Pope Francis proclaims that 2021 will be “The Year of Saint Joseph” visit the Vatican Website to learn more. CLICK HERE

This will be the perfect opportunity for our parish community to consecrate themselves to Saint Joseph.

You might ask, “What exactly is consecration to St. Joseph?” In other words, what does it mean for a person to be consecrated to St. Joseph? Well, it basically means that you acknowledge that he is your spiritual father, and you want to be like him. To show it, you entrust yourself entirely to his paternal care so that he can lovingly help you acquire his virtues and become holy. Total consecration to St. Joseph means you make a formal act of filial entrustment to your spiritual father so that he can take care of your spiritual well-being and lead you to God. The person who consecrates himself to St. Joseph wants to be as close to their spiritual father as possible, to the point of resembling him in virtue and holiness. Saint Joseph, in turn, will give those consecrated to him his loving attention, protection, and guidance.

The program of preparation and consecration takes 33 days. We will begin on February 16^th , just before Ash Wednesday and the consecration date will be on March 19^th, the Solemnity of Saint Joseph.

There will be two ways that you can choose from to take part in the parish consecration to St. Joseph:

As an individual

• You'll spend about 20-30 minutes a day on a short exposition on one of the invocations in the powerful Litany of St. Joseph, followed by a reading on St. Joseph, concluding with the recitation of the Litany of St. Joseph.
• If you miss a day, just make it up and continue your preparation.
• You will be able to join the group for the formal consecration or be given details how you can do this on your own.

As part of the parish group

• There will be readings that you do on your own.
• We will meet weekly via zoom for about 90 minutes.
• On the day of Consecration, we will invite all in the parish who have been doing this on their own to join us, via zoom.
• On the weekend of March 20/21 we will recognize, at Mass all who have consecrated themselves to St. Joseph

In the coming weeks there will be more information provided on the Consecration to St. Joseph as a parish community.

If you would like to take part in the Consecration to Saint Joseph you will need to order the book. There is a paperback version and the ebook version. They can be ordered either on Amazon or the Shop Mercy store. It would be good to order the book now to assure having it on time.

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