As the Church prepares to end the Year of St. Joseph, OSV chaplain Monsignor Owen Campion writes that we should all remember that Joseph serves as an excellent model as we strive to discern the will of God: “In the Gospels, St.
Too often today our advocacy for policies or positions to which we (and the Church) hold dear are typed out on a post or a tweet that likely will only reach our carefully curated circle of friends. As the Our Sunday Visitor
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
The Year of Saint Joseph will be celebrated at a worldwide virtual summit beginning Thursday in response to Pope Francis’ call to celebrate the Year of St. Joseph. The conference, Our Spiritual Father: Pilgrimage to the Heart of Saint Joseph, will be
Gretchen Crowe reminds everyone the Year of St. Joseph is not yet over. “The Church is still in the midst of the Year of St. Joseph! We have a little more than two months to go in the year that marks the
Was St. Joseph assumed into heaven? If not, why, since he was the foster father of Jesus? Monsignor Pope explains that “while we don’t know for sure, the usual answer is that St. Joseph was not assumed into heaven, body and soul.
St. Joseph may be the patron of the universal Church, but as a namesake for a Catholic university or college, the foster father of Jesus presents an interesting paradox. For an institution of higher learning, where professors are lecturing and intellectuals hone
Managing editor Scott Warden shares another story about his family’s RV road trip to Arizona and Utah earlier this summer. Due to complications with their RV on the first half of the trip, they were not able to hit a couple planned
As his family prepares to embark on a 17-day, 4,500-mile trip across the country, Our Sunday Visitor managing editor Scott Warden writes that going to confession was the No. 1 thing on his family’s to-do list before leaving. With that accomplished, he’s
For dads dealing with the loss a fahterhood through miscarriage, infertility or both, Chris Crawford writes that St. Joseph knew difficult journeys and can serve as a patron. Chris writes: “In reflecting on St. Joseph’s example, the virtues he exhibited, and his