Maybe you remember we celebrated the feast of St. Joseph on March 19. Today, May 1, we celebrate another feast dedicated to Jesus’ earthly father, that of St. Joseph the Worker. Find out why two feasts.
Another feast for St. Joseph?
Meet St. Joseph • Saints for kids
St. Joseph was the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus. According to the earliest Christian traditions, he was a carpenter or woodworker. The Gospel of Matthew calls him a “righteous man,” meaning he was an observant Jew who obeyed God’s law. Online you’ll find a story about Saint Joseph, a poem, and much more.
Meet St. Josephine Bakhita! • Saints for kids
Not long after being kidnapped and sold into slavery, Bakhita and a friend made a daring escape that led them deep into the Sudanese wilderness, where they quickly found themselves lost and hunted by wild animals . . . until a beautiful lady came to their aid.
Saint Joseph of Cupertino • Saint stories
Joseph wasn’t the brightest kid in his neighborhood, and he wasn’t the most pleasant, either. It seemed he could do nothing right, and that no one wanted him around. But then the Holy Spirit began working on him….
St. Joseph as our model
Ask my wife and she’ll tell you that it’s not necessarily in my nature to share — not the remote, not the covers and certainly not my feelings and concerns. […]
