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OBLATI DI SAN GIUSEPPE
P. JAN PELCZARSKI, OSJ
SUPERIORE GENERALE

Letter for the Solemnity of St. Joseph,

the Husband of the Virgin Mary

ITE AD JOSEPH

The Year of St. Joseph continues until December 8, 2020

To the Josephite Marellian Family

Dear Confreres and Friends,

n consideration of the current times marked by anxieties caused by the spread of the coronavirus
and the threats to which families are exposed, and responding to the concern of the confreres, I
decided to extend the celebration of the Year of St. Joseph until 8 December 2020. This date also
marks the 150th anniversary of the Quemadmodum Deus decree (8.12.1870) with which Pope Pius IX
proclaimed St. Joseph, patron of the universal Church.

It is our hope that, through our commitment and the intercession of the Patron of the universal Church,
the spirit of faith will be renewed and the world will find peace.

For the program of these months, it is sufficient to refer to the indications of the letter on the Year of St.
Joseph.

The Year continues

St. Joseph “silent teacher fascinates, attracts and teaches not with words but with the shining testimony
of his virtues and his firm simplicity” (Document of Aparecida, 274). His vocation is hidden in the light
of the mystery of the incarnate Word, and which the Gospel between a few lines, trace his figure by
passing. As the spouse of Mary and a father of Jesus, he participates closely in the work of the

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