"She who is the
Mother of Sorrows
and also the
Mother of Consolation, can understand you completely and help you."

--St. John Paul II

Retablo by Ellen Chavez de Letiner
 

Our Lady of Sorrows 
Pray for us
 

Click on link below to read Sr. Anna Maria Babbini's beautiful letter on the Solemnity of Our Lady of Sorrows 

Eng Solemnity of Our Lady of Sorrows 2021.pdf

With the Apostolic Letter “Patris corde” (“With a Father’s Heart”), Pope Francis recalls the 150th anniversary of the declaration of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. To mark the occasion, the Holy Father proclaimed a “Year of Saint Joseph” from December 8, 2020, to December 8, 2021.

In a new Apostolic Letter entitled Patris corde (“With a Father’s Heart”), Pope Francis describes Saint Joseph as a beloved father, a tender and loving father, an obedient father, an accepting father; a father who is creatively courageous, a working father, a father in the shadows.

The Holy Father wrote Patris corde against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, which, he says, has helped us see more clearly the importance of “ordinary” people who, though far from the limelight, exercise patience and offer hope every day. In this, they resemble Saint Joseph, “the man who goes unnoticed, a daily, discreet and hidden presence,” who nonetheless played “an incomparable role in the history of salvation.”

Above excerpts from the Vatican News