Camino of St Joseph 5 – 6 September
!!!CAMINO RELAUNCH!!!
We are getting closer to this great event, and the anticipation is building. We’ve had some awesome processions this year: the MARCH FOR LIFE for the day of the unborn in March. We had the FATIMA procession for the feast of Our Lady of Fatima in May. Most recently, the streets of Sydney were packed with thousands of faithful for WALK WITH CHRIST to see out the month of June. Now, we anticipate the Camino of St Joseph this September!
We saved the hardest and most heroic for last. This walk is not for the faint hearted. It’s not two, three, or four km. It’s seventeen km. It will not take two, three or four hours to walk; it will take more like nine hours to walk. It’s not walked in daylight, but in the darkness of night. In other words, it’s not an event catered for women and children, but exclusively for men in faithful camaraderie patterned after the strength and silence of St Joseph.
In previous years, the Camino of St Joseph was held on the closest weekend of one of his feast days, either in March or in May. However, this year (2025), in God’s providence, it’s held on Father’s Day weekend.
As a result, we are afforded a unique opportunity: We are not exclusively celebrating the feast of St Joseph; we are Christianising Father’s Day and proposing St Joseph as the model for all men. What better way is there to celebrate the gift of fatherhood than by bearing public witness to Christ in honour of St Joseph?!
So, I call all men: fathers biological, spiritual, and potential aspirants; brothers, cousins, uncles, sons: RISE UP! Take up this evangelical and prayerful challenge honouring authentic and fruitful masculinity which we call, Fatherhood!
Camino of St Joseph 2025 – Overnight Pilgrimage for Men
About
An overnight pilgrimage for men in honour of our Spiritual Father St Joseph.
The Camino begins with 8.00pm Mass celebrated by Bishop Danny Meagher on Friday September 5th at St Joseph’s, Como and Confession available from 7.00pm.
The Camino will conclude with 7.00am Mass at St Aloysius on Saturday September 6 followed by a celebration in fellowship with hot breakfast & drinks.
The entire walk from start to finish will include 6 churches.
Each stop will feature a reflection on St Joseph and a short time in Adoration for spiritual nourishment and an opportunity for a quick bathroom break.
Cost: $35 pp
Bus Ticket: $24 return 7pm sharp on 05/09 from Holy Family Menai and 8.30am on 06/09 from St Aloysius Cronulla
Itinerary from start to finish:
1. St Joseph’s, Como – Opening Mass
2. St Patrick’s, Sutherland
3. St Catherine’s, Gymea
4. Our Lady Star of the Sea, Miranda
5. Our Lady of Fatima, Caringbah
6. St Aloysius, Cronulla – closing Mass
Location
How to Spiritually prepare for the Camino
Options include:
Option 1 – Praying the 33day Consecration to St Joseph.
Pray the 33 Day Consecration to St Joseph using Fr Donald Calloway’s book. Choose one of the feasts listed in the Consecration Chart contained in the book that is before the date of the Camino. The feast of Our Lady of Knock is recommended as the closest feast to the event. Start date is 20 July and Consecration Day is 21 August. You can pray this in a group or individually.
Option 2 – Pray a novena to St Joseph.
Make the following the intention for your novena: That St Joseph renew manhood in the Church after the Heart of Jesus, and that upcoming Camino strengthen the faith of men in our country.
You could also pray this after the Consecration to see out the remainder of August in preparation for the Camino in early September.
Option 3 – Go to Mass on the first Wednesdays of every month in honour of St Joseph
Option 4 – Host a men’s gathering in honour of St Joseph
Option 5 – Listen to the mini lecture series from the Fathers of St Joseph.
Option 6: All the above
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