Start a St. Joseph Society chapter and bring the regenerative power of virtue to the men of your parish through the example and intercession of St. Joseph.
Men need brotherhood and a rule of life. An isolated and undisciplined man cannot be the force for good for his family or community. He cannot be the man God is calling him to be.
The mission of the St. Joseph Society is to partner with priests to guide their men through the three ways of the interior life and transform their parish.
Rooted in a strong community of likeminded men, a man of the St. Joseph Society becomes a force for good by devoting himself to living a life of virtue and holiness as an offering to Christ our Lord.
Men have been missing in our parishes. To restore our parishes and communities we must restore men as leaders in their families, parish, and community.
The St. Joseph Boot Camp is a nine-month program designed to help priests:
The program consists of monthly meetings where you will pray a decade of the rosary with your men, teach an element of the faith and challenge them to develop a new habit, such as praying a Morning Offering. These meetings will be supplemented by weekly podcasts that explore the monthly theme in more depth. After nine months your men will not only have a deeper knowledge of the faith, but also habits to make their Catholic faith tangible and shareable as they enter into the purgative way.
A St. Joseph Boot Camp consists of 9 monthly meetings. In these meetings you will pray a decade of the rosary with your men, teach an element of the faith and challenge them to develop a new habit, such as praying a Morning Offering. These meetings will be supplemented by weekly podcasts that explore the monthly theme in more depth. After nine months your men will not only have a deeper knowledge of the faith, but also habits to make their Catholic faith tangible and shareable as they enter into the purgative way.
• September – Who is Jesus?
• October – Mary, Our Blessed Mother
• November – Soldier of Christ (The Real Presence)
• December – Christ’s Love for Us (Incarnation, Eucharist, and Redemption)
• January – Domestic Church
• February – Sin and Grace
• March – The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
• April – The Purpose of the Church
• May – The Three Ways of the Interior Life
Topic: Who is Jesus?
Challenge: The First 15 – Morning Offering
Topic: Mary, Our Blessed Mother
Challenge: Call Your Mother – Decade of the Rosary
Liturgical: Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
Topic: Soldier of Christ (Real Presence)
Challenge: Knights Before the King – Genuflect with Your Eyes, Mind, Heart and Body
Liturgical: Feast of Christ the King
Topic: Christ’s Love for Us (Incarnation, Eucharist and Redemption)
Challenge: O Come Let Us Adore Him – Go to Exposition
Liturgical: Christmas
Topic: Domestic Church
Challenge: Man of the House – Lead a Family Devotion (Epiphany house blessing)
Liturgical: The Feast of the Holy Family
Topic: Sin and Grace
Challenge: Confess to Christ – Nightly Recollection and Monthly Confession
Liturgical: Lent
Topic: The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
Challenge: Place Ourselves on the Cross – See the Mass as Prayer
Liturgical: The Triduum
Topic: The Purpose of the Church
Challenge: Formed by the Church – Spiritual Reading
Liturgical: Easter – Pentecost
Topic: The 3 Ways of the Interior Life
Challenge: To the Battlefield/Backbone of the Parish – Join SJS and Pray the Memorae to St. Joseph Daily
Liturgical: Pentecost