“It is an indicator of what’s out there.” The Saint Jude Shop and other Catholic supply stores also sell pre-packaged St. Joseph kits for $7 to $9. The kits typically come with a standard 4 ...

My fascination with St. Joseph begins with a story ... it was Leo XIII who proclaimed Joseph patron of the universal church, a sort of culmination of the saint’s earlier patronage of individual ...

St Joseph, the husband of Mary ... irreplaceable domestic intangibles and intimacies of family life. As the patron saint of fathers, Joseph’s example heralds the ideal of fatherhood: faithful, ...

The day celebrates the life of St. Joseph, "the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, foster father of Jesus Christ, and patron of the universal ... world than any other saint, except, of course ...

Commemorating the Feast of St. Joseph March 19 is a deep-rooted community ... who raised their glasses to honor the patron saint of families. From the left, Brian Minardo, Joseph Romagnolo III ...

Devotion to him does not end there. St. Joseph is the patron of laborers, carpenters, fathers, the unemployed, expectant mothers, families, immigrants, and travelers. Declared patron of the ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The patron saint of firefighters will now watch over parishioners of St. Joseph’s R.C. Church in Rosebank, hopefully soon followed by the patron saint of police officers.

An annual three-day festival in Providence’s Little Italy on Federal Hill honored St. Joseph and celebrated cultural traditions including food and music. Traditionally held on March 19, the Federal ...

All of us had a patron saint or two when we were named at birth. I was doubly blessed with two patron saints, one being St. Joseph, the other being St. Paul, whereas brothers Tom and Lou didn’t have ...