First Posted: 2/5/2012
The annual Feast of the Holy Spouses was celebrated on Jan. 22 at the Oblates of St. Joseph Seminary, Laflin. Very Rev. Philip Massetti, OSJ, provincial superior, served as principal celebrant for the Mass, assisted by Rev. Paul McDonnell, OSJ, seminary rector.
A social followed hosted by members of the Josephite-Marellian Laity Association.
The Feast of the Holy Spouses has been a liturgical celebration on the proper calendar of the Congregation of the Oblates of St. Joseph since 1989, but the actual feast dates back as early as the 15th Century and was first introduced into the Oblate Congregation by their founder, St. Joseph Marello.
