a good and genuine follower of Christ, there is no need of great things - it is enough to have the common, simple and human virtues, but they need to be true and authentic.'"

(Pope Paul VI quoted in Pope John Paul II's 1989 Apostolic Exhortation, Redemptoris custos)

Solemnity of St. Joseph... March 19th...

Saint Joseph,

Patron of the universal Church and of Canada,

watch over the Church as carefully as you watched over Jesus;

help protect it and guide it as you did with your adopted Son.  Amen.

This Saturday morning we will celebrate

the Solemnity of St. Joseph with Mass at 9 a.m.

followed by a festive gathering in the church hall. 

All are welcome!