Optional Memorial
Saint Joseph the Worker
- Feast day
- May 01
- Origin
- Palestinian
Patron of
- workers
Life
This feast honors Saint Joseph, the carpenter of Nazareth, husband of Mary, and foster father of Jesus, as the model and patron of workers. Pope Pius XII established it in 1955, placing it on May 1 to give a Christian meaning to International Workers' Day. It celebrates the sanctification of human labor and the dignity of all honest work.
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