As he cared for Christ, St. Joseph, whose feast we celebrate on March 19, is someone to ask for protection in any circumstance to include sharing Jesus with others. With reference to St. Joseph, Pope St. John Paul II said, “This patronage
Those whose lives have been touched by adoption are turning in prayer to St. Joseph, entrusting their hopes to him as part of an annual novena.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is offering a March 10-18 novena to the foster father of
Discover the life of Dr. Michael Brescia, who was a pioneer of hospice care in New York for decades. In sharing the story of his life and legacy, Kathryn Jean Lopez writes that Dr. Brescia “wouldn’t go home at night if he
A new short film reveals the little-known story of how Catholic priests in a Nazi concentration camp placed their lives in the hands of St. Joseph. “Here they are, prisoners facing almost certain death, vulnerable, weak — just as Christ the little
St. Joseph is a silent figure in the Gospels. However, his actions speak loud enough to compensate for any lack of quotation. As Kathleen Naab de Tovar writes in her essay, “What is less noted is what we do have of Joseph,
On March 17, St. Patrick may get all the noisy notice, but just two days later, Catholics celebrate the solemnity of St. Joseph — spouse of Mary, stepfather to Jesus, and patron saint of the universal Church, fathers, workers, travelers — just
The Knights of Columbus have announced a special nine-day prayer initiative to Saint Joseph for Pope Francis in view of the tenth year anniversary of his pontificate. The Novena will start on Sunday, 12 March, and conclude on Monday, 20 March, the day when the Solemnity
Leonard DeLorenzo has a quick review of two titles that honor St. Joseph: Guardian of the Virgin and Faithful Guardian of Christ: “The household of Joseph created the conditions in which a singular devotion to God was fostered. These conditions surrounded and
Kathryn Jean Lopez highlights talks Pope Francis has given over the last couple of weeks at his general audiences, as he continues his catechetical series on St. Joseph. The foster-father of Jesus, Lopez writes, is an exceptional model of tenderness: “In the
As the foster father of Jesus, St. Joseph is an example of the need for loving fathers and mothers in "an age of notorious orphanhood," Pope Francis said.
The "demographic winter" in many Western countries, due in part to couples unwilling to have