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Category: Year of St. Joseph

On two Fridays this Lent, menu may include meat — maybe

March 25 is the solemnity of the Annunciation — an important feast day — so there is no obligation to abstain from meat that day. The prior Friday, March 18, is the evening before the solemnity of St. Joseph. Catholics who meet certain requirements could eat meat that evening, too.  

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Ringing trumpets and a chorus of voices help close Year of St. Joseph

A Year of St. Joseph dedicated to increasing love for the foster father of Jesus, seeking his intercession and trying to imitate his virtues and zeal drew to a close Dec. 8 with ringing trumpets, a chorus of voices and Archbishop Bernard Hebda presiding at an evening Mass at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul.

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St. Joseph, protector of Holy Family, is model for 2021 Respect Life Month

As part of the Year of St. Joseph declared by Pope Francis, the U.S. Catholic Church’s annual Respect Life Month celebration in October “highlights the example of that great saint” as protector of life, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee.

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Contraception and Our Abdication of Fatherhood

Michael Pakaluk: Using contraception, a man declares against his masculinity, and also against his relationship with God, by ignoring God.

The post Contraception and Our Abdication of Fatherhood appeared first on The Catholic Thing.

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