St. Joseph: Model Husband and Father

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“Fatherhood is the mission of every man–a mission greatly needed in each family, and in the larger society. A good father fulfills his mission in the daily habit of being present to each member of the family…Even though St. Joseph is mentioned numerous times in the Gospel, no words of his are recorded. What mattered was that he was there: attentively present to Mary and Jesus, protecting them from the savagery of Herod, sheltering them as they escaped to Egypt, teaching Jesus the skills of carpentry, and thousands of other things.

“St. Joseph is the epitome of the quiet, ordinary person moving behind the scenes, yet used by God to shape history with quiet guidance, protection, holiness, and acceptance of God’s will.” (Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, Diocese of Phoenix)

Join Bishop Olmsted and others around the world in meditating on the life of St. Joseph and in joining the Church in prayer on his feast day in the very year dedicated to him.

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Claire Dwyer

Mom, Wife, Interior Life — that’s it in a nutshell. Claire’s been devouring books and pouring the words back out again longer than she can remember. It’s where her love of God and the Catholic faith finds its fullest expression. Claire graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Franciscan University of Steubenville with a degree in Theology, has a certification in Spiritual Theology from the Avila Institute, and a certification in Spiritual Direction from St. Vincent Seminary’s Institute of Ministry Formation. Her roles as mother, mentor, spiritual writer, editor of spiritualdirection.com, and lifelong student of the interior life all came together in her first book, "This Present Paradise: A Spiritual Journey with St. Elizabeth of the Trinity." She is also the author of Blessed is She's Advent study, In Time: Living in the Now and Not Yet" and a contributor to their daily devotionals, and has written a book on St. Edith Stein set to release January of 2027. She has a passion, through writing and speaking, for helping the faithful to see the beauty and possibility of their own interior lives and their unrepeatable place in the Church, and for Catholic writers in particular to be encouraged and formed in their writing journey. To that end, she is co-founder and content director of Write These Words and the PraiseWriters Catholic Writing Membership Community. Most importantly, she has been married for almost 28 years to her husband Delaney and they have six children and two grandsons. Connect and keep in touch with her at ClaireDwyer.com. You can also read about spirituality for the Catholic writer on her Substack, Word and Silence.