On September 22^nd -27^TH, 2015, a World Meeting of Families will be held in Philadelphia. Our Holy Father, Pope Francis will be present at this Meeting of Families on September 26^th-27^th.  In preparation for this gathering, a series of talks will be given here at St. Joseph’s.
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND JOIN US!
 
Marriage and Family:
God’s Gifts to the World
by Charles Junjulas, MA
 
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches:
“The vocation to marriage is written in the very nature of man and woman as they came from the hand of the Creator. Marriage is not a purely human institution...,’The well-being of the individual person and of both human and Christian society is closely bound up with the healthy state of conjugal and family life.’” (Paragraph 1603)
In order to understand and appreciate this Sacred Institution established by God from the very beginning of His Creation, we will explore the Sacrament of Marriage and the importance of the Family in two areas of Church teaching: Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition. We will also explore the crisis of Marriage and Family in the world today and how we as Catholic Christians can protect and defend these gifts of our Heavenly Father.
Please join us for any or all three sessions:
 

• Marriage in Sacred Scripture: Monday, June 22 from 6:45pm-8:00pm
• Marriage in the Sacred Tradition of the Church: Tuesday June 23 from 6:45pm-8:00pm
• Marriage and Family in the World Today and How We Can Defend Them: Wednesday, June 24 from 6:45pm-8:00pm

  About the Speaker:
Charles Junjulas received his Masters in Dogmatic Theology from St. Joseph’s Seminary. He teaches full time at Our Lady of Lourdes High School in Poughkeepsie, is an instructor in the Archdiocese of NY Deacon Formation Program, and is Director of Adult Faith Formation Pius X Parish in Scarsdale, NY.
He has taught as an adjunct Professor at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Rockland County, NY and Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY. He has offered numerous talks and classes on Scripture and Theology throughout the Archdioceses’ of New York and Connecticut.
He is married and has four children and is a member of the “Knights of the Immaculata”.