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St. Joseph the Worker

St. Joseph: A feast, and some tunes, for the working man

St. Joseph the Worker

The Pillar
Apr 30, 2021
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Saturday, May 1, is the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. 

The feast was first declared by Pope Pius XII in 1955.

Here are a few more things to know about St. Joseph the Worker, and his feast.

Lunch atop a Skyscraper, published in the New York Herald-Tribune, Oct. 2 1932, Charles Clyde Ebbets. public domain

“Go to Joseph!”

Pius XII, to the Catholic Associatio…

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