![\"\"](\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_vjlTTnUPlbc\/ScJXDroEuAI\/AAAAAAAAA3w\/-dkfm5k2a2M\/s320\/vol08no14-10display%5B1%5D.jpg\")
<\/a>In 1870, Pope Blessed Pius IX named St. Joseph the Patron of the Universal Church. Relatively little is known about this saint except for what we read Matthew and Luke\u2019s Gospels. What we do know, to quote Pope John Paul II, is that \u201cSaint Joseph was a just man, a tireless worker, the upright guardian of those entrusted to his care.\u201d For Italian Catholics, St. Joseph\u2019s is an important Feast. During the Middle Ages, it was through his intercession that the people of Sicily were saved from a serious drought. On his Feast day, the custom is to wear red, the same way that green is worn on St. Patrick\u2019s Day. Foods are traditionally served containing bread crumbs, in order to represent saw dust since St. Joseph was a carpenter. In some traditionally Catholic countries such as Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Italy, his Feast day is also Father\u2019s Day. In New Orleans, a major port of entry for Sicilian immigrants during the late nineteenth century, the Feast is a city-wide event, with public and private St. Joseph\u2019s altars displayed.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 1870, Pope Blessed Pius IX named St. Joseph the Patron of the Universal Church. Relatively little is known about this saint except for what we read Matthew and Luke\u2019s Gospels. What we do know, to quote Pope John Paul II, is that \u201cSaint Joseph was a just man, a tireless worker, the upright guardian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1042,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
Happy St. Joseph's Day!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In 1870, Pope Blessed Pius IX named St. Joseph the Patron of the Universal Church. Relatively little is known about this saint except for what we read\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/03\/happy-st-josephs-day.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy St. Joseph's Day!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In 1870, Pope Blessed Pius IX named St. Joseph the Patron of the Universal Church. Relatively little is known about this saint except for what we read\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/03\/happy-st-josephs-day.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"McNamara's Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-03-19T10:29:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_vjlTTnUPlbc\/ScJXDroEuAI\/AAAAAAAAA3w\/-dkfm5k2a2M\/s320\/vol08no14-10display%5B1%5D.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pat McNamara\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Pat McNamara\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/03\/happy-st-josephs-day.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/03\/happy-st-josephs-day.html\",\"name\":\"Happy St. Joseph's Day!\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-03-19T10:29:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-03-19T10:29:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#\/schema\/person\/67acddc1dbddb4c13c7e1b7df07f35e7\"},\"description\":\"In 1870, Pope Blessed Pius IX named St. Joseph the Patron of the Universal Church. Relatively little is known about this saint except for what we read\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/03\/happy-st-josephs-day.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/03\/happy-st-josephs-day.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/03\/happy-st-josephs-day.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Happy St. Joseph’s Day!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/\",\"name\":\"McNamara's Blog\",\"description\":\"Insightful, thought-provoking, and stimulating discussion \u2013 Patheos\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#\/schema\/person\/67acddc1dbddb4c13c7e1b7df07f35e7\",\"name\":\"Pat McNamara\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3e666dc69dc2dd6d797c06218142620?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3e666dc69dc2dd6d797c06218142620?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Pat McNamara\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/author\/patmcnamara\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Happy St. Joseph's Day!","description":"In 1870, Pope Blessed Pius IX named St. Joseph the Patron of the Universal Church. Relatively little is known about this saint except for what we read","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/03\/happy-st-josephs-day.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Happy St. Joseph's Day!","og_description":"In 1870, Pope Blessed Pius IX named St. Joseph the Patron of the Universal Church. Relatively little is known about this saint except for what we read","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/03\/happy-st-josephs-day.html","og_site_name":"McNamara's Blog","article_published_time":"2009-03-19T10:29:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_vjlTTnUPlbc\/ScJXDroEuAI\/AAAAAAAAA3w\/-dkfm5k2a2M\/s320\/vol08no14-10display%5B1%5D.jpg"}],"author":"Pat McNamara","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Pat McNamara","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/03\/happy-st-josephs-day.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/03\/happy-st-josephs-day.html","name":"Happy St. Joseph's Day!","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-03-19T10:29:00+00:00","dateModified":"2009-03-19T10:29:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#\/schema\/person\/67acddc1dbddb4c13c7e1b7df07f35e7"},"description":"In 1870, Pope Blessed Pius IX named St. Joseph the Patron of the Universal Church. Relatively little is known about this saint except for what we read","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/03\/happy-st-josephs-day.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/03\/happy-st-josephs-day.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/2009\/03\/happy-st-josephs-day.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Happy St. Joseph’s Day!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/","name":"McNamara's Blog","description":"Insightful, thought-provoking, and stimulating discussion \u2013 Patheos","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#\/schema\/person\/67acddc1dbddb4c13c7e1b7df07f35e7","name":"Pat McNamara","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3e666dc69dc2dd6d797c06218142620?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3e666dc69dc2dd6d797c06218142620?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Pat McNamara"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/author\/patmcnamara"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mcnamarasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_vjlTTnUPlbc\/ScJXDroEuAI\/AAAAAAAAA3w\/-dkfm5k2a2M\/s1600-h\/vol08no14-10display%5B1%5D.jpg\")
<\/a>In 1870, Pope Blessed Pius IX named St. Joseph the Patron of the Universal Church. Relatively little is known about this saint except for what we read Matthew and Luke\u2019s Gospels. What we do know, to quote Pope John Paul II, is that \u201cSaint Joseph was a just man, a tireless worker, the upright guardian of those entrusted to his care.\u201d For Italian Catholics, St. Joseph\u2019s is an important Feast. During the Middle Ages, it was through his intercession that the people of Sicily were saved from a serious drought. On his Feast day, the custom is to wear red, the same way that green is worn on St. Patrick\u2019s Day. Foods are traditionally served containing bread crumbs, in order to represent saw dust since St. Joseph was a carpenter. In some traditionally Catholic countries such as Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Italy, his Feast day is also Father\u2019s Day. In New Orleans, a major port of entry for Sicilian immigrants during the late nineteenth century, the Feast is a city-wide event, with public and private St. Joseph\u2019s altars displayed.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"