As Snopes notes, no one knows exactly when the custom of using a St. Joseph statue to help sell a home became popular, but he seems to have reached widespread use in the U.S. around 1990, "with ...

A Mama Mary statue along with a St. Joseph statue were untouched and unscathed amid the fire that ravaged through Los Angeles. Peter Halpin, ...

Naturally, Louisiana has many parishes following the tradition. St. Joseph Church and Shrine in Gretna, Louisiana, across the river from New Orleans, draws upward of 1,500 people to its St. Joseph ...

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, “St. Joseph and the Sleeping Christ Child” (Detail), ca. 1668-75, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri (photo: Public Domain) Jeremiah Barker Blogs ...

Sections 19-20 of the text give details about Joseph contacting two midwives. One woman is said to have doubted the virgin birth. After she inserted her finger into Mary’s vagina, her hands ...

For Catholics, Mary evokes God’s love for humanity. Her statue serves as a reminder that, through devotion, meditation and acts of mercy followers can grow in spirituality. She is a model of faith.