THEME : JOSEPH, STRENGTH AND TENDERNESS OF THE FATHER
Preaching and celebrations from Tuesday, March 10 to Wednesday, March 18 in preparation for the Feast of St. Joseph, Mary’s husband, on Friday, March 19, 2021.
Father Jean-Baptiste Vérité
Jean-Baptiste Vérité has been serving in pastoral ministry for the past four years at Saint Joseph’s Oratory, where “Brother André was waiting for me,” says the priest from the Archdiocese of Lomé in Togo, who is now on his second extended assignment in Montréal.
Father Jérôme José, CSC
Jérôme José, CSC, is originally from southern India. He took his first vows as a religious of Holy Cross in 1995 and was ordained a priest in 2006. At the Oratory since 2010, he is also a member of the General Council of the Congregation.
Father Michael DeLaney, CSC
Michael DeLaney, CSC, is Rector of Saint Joseph’s Oratory. Ordained a priest in 1987, he has served in Portland, Chicago, Notre Dame and Chile. He was Director of the Holy Cross Mission Center, an international apostolate of the Holy Cross Congregation in the United States.
| Predications of March 10 to March 18, Masses at 2 p.m. (In French) | |
| Father Jean-Baptiste Vérité | |
| Wednesday, March 10 | Joseph, taught of God’s strength and tenderness for his ancestors |
| Thursday, March 11 | Joseph, descendant of a people forged by the strength of God’s tenderness |
| Friday, March 12 | Joseph, heir, privileged witness and protagonist of the power of God’s tenderness |
| Father Jérôme José, CSC | |
| Saturday, March 13 | Joseph, an unshakeable strength in listening to God |
| Sunday, March 14 | Joseph, tenderness of a providentially sent father |
| Monday, March 15 | Joseph, strength and fidelity to the obligations of a father |
| Father Michael M. DeLaney, CSC | |
| Tuesday, March 16 | Joseph, a model for our families today |
| Wednesday, March 17 | Joseph, model of commitment for the human family |
| Thursday, March 18 | Joseph, father of the Universal Church |
