Cup of St. Joe

Fr. Joseph Mary from EWTN joins Fr. Edward Looney this week to discuss how he he connected with St. Joseph during this special year and how we can ask his prayers going forward.

Geri Guadagno wanted to share the role of St. Jospeh in the story of Christ's birth, so she authored a children's book a few years ago for this purpose.  How can we tell the story of St. Joseph for children and the stories of other holy men and women?  Learn more on this week's #CupofStJoe.

Devin Schadt was challenged as a father by others to model his fatherhood after St. Joseph.  He asked the Blessed Mother to help him get to know St. Joseph better.  Today, he is the-cofounder of the Fathers of St. Joseph (https://fathersofstjoseph.org/) and the author of a Total Consecration to St. Joseph called "Custos" available from TAN Books (https://tanbooks.com/products/books/saints/saint-joseph/custos-total-consecration-through-saint-joseph/).  This book would make a great Christmas gift for the husband and father in your life, challenging him to live a more holy life and become a protector for his family.  Be inspired this week as Devin Schadt shares his passion for the foster father of Jesus.  Wives, share this video with your husbands.  Husbands, become a father like St. Joseph.

Anthony DeStefano is a best-selling children's  author who shares about St. Joseph's Donkey and what we can learn from the story, in addition to another recently released book "The Beggar and the Bluebird."    

Purchase his latest books at: https://www.sophiainstitute.com/author/anthony-destefano  

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Fr. Edward Looney recently visited New Mexico.  His first stop was the cloistered Poor Clare Colettine Nuns in Roswell where he spoke with the Mother Abbess who shared about St. Joseph devotion in the convent.  Then in Santa Fe, Fr. Edward visited the Miraculous Staircase of St. Joseph.

Fr. Edward became familiar with the Pious Union of St. Joseph a while back, and during this month of November in which we pray for the Holy Souls, this special association promotes prayers to St. Joseph especially for the dying.  Learn more about the Pious Union in this week's conversation with Fr. Edward and Fr. Leo.

Learn more:  https://piousunionofstjoseph.org/

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St. Thomas Aquinas's influence on Catholic theology was tremendous.  So much so, that those who are formed in his philosophy and theology are called Thomists.  In the 20th century, Fr. Reginald Garrigou-LaGrange was perhaps the most well known Thomistic theologian.  In the appendix of Fr. Calloway's Consecration to St. Joseph book, an excerpt from LaGrange can be found.  This week on a #CupofStJoe, Fr. Edward Looney speaks with Dr. Taylor O'Neil about LaGrange, St. Joseph's Predestination, his silence, and so much more.

October 13, 1917 a miracle was witnessed by thousands in Fatima, Portugal--the sun danced in the sky.  It was the final apparition of Our Lady to the three shepherd children.  Learn the story of Fatima and about St. Joseph's appearance alongside the Blessed Mother in this week's #CupofStJoe conversation between Fr. Edward Looney and Barb Ernster.  #YearOfStJoseph

Phil Kosloski is a writer for Aleteia and shares many hidden and forgotten devotions and prayers in his writings.  Today, on a #CupofStJoe, he joins Fr. Edward Looney and talks about the Holy Cloak devotion, the heart of Joseph, the sorrows of Joseph, and so much more.  Deepen your devotion to St. Joseph during this special #YearofStJoseph.

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On August 21, 1879, the Blessed Virgin Mary visited the Irish people in County Mayo.  She didn't come alone. St. Joseph, St. John, and a lamb joined her in this apparition seen by dozens of witnesses.  Today, Fr. Edward Looney speaks with Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh and the Primate of All Ireland about the Knock apparition and its meaning for the Church today.  #YearofStJoseph #YearofSaintJoseph

Catholic theology has many different branches: Christology, Moral Theology, Liturgical Theology, and Mariology to name a few.  There is a special branch of theology specializing in the theology of St. Joseph called Josephology.  Today, Fr. Edward Looney speaks with Systematic Theologian Dr. Robert Fastiggi about the discipline of Josephology and two of its teachings.  This is a deep and enriching conversation you won't want to miss.  #YearofStJoseph #YearofSaintJoseph

July 31st is the memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order.  This week, Fr. Edward Looney speaks with Fr. Joe Laramie, SJ, Director of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network about St. Joseph and the Jesuits.  In this episode we will explore St. Joseph in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and how to pray with our imagination around the person and figure of St. Joseph.  

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A religious congregation of sisters, founded by a Jesuit in the 1600's, is dedicated to St. Joseph. In this week's Cup of St. Joe, Fr. Edward Looney speaks with Sister Kristina DeNeve about the Congregation of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Learn the history of their foundation and how Sister Kristina discovered the order. Why are the dedicated to St. Joseph and what does that devotion look like?  

Learn more about the Congregation at: https://csjcarondelet.org/

People are known by their last name.  For Aaron, who grew up as a ward of the state, he had no particular attachment to his given name.  He began to turn to St. Joseph as his spiritual father, and legally took Joseph as his last name, in honor of the foster father of Jesus.  Hear Aaron share his story and about his apostolate St. Joseph: Our Patron.

Apostolate: https://www.ourpatron.net/

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The Shrine of St. Joseph located in St. Louis has an incredible history.  Learn about the vow to St. Joseph that parishioners made during the a 19th century epidemic and what happened.  It's also a Church of Miracles associated with a healing through the intercession of St. Peter Claver.    

The Shrine of St. Joseph stands as a testament to devotion to St. Joseph and is ready to welcome you during the #YearofStJoseph and beyond when you find yourself in town for business or to take in a Cardinals game.  Join Fr. Looney as he speaks with Jim Allen on this week's Cup of St. Joe.  

Learn more about the St. Joseph Shrine in St. Louis: https://www.shrineofstjoseph.org/  

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Convert to Catholicism and Catholic blogger and podcaster William Hemsworth joins Fr. Looney this week to discuss how he fostered a devotion to St. Joseph as a man and also as a father.

Fr. Richard Conlin is a recently ordained priest for the Diocese of Vancouver in Canada.  Earlier this year he and his pastor led hundreds of people in making their consecration to St. Joseph vis-a-vis Fr. Calloway's book.  In his life as a man and priest, Fr. Conlin describes St. Joseph as sneaky.  Learn more this week on the Cup of St. Joe with Fr. Edward Looney.

Learn more about Corpus Christi Parish's media work in Vancouver on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCc8TlNPMi_AQc7DVPQEV5A

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Jose Rodrigues loves St. Joseph.  He has made it his life mission to promote devotion to St. Joseph.  Let the fire of his devotion ignite your personal devotion to St. Joseph this week on the Cup of St. Joe.

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This week Fr. Edward Looney speaks with Fr. Mark Goring, CC about Entrustment to St. Joseph based off of Fr. Goring's nine day devotional "St. Joseph the Protector."    

In this episode we discuss: consecration vs. entrustment; whether or not St. Joseph is Jesus's father; the trials of St. Joseph; how to foster a contemplative prayer life; how to make our homes a little Nazareth, Joseph as universal patron, and the connection of St. Joseph and feasts of Mary.    

Find Fr. Goring on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXWkyfyPE2fosQbnYOTiuZA 

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This week Father Francis "Rocky" Hoffman from Relevant Radio joins Fr. Edward Looney to talk about the role of St. Joseph in Opus Dei and Relevant Radio. The conversation concludes with a discussion about the graces of the annual Walk to Mary which begins at the National Shrine of St. Joseph in DePere to the The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help.

This week on Cup of St. Joe, Fr. Edward Looney speaks with Sr. Josephine Garrett, a Catholic convert and religious sister about St. Joseph's role in her life and how he models discernment of God's will for all of us.  

Fr. Edward Looney talks with Marian Father Allen Alexander about Divine Mercy and St. Joseph in this week's episode of Cup of St. Joe.  Be sure to tune in as Fr. Allen discusses St. Joseph, St. Faustina, devotion to praying for the dying, and Joseph's fatherly role in the context of priesthood.

This is a special crossover episode from Fr. Edward's Mary Podcast, How They Love Mary.  Patristic scholar Mike Aquilina offers us reflections on the world of Joseph and Mary including a discussion about the marriage of Joseph and Mary.  

Mike's Website: https://fathersofthechurch.com/

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Dr. Elizabeth Lev is an art historian teaching and working in Rome.  In this episode of A Cup of St. Joe, she talks with Fr. Edward Looney about how St. Joseph is depicted in masterful pieces of art that adorn gallery walls.    

Find her contributions to Aleteia here: https://aleteia.org/author/elizabeth-lev/

A popular Sicilian tradition, is the St. Joseph Table, or as it is also called in Louisiana, the St. Joseph Altar.  Today on Cup of St. Joe, Fr. Edward Looney speaks with Olivia Gulino, who has been a devotee of St. Joseph Tables for years.  Learn the perfect way to celebrate St. Joseph's feast day next week on Friday, March 19th.

Dennis P. McGeehan, author of "The Diaries of Joseph and Mary" discovered devotion to St. Joseph later in life.  Realizing he need a good role model as a husband and father, he turned to St. Joseph and learned from him.  Join Fr. Edward Looney and Dennis for this week's Cup of St. Joe during the Year of St. Joseph.

Fr. Edward Looney authored Praying the Stations with St. Joseph for Lent during the #YearofStJoseph.  

Text can be found here: https://aleteia.org/2021/02/26/pray-the-stations-with-st-joseph/

Catholic evangelist Richard May, a friend of Fr. Edward Looney's from the Mariological Society of America, suggests praying the Mysteries of St. Joseph, five biblical mysteries related to St. Joseph.  Learn more in today's episode of Cup of St. Joe.  Download the rosary guide here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bsc21MWvDaGaKKynuW6i6iuATH-irsFZ/view?usp=sharing

Emmy award winning journalist Alexis Walkenstein joins Fr. Edward Looney on this week's Cup of St. Joe to talk about Archbishop Fulton Sheen and his thoughts about the marriage of St. Joseph and the Virgin Mary.

Did you know there is a Shrine to St. Joseph in DePere Wisconsin at St. Norbert College?  Today, Fr. Michael Brennan, O.Praem shares what is happening at the Shrine during the Year of St. Joseph and how you can participate.

Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC is perhaps the most prominent promoter of devotion to St. Joseph today and his book Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father has taken the world by storm.  You won't want to miss this powerful interview on this week's Cup of St. Joe as Fr. Calloway explains why we need to go to Joseph right now!

Buy the Book!  http://consecrationtostjoseph.org/

This week on a Cup of St. Joe, Fr. Edward talks with Brother Andrew Kosmowski, a Marianist brother, about his order's founder and his homilies on St. Joseph.  Be inspired by Blessed William Chaminade and how you can reap the fruits of St. Joseph's Intercession.

Fr. James Presta joins Fr. Edward Looney for a conversation on Wednesdays with St. Joseph.  Fr. Presta shares about his devotion and offers advice to help people begin a devotion to St. Joseph during this Year of St. Joseph.

Fr. Edward Looney talks with Pastor Adam Hamilton, author of Faithful: Experiencing Christmas Through the Eyes of St. Joseph.