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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.
March 19 has been the most commonly celebrated feast day for Joseph, and it wasn't until 1955 that Pope Pius XII established the Feast of "St. Joseph the Worker" to be celebrated on May 1. This is also May Day (International Workers' Day) and believed to reflect Joseph's status as the patron of workers.
On March 19, we celebrate the patron saint of the universal Church, protector of the Holy Family: Saint Joseph. The solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary, is an opportunity to contemplate and pray to this great saint, humble carpenter of Nazareth, chosen by God among all men, to welcome his Son and raise him.
25 wrz 2024 · St. Joseph’s Day is celebrated in Poland as “mienien” or one’s Names Day, where the Feast Day of one’s patron saint is celebrated. The Church allows everyone named Joseph to celebrate St. Joseph’s Day on March 19.
On June 4 th, 1998, on the first anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s visit to Kalisz, St. Joseph was formally declared the Patron Saint of the city. It is also worth mentioning, that St. Joseph is the Patron Saint of the Theological Seminary of the Kalisz diocese.
17 mar 2020 · St. Joseph is a model for all faithful Catholics to live each day immersed in God. As the protector and guardian of Our Lady and Our Lord, St. Joseph encourages us to stand up for the teachings of the Church and to defend our Faith against the assaults of the world.
On the 150th anniversary of Blessed Pius IX’s proclamation of St. Joseph as the Patron of the Universal Church, Pope Francis declared the Year of St. Joseph. The year honoring St. Joseph began on December 8, 2020, and concluded December 8, 2021.
