by Fr Donald Calloway, MIC | May 16, 2020 | 2020, St. Joseph
For nearly two millennia, the Church has found solace in the Virgin Mary’s motherly embrace. St. Joseph has historically assumed a much lower profile, but this situation has been changing, especially since Blessed Pius IX declared him Patron of the Universal Church in...
by Bro. John M. Samaha, S.M. | Jan 20, 2017 | 2015, St. Joseph
Chosen by God because of his unmatched virtue, St. Joseph was privileged to head the household of Jesus and Mary—the first domestic church. Solid devotion to St. Joseph unfolded only slowly in the course of centuries, until, in 1870, Bl. Pius IX proclaimed him Patron...
