On this Feast Day of St. Joseph, my patron saint, let’s take a moment to reflect on his quiet nature and how fitting that is for the Lenten season! Here is my post from a couple of years ago on St. Joseph along with an activity from my 40 Ideas for 40 Days of Lent. Happy Feast Day to all the Joe’s out there!
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Happy feast day Joe!
Thanks Nick!
Hope you had a great Feast Day, Joe! Here is a link to some more information/resources about Saint Joseph and the celebration of his Feast Day, http://www.instituteforchristianformation.org/Joseph.html.
Thanks Sandra!