St. Joseph Basilica

Dear St. Joseph Family,
Greetings from the Diocese of Orange! I am currently at a conference (until Friday) for new pastors from the Western United States. This biannual conference is sponsored by the California Catholic Conference of Bishops, aimed at helping provide new administrators and pastors with some practical tips on how to lead a parish. So far, we’ve had talks about leadership and communication, with discussions on Human Resources to come. After this conference I will be traveling to a city near Santa Barbara for another event, a Board of Directors meeting for the California Association of Natural Family Planning. I have been on this Board since 2016, and we also meet in person twice a year. So, I will not be at the Basilica this weekend. Thank you for your prayers.

This week in the life of the Church is called National Migration Week. It goes from Monday the 20th to Sunday the 26th, the final day being the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, which is a Vaticancelebrated event. This year, the theme of this day is “Toward an ever wider ‘We’”. What this means, as Pope Francis says in his letter, Fratelli Tutti, is that we cannot see each other in terms of “them” and “those”, but “us.” This is something Jesus prayed for on the night of the Last Supper, that we would all be one (John 17:21). ...(For the full message please click here)