Please feel free to call Ginny Dandreta 603-401-0952 with any questions.

“Devotion to St. Joseph is one of the choicest graces that God can give to a soul, for it is tantamount to revealing the entire treasury of our Lord’s graces.  When God wishes to raise a soul to greater heights, he unites it to St. Joseph by giving it a strong love for the good saint.”  St. Peter Julian Eymard

On the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, March 19, 2020 Bishop Frank J. Dewane, in the context of the Coronavirus, consecrated the Diocese of Venice to the care and protection of Saint Joseph. The Bishop announced a "Year of Saint Joseph" beginning March 19, 2020 through December 8, 2021. Saint Joseph, often referred to as the Protector, can be our protector during this time of the Pandemic. All are invited to commit daily to the Prayer to St. Joseph - "Deliver us from Coronavirus" located on the Diocesan website at https://dioceseofvenice.org/a-year-of-st-joseph/ and for English or Spanish please CLICK HERE.

We are excited to be able to offer this 33-Day Preparation and Consecration program here at St. Peter the Apostle Church for those who wish to take advantage of group participation. The program will begin on Monday, March 29^th and will meet each Monday thru April.  It will conclude after the Saturday Morning Mass on May 1^st – which is The Feast Day of St. Joseph the Worker, with the final group session being a combined group and taking place in the Spirit Center after the Mass. 

• Consecration to St. Joseph emulates the tried-and-true preparation method employed by St. Louis de Montfort in his Marian consecration, highlighting many of St. Joseph’s titles, privileges, and heroic virtues.
• The program of preparation and consecration takes 33 days.
• Privately, 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, weekly, we will gather as a group for either a morning session, which will take place after the 8 a.m. Mass from 9-10:30 or an evening session which will take place from 7-8:30 p.m. Be sure to check the session of your choice on the form below.   Each week, these 90-minute sessions will follow the format and discussion questions outlined in the book by Fr. Calloway, and will be held in Room 201 of the Ministry Center.
• As Covid-19 regulations are in effect, the number of participants will be limited, and the sessions will be filled on a first come/first serve basis.