September 1st Calendar Highlight:
FEAST DAY OF SAINT JOSHUA THE PATRIARCH
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Joshua Overview: Grades K-2

Joshua Overview: Grades 3-6
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JOSHUA OVERVIEW: GRADES 7 - 12

"There are three things to be noticed in the actions of our life. First, our passions are to be controlled by our reason; next, we ought to observe a suitable moderation in our desires; and, lastly, everything ought to be done at the right time and in the proper order. All these qualities shone forth so conspicuously in the holy men of Old Testament time, that it is evident they were well furnished with what men call the cardinal virtues."

-St. Ambrose, Doctor Universalis

The book of Joshua in the Bible highlights the heroic cardinal virtues so valiantly displayed by today's feast day saint, St. Joshua the Patriarch, a holy man of the Old Testament. As Saint Ambrose chronicles in the quote above, he was:
"...well furnished with what men call cardinal virtues."


Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan and Doctor of the Church was the spiritual director of Saint Augustine, who also became a bishop and Doctor of the Church. Like his mentor, Saint Augustine offers insight into these moral virtues. He explains that the cardinal virtues are gifts from God, which are practiced with a great love for God.

​Reading from the Book of Joshua, write down the verse numbers in the text where ​St. Joshua
​is displaying one of the virtues listed on the hand out.