I do not remember even now that I have ever asked anything of [St. Joseph] which he has failed to grant… To other saints the Lord seems to have given grace to help us in some of our necessities, but of this glorious saint my experience is that he helps us in them all…” (Autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila)
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Year of St. Joseph
Posted : Mar-18-2021
On December 8, 2020, the 150th anniversary of the declaration of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church, Pope Francis issued an Apostolic Letter entitled Patris corde (“With a Father’s Heart”). In that beautiful letter, the Holy Father proclaimed a “Year of Saint Joseph” from December 8, 2020, to December 8, 2021. The Apostolic Penitentiary also issued a Decree granting plenary indulgences for this special year.
Here you will find various prayers and resources to celebrate this Year of Saint Joseph. Please check back regularly as new content is added.
Feast Days
- Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary (March 19)
- St. Joseph the Worker (May 1)
External Resources
- St. Joseph, in Fatima?
- 15 ways to gain an indulgence in the Year of St. Joseph
- Consecration to St. Joseph (33 days)
Prayers
Prayer of Pope Leo XIII (to be prayed after the rosary)
To you, O blessed Joseph, do we come in our afflictions, and having implored the help of your most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke your patronage also.
Through that charity which bound you to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God and through the paternal love with which you embraced the Child Jesus, we humbly beg you graciously to regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ has purchased by his Blood, and with your power and strength to aid us in our necessities.
O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ; O most loving father, ward off from us every contagion of error and corrupting influence; O our most mighty protector, be kind to us and from heaven assist us in our struggle with the power of darkness.
As once you rescued the Child Jesus from deadly peril, so now protect God’s Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity; shield, too, each one of us by your constant protection, so that, supported by your example and your aid, we may be able to live piously, to die in holiness, and to obtain eternal happiness in heaven. Amen.
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