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"I did not understand St. Joseph well enough, but that will change."

- St. John of the Cross

(*said before he died)

Fr. Edward Looney

Inaugural Address

Dr. Christopher West

Her Most Chaste Spouse

Fr. Neil J. Roy

St. Joseph: from Pilgrim of Hope, to Beacon of Hope

Dr. Elizabeth Lev

Historical-Critical Analysis of the Silent Knight in Sacred Art

Dr. Robert Fastiggi

Joseph in the Order of the Hypostatic Union: Source of Hope for Redemption

Fr. Boniface Hicks, OSB

Hope of the 4th Mansion

Rev. Edward Looney

“The Hope of a New Society”

The Founder of JSI will give the Inaugural Address, giving us a thumbnail sketch of JSI’s hope and dreams, its inception, mission, goals, and an overview of the symposium's theme and speakers.

Dr. Elizabeth Lev

“Historical-Critical Analysis of the Silent Knight in Sacred Art throughout the Ages”

Art historian Dr. Elizabeth Lev, based in Rome, will provide a visual tour de force of Josephological art from the 200s AD up to present day, exploring how Joseph is “a beacon” today for godly fatherhood, masculinity, and chastity as she writes in her book Silent Knight.

Rev. Boniface Hicks, OSB

“Hope of the 4th Mansion”

“St. Joseph presides over this intentional surrender to childlike obedience [which] takes place in St. Teresa’s fourth mansion [and] Joseph holds the lantern for us that can help us navigate this night,” explains former atheist, Fr. Boniface Hicks, OSB, author of Through the Heart of St. Joseph and spiritual director. His talk will unveil how Joseph is a “secret weapon” of the spiritual life who can “increase” our spiritual wisdom and pace up the holy mountain.

Dr. Christopher West

“Her Most Chaste Spouse”

If Theology of the Body is a theological time-bomb set to explode in our millennium, then St. Joseph is its fuse! Dr. Christopher West, a spark-plug speaker and author himself, will ignite your understanding on Joseph’s manly purity and total gift of self in this dynamite talk steeped in the mind of John Paul II.

Rev. Neil J. Roy

“The Wondrous Journey of St Joseph: From Pilgrim of Hope to Beacon of Hope”

This talk follows St Joseph as a pilgrim of hope over the course of his earthly mission, highlighting his practice of the supernatural virtue of hope in his life of familial communion with the Blessed Virgin Mary and the God-Man Jesus Christ. Canonical scriptures and select early non-canonical scriptures testify to the hope exercised heroically by this “just man” and “son of David.” The paper then traces briefly the development of the liturgical and devotional cultus of St Joseph, demonstrating Joseph’s transition from “pilgrim” to “beacon” of hope for a Church seeking her complete self-realization in the wedding feast of the Lamb and of His Bride.

Dr. Robert Fastiggi

“Joseph in the Order of the Hypostatic Union: the Source of Hope for Redemption”

This talk will explore Joseph’s role in God’s plan of Redemption, the requisite special graces he was given, his unique proximity to the order of the hypostatic union, such that, as Mary, the virgin God-bearer, can be called Coredemptrix because of her maternal cooperation with the Redeemer, is it possible to call Joseph, the virgin God-raiser, a Coredemptor due to his paternal cooperation with the Redeemer?