All are Welcome

August 10, 2025

The goodness of creation! Many times the Church has had to defend the goodness of creation. Christ...in the very revelation of the mystery of the Father and of His love, makes man fully manifest to himself and brings to light his exalted vocation. So many people cannot see the glory of God in Jesus Christ.

This is because of the sin of Adam of Eve. And even our own personal sins. The image of God is present in every human being. In 2020, Pope Francis wrote an encyclical letter. It is call Brothers and Sisters All. He revived the idea from the meeting he had while meeting with a Muslim.

The meeting was with the Grand Imam Ahmed El—Tayeb with whom he met in Abu Dhabi. Together they declared, “God has created all human beings equal in rights, duties, and dignity, and has called them to live together as brothers and sisters.” Sounds like our Declaration of Independence.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Will Pope Leo XIV help us to understand better, this principle, since he comes from the USA? I hope so.

I remember you at Mass. 

I pray for you, you pray for me. 

Each year St. Joseph the Worker Shrine selects a person in the community at large

for recognition. Established in 2016, the 60th anniversary of the Shrine’s formal dedication, the award celebrates an individual who exemplifies the virtues embodied by St. Joseph in the home, in the workplace and in the civic community.

We ask for your recommendations in helping us make this year’s selection.

The recipient(s) will be selected by a designated committee appointed by the Shrine Director, Fr. Michael Amesse, OMI.

Please submit your recommendations in the coming weeks. Nominations will close on Saturday, August 9 th , 2025.

The person(s) selected for this year’s award will be announced in the Bulletin on Labor Day weekend. The award will be presented on the following Saturday, September 6 th at the 4:00 pm Vigil Mass.

For additional infomation, to access the Nomination Form, and to view past recipients, click on the buttons below.

Additional nomination forms are also available in the confessional lobby.