Face of Christ Apostolate exists to help souls contemplate Jesus Christ through the Holy Rosary in the company of His Mother.
Mary always points to Jesus
This apostolate is deeply Marian, but never in a way that obscures Christ. Mary's whole mission is to lead souls to her Son. The Rosary is not an end in itself. It is a way of contemplating Christ with Mary and being led more fully to him.
The apostolate is entrusted to Saint Joseph
This work is spiritually entrusted to Saint Joseph, whose quiet, faithful presence watched over both Our Lady and the Christ Child. In the hidden school of Nazareth, he guarded the life entrusted to him with reverence, chastity, obedience, and protective strength. For that reason, he remains a fitting patron for this apostolate.
The sacraments are greater than private devotion
The Rosary is a great and powerful devotion, but the Christian life reaches its highest form in the sacramental life of the Church. The fullness of sacramental life begins in Baptism and reaches its summit especially in the Holy Eucharist. The Rosary disposes the soul toward deeper sacramental life; it does not replace or overshadow it. Eucharistic love and adoration therefore stand near the center of this apostolate's spiritual vision.
Grace is a real supernatural gift
Grace is not vague spiritual energy, emotion, or religious atmosphere. Grace is God's own supernatural gift, given for our sanctification and union with him. The Rosary matters because God truly gives grace through prayer. To the rightly disposed soul, he delights to pour out his help through the maternal intercession of Our Lady. In the Holy Rosary, the faithful seek those graces through her Immaculate Heart so as to be conformed more deeply to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ.
The aim of the apostolate
For that reason, this apostolate is humble, reverent, Christ-centered, Marian, sacramental, and doctrinally grounded. Its purpose is to invite souls inward and upward, toward deeper prayer, deeper conversion, and deeper union with Jesus Christ.