Dear Friends,
   "Turn from sin and be faithful to the Gospel".
   This is the message of Lent.  This is the message the Church has proclaimed since the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead.  This is the message the Josephites have proclaimed in the African American community since 1893. 
   We welcome you to our web site and invite you to join us as we prepare for the Thirty Days Prayer to St. Joseph in honor of the years St. Joseph spent with Jesus and Mary.  Pray with us from February 18 to March 19 asking St. Joseph's intercession for all the needs of our families, church, nation and the world.  Pray especially for vocations to the Josephite Society, that young men will accept the call of Christ to serve the church as priests and brothers in our mission of evangelization in the African American community.
   Dear St. Joseph, foster father of our Lord Jesus Christ, true spouse of the Virgin Mother of God, pray for us.  Amen.
 
Have a Blessed Lent,

Fr. Ed Chiffriller, S.S.J.

Superior General