With the ramp up to the World Meeting of Families next September, we are being treated with enduring images of how our faith and our Church engages in the love and joyousness of families. This past weekend, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia announced the patron saints of the Meeting, Saints John Paul II and Gianna. For many of us, Saint John Paul II is an obvious choice, since he established the World Meeting of Families program in 1981. Saint Gianna Beretta Molla is the patron saint of mothers, physicians, and unborn children.
We are looking forward to this event and more details on how Saint John will be involved in the Meeting will be posted here in the coming months.