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Saint Joseph is well known as the patron saint of fathers, both families and virgins, workers, especially carpenters, expecting mothers and unborn children. Among many others, he is the patron saint of attorneys and barristers, emigrants, travelers and house hunters.
Saint Joseph's Day is the Patronal Feast day for Poland as well as for Canada, persons named Joseph, Josephine, etc., for religious institutes, schools and parishes bearing his name, and for carpenters. It is also Father's Day in some Catholic countries, mainly Spain, Portugal, and Italy. It is not a holy day of obligation for Catholics in the ...
Joseph of Cupertino (Copertino), OFM Conv. (Italian: Giuseppe da Copertino; 17 June 1603 – 18 September 1663) was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar who is honored as a Christian mystic and saint. According to traditional Franciscan accounts, he was "remarkably unclever", but experienced miraculous levitation and ecstatic visions ...
Saint Joseph of Arimathea is the figure standing in the center, in blue-green robes holding the Body of Christ. Joseph of Arimathea (Ancient Greek: Ἰωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ Ἀριμαθαίας) is a Biblical figure who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus after his crucifixion. Three of the four canonical Gospels identify him as a ...
Josephology. Saint Joseph and the Christ Child by Guido Reni, c. 1640. Josephology is the theological study of Joseph, the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus. Records of devotions to Joseph go back to the year 800 and Doctors of the Church since Thomas Aquinas have written on the subject. [1] With the growth of Mariology, the theological study of ...
Image by Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz. The Most Chaste Heart of Joseph (Latin: Cor Iosephi Purissimum) is a Roman Catholic devotion which venerates Saint Joseph as a "just man", [1] particularly highlighting his virtuous role as image of God the Father. [2] It encompasses Joseph's devotion and love of the Holy Trinity, including a profound love ...
Donald Calloway. Donald Calloway, MIC (born 29 June 1972) is an American author and Catholic priest in the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. [1][2] He is known for his conversion story and his 2020 book, Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father.
Potipherah (father-in-law) Joseph (/ ˈdʒoʊzəf, - səf /; Hebrew: יוֹסֵף, romanized:Yōsēp̄, lit. 'He shall add') [ 2 ][ a ] is an important Hebrew figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis and in the Quran. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh son). He is the founder of the Tribe ...