Images of St. Joseph and other saints as well as bread sculptures, wine, lemons and desserts decorate the St. Joseph's Altar at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday, March 19, 2023.

Every year we set up a traditional manger scene near our Christmas tree. There are Mary and Joseph, a shepherd and a few sheep, three wise men and at least one camel, and the baby Jesus.

Baby Jesus in the manger. Around him, shepherds, animals, angels and three wise men: Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar. Two of them are white, one of them Black. Above them, the Star of Bethlehem gleams.

Fr. Angelo Carusi, pastor of St. Rocco's Church in Rhode Island, reflects on St. Joseph's Day, and why so many people are devoted to the spouse of the Virgin Mary.

The event was hosted in LiGreci’s Staaten, where hundreds marked the traditional feast day of St. Joseph the carpenter and the foster father of Jesus, as well as their Italian ancestry.

A painting of St. Joseph and Jesus is seen as Pope Francis arrives for an audience at the Vatican with members of Italy's National Confederation of Craft Trades and Small- and Medium-Sized ...

St. Joseph shows the way. In his book, Father Calloway pointed out, “After their time in Egypt, St. Joseph and Mary walked with Jesus to Nazareth.

By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Mar 19, 2024 / 05:00 am The feast of St. Joseph, celebrated on March 19, honors the foster father of Jesus and the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

TAN Books, 2022 152 pages, $19.95 To order: tanbooks.com Now added to writings on St. Joseph is a book with a unique theme: The Life of St. Joseph as Seen by the Mystics, compiled by Paul Thigpen.

St. Joseph, the beloved spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and earthly father of Jesus, is celebrated twice by the Catholic Church every year — March 19 and May 1.

Draper said with a Joseph, a sacred heart and a former church in town named for St. John the Baptist, it’s clear the community has a Holy Family and a connection with each other.