Year of St. Joseph during Pandemic In 1870, the same year that the Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine, Florida was established, Pope Pius IX named St. Joseph as patron of the Universal Church. Here we are, 150 years later in 2020, in the midst of a worldwide pandemic, so celebrations of any kind are limited due to social distancing restrictions because of the chance of spreading the COVID-19 coronavirus. However, when Bishop Felipe Estevez asked our Congregation, the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine, Florida, to take the lead in planning whatever we could for the Year of St. Joseph in the Diocese of St. Augustine, we said yes. Sister Kathleen Carr, our General Superior, formed a committee and we came up with a plan. The theme chosen for the year was "Go to Joseph." Prayer Cards sent to Catholic Schools The first activity was writing, designing, and having printed prayer cards with prayers to St. Joseph on them to be distributed to all Catholic school students in the
A blog written by and about the Catholic consecrated women religious known as the Sisters of St, Joseph of St, Augustine, Florida, centered on the Motherhouse in St. Augustine.