On December 8, 2020, Pope Francis, with the Apostolic Letter “Patris corde” (“With a Father’s Heart”), recalls the 150th anniversary of the declaration of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. To mark the occasion, the Holy Father has proclaimed a “Year of Saint Joseph” from … 8 December 2020, to 8 December 2021.

To honor St. Joseph, Cluster 11 will offer a Consecration to St. Joseph, wherein you can acknowledge that he is your spiritual father. To show your desire to imitate and learn from him, you entrust yourself entirely into his paternal care. 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 undivided attention, protection, and guidance.

This 33-day program is reflective of the 33 Days to Morning Glory retreat, which emulates the tried-and-true preparation method employed by St. Louis de Montfort in his Marian consecration, and which we prayed in September/October 2013.

The 33 days are largely 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.

Then once a week we will meet as a group via Zoom for the 5 Mondays of the program plus a mass on the consecration day of March 19, 2021, which will be streamed from St. Joseph Church.