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At the same time, Pope Pius XII established an additional Feast of "St. Joseph the Worker", to be celebrated on 1 May, in order to coincide with the celebration of International Workers' Day in many countries. Until this time, 1 May had been the Feast of the Apostles Saint Philip and James, but that Feast was then moved to the next free day, 11 ...
In 1955, Pope Pius XII introduced in its place the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker on 1 May in the General Roman Calendar as an ecclesiasical counterpart to the International Workers' Day on the same day.
Saint Joseph is the primary and titular patron of the St. Joseph the Worker Cathedral whose feast day is on May 1. Our Lady of Fatima is the secondary patroness of the church whose feast day is on May 13.
In Malta, 1 May is an official public holiday celebrated as "Workers' Day", [135] together with the religious feast of Saint Joseph the Worker. (Saint Joseph's Day, 19 March, the saint's main feast, is also a public holiday in Malta). [135] A Labour mass meeting takes place on 1 May. Nationalists celebrate accession to the European Union on 1 ...
By a separate decree of the same year 1955, Pope Pius XII instituted the feast of "Saint Joseph the Worker" on 1 May (moving the feast of "Saints Philip and James Apostles" from 1 May, where it had been since the sixth century, to 11 May, and suppressing the "Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary" that, since Pope Pius IX ...
Shrine feast days are 19 March (feast day of Saint Joseph), which is preceded by nine Wednesdays of preparation (Great novena to Saint Joseph), [12] 1 May (St. Joseph the Worker) and 15 September (consercration day, "Posvetilo crkve"). [4] Every Wednesday devotions to St. Joseph are held. [13]
19 March: Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Titular and Principal Patron of the Congregation of St. Joseph – Solemnity; 1 May: Saint Joseph the Worker – Feast; 18 May: Saint Leonardo Murialdo, priest and founder of the congregation – Solemnity
The litany of Saint Joseph was sanctioned by Pope Pius X in 1909. After the usual petitions to the Holy Trinity and one to the Blessed Virgin, the litany is composed of twenty-five invocations expressing the virtues and dignities of Joseph. [6] Furthermore, Pius X composed a Prayer to Saint Joseph the Worker for the sanctification of labor. [7] [8]