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DEVOTION TO ST. JOSEPH in California

SANTA CRUZ:
location of the diocesan Shrine of St. Joseph, Guardian of the Redeemer; permanent St.
Joseph Art Exhibit; Guardian of the Redeemer Book and Gift Shop with a focus on books
and art that promote devotion to St. Joseph and Josephite-Marellian spirituality; office
for Guardian of the Redeemer Publications; headquarters for the publication of the
quarterly (national) Guardian of the Redeemer Magazine; Pro-Life teaching, healing,
prayer and reconciliation ministry featuring the garden sanctuary and bronze statue of
“St. Joseph, Patron of the Unborn,” the “Wall of Remembrance” and the “Book of the
Innocents;” a garden meditation pathway featuring fourteen bronze tableaus on the
Seven Sorrows and Joys of St. Joseph; an active “Family of St. Joseph” (SLIM) who
participate in the weekly Wednesday devotion to St. Joseph and in the celebration of the
annual St. Joseph and St. Marello feast days; annual solemn novena to St. Joseph and day
of recollection for FSJ (SLIM); annual Fall pilgrimage for the Santa Cruz, Loomis, Madera
and Bakersfield FSJs (SLIMs); monthly SLIM ongoing formation gatherings using the ten
Marellian Pathways by Fr. Mario Guinzoni, OSJ; occasional retreats and pilgrimages that
promote devotion to St. Joseph; a Holy Spouses spiritual support group is promoted and
celebrated each January 23.

LOOMIS:
a seminary and novitiate community that lives the Oblate spirituality of devotion to St.
Joseph in a daily, weekly and annual feast days rhythm; an active FSJ-SLIM chapter that
is implementing the nearly monthly ongoing formation program of the ten Marellian
Pathways; an annual solemn novena to St. Joseph with a FSJ-SLIM Day of Recollection; a
Marello Youth Retreat Center apostolate that incorporates devotion to St. Joseph in some
of its youth retreats; a St. Joseph Marello Parish apostolate that promotes devotion to St.
Joseph through occasional preaching, devotions and publications.

OXNARD:
the St. Joseph Marello House of Studies for postulants and major seminarians live the
Oblate devotion to St. Joseph as outlined in our Constitutions, General Directory and
Province Rules. In the 2010-2011 academic year the monthly retreats are focused on
Josephite spirituality.

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