Catholics traditionally remember St. Joseph during the month of March. On December 8, 2020 the Holy Father announced that the year 2021 will be dedicated to St. Joseph. The special designation marks the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of St. Joseph as the Patron of the Universal Church. Here at St. Clare, we will pray for all fathers and father figures through the intercessions of St. Joseph. Here is a prayer that can be used: O glorious St. Joseph, master, and model of the spiritual life, I ask you, be my guide and conduct me to Jesus Christ, that I may learn in your school to know, adore and love Him as my only Lord and God. Amen.

Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It's a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms; and we practice self-control through fasting. We are called not only to abstain from luxuries during Lent, but to a true inner conversion of heart as we seek to follow Christ's Will more faithfully.