“St. Joseph was the first adorer,” St. Peter Julian Eymard recounts in his book The Month of St. Joseph. “Have confidence, strong confidence in him. Take him as the patron and model of your adoration.

“I like St. Joseph very much. He’s a strong man of silence,” Pope Francis told families during his 2015 trip to the Philippines. His next words opened another way to pray for the intercession of St.

The Catholic Church considers St. Joseph a role model of fatherhood and faith. In many countries, Father’s Day is celebrated on his feast day, writes Gloria Falcão Dodd, research professor at the ...

The Sicilian tradition of St. Joseph's altars recalls a drought in the late 1800s that left people starving. They prayed for the intercession of St. Joseph. After the rains came, to show their ...