Msgr. Thomas Craven, a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, was known to some of us at the Joseph House. When he died in 2004, he was buried in a handmade wooden casket. As per his wishes, a Latin phrased was inscribed on the casket lid: Ave Crux Spes Unica. In translation, “Hail the Cross,…
Saint John XXIII had a great devotion to St. Joseph and was sometimes called the Pope of St. Joseph. On this day in 1961, the Solemnity of St. Joseph, he named St. Joseph as the patron and protector of the Second Vatican Council. The Council, an opportunity to “throw open the windows of the Church,”…
Sr. Mary Elizabeth Gintling was very deliberate in choosing the names of the two organizations she founded. The Joseph House was named in honor of St. Joseph. Sister said that if God trusted Joseph to care for Mary and Jesus, then she could trust him, too. She always referred to St. Joseph as our provider…