Consecration to St. Joseph

Pope Francis declared this the Year of St. Joseph.  We are excited to provide an opportunity for the community, parishioners and friends alike, to grow closer to St. Joseph and one another through a consecration process to this beautiful saint, Joseph!

Now, you may be wondering: what does it mean for a person to be consecrated to St. Joseph?  Fr. Donald H. Calloway, MIC explains it this way:

"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."  (Calloway, 5)

So ask the Lord if this consecration will help you grow in holiness and practice St. Joseph's virtues in your daiily life.  If it is, and we sure hope so, check out all the details below and be submit your registration. 

REGISTRATION for CONSECRATION TO ST. JOSEPH
Registration is now closed. Please contact Annette O'Driscoll if you would like to participate in this consecration process.  Her contact information is below.

MATERIALS NEEDED
Participants will need to have the book by Fr. Donald H. Calloway, MIC titled Consecration to St. Joseph; The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father.  Please click here to purchase it if you do not already have it.

SCHEDULE
In order to best facilitate this experience for all parishioners and friends, the consecration process will meet digitally once a week.  Additionally, participants will receive an email every Friday of the consecration process to provide guidance on how to prepare for the zoom meetings.  Below are the schedules for the emails and the zoom meetings.

EMAILS
Friday, March 19 (Feast Day of St. Joseph)- Introduction and Day 1
Friday, March 26- Days 2-8
Wednesday, March 31 (instead of Friday, April 2 as it is Good Friday)- Days 9-15
Friday, April 9- Days 16-22
Friday, April 16- Days 23-29/Confession reminder
Friday, April 23- Days 30-33 and Consecration Day info/Confession reminder
Friday, April 30- Consecration Day info
Sunday, May 2- Consecration reflection questions

ZOOM MEETINGS- Mondays from 7 pm to 8:30 pm via zoom. 
Monday, March 22 (Digital Family Faith Formation Unit Review)- Introduction and Day 1
Monday, March 29 (Monday of Holy Week)- Days 2-8
Monday, April 5 (Easter Monday)- No meeting
Monday, April 12- Review days 9-22
Monday, April 19- Review days 23-29/Confession reminder
Monday, April 26- Review days 30-33 and Consecration Day info/Confession reminder
*NEW DATE*- Monday, June 7- Follow up 

CONSECRATION DATE- Feast Day of St. Joseph the Worker
Saturday May 1^st after the 8:30 am Mass