Pope tells fathers to always be by their children’s side, on the Feast of St...
On the Feast of St Joseph, patron saint of the universal church and Jesus’ earthly father, Pope Francis urged all dads in the world to stick by their children’s side, teaching them, guiding them and...
View ArticleBeing a stay at home mother is a ‘career choice’ not to be sneered at
An article in the Telegraph earlier this week caught my eye: “Women are on the march – but there’s still one great obstacle” by Isabel Hardman. The “one great obstacle” turns out to be lack of...
View ArticleWhy I’m renewing my devotion to St Joseph today
St Teresa of Avila said that St Joseph never refused her anything on his feast day, March 19. Today is March 10 and marks the first day of the novena to St Joseph. Usually, people pray to St Joseph to...
View ArticleMAGNIFICAT: The week ahead
We are approaching Passiontide, but there are still a few feasts to cheer us on this week: St Patrick on Tuesday, and St Joseph on Thursday. There is something immensely reassuring about these two...
View ArticleSt Joseph would have ‘downed tools to applaud Living Wage’, says bishop
St Joseph the Worker would have “downed tools to applaud the Living Wage”, Bishop Terence Drainey of Middlesbrough has said. The bishop, chairman of Caritas Social Action Network, an umbrella group for...
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Denying people water is ‘a great injustice’, says Pope at Nairobi slum
Pope Francis denounced the conditions slum-dwellers are forced to live in today, saying that access to safe water is a basic human right and that everyone should have dignified, adequate housing....
View ArticlePraying to St Joseph for a spouse can have unexpected results
When I was 18, I prayed the novena to St Joseph for the intention of getting a husband of the Orlando Bloom variety. Yes, I know, 18 is childishly young, and at the time I yearned to be a teenage bride...
View ArticleAmid a ‘crisis in fatherhood’, bishop urges fathers to look to St Joseph
The Bishop of Portsmouth has encouraged fathers to look to St Joseph as a model and an intercessor. In a pastoral letter to “Christian Dads” to mark tomorrow’s feast of St Joseph, Bishop Philip Egan...
View ArticleIn times of stress I write notes to St Joseph, says Pope Francis
In order to deal with stress, Pope Francis writes down all his problems in letters to St Joseph. During an audience with religious superiors, the Pope said there was “corruption” in the Vatican but...
View ArticleSt Joseph was a ‘dreamer’ of quiet strength, says Pope
St Joseph, patron saint of the universal church and Jesus’ earthly father, was a “dreamer capable of accepting the task” entrusted to him by God, Pope Francis has said. “This man takes God’s promise...
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