St. Joseph actually has two feast days: March 19th, honoring him as the husband of Mary, and May 1st, celebrating him as St. Joseph the Worker.
In the liturgical calendar of the church, St. Joseph is among the few saints recognized with multiple feasts. Even as we observe the solemnity of St. Joseph on March 19, we already look forward to ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. St Joseph, the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus, exerts a powerful and enduring influence on the Christian imagination. His feast ...
March 19 comes courtesy of the saint himself, with delicacies and lucky traditions, including wearing the color red.
As we recently celebrated the Solemnity of St. Joseph, The Tablet is offering some reflections on this great saint.
The proclamation of the Year of St. Joseph by Pope Francis in December 2020 coincided with the 150th anniversary of the saint’s proclamation as patron of the universal Church by Blessed Pius IX ...
Blessed Pius IX’s successor, Pope Leo XIII, went on to dedicate an encyclical letter to devotion to St. Joseph — Quamquam Pluries. “Joseph became the guardian, the administrator, and the legal ...