Cathedral of St. Joseph parishioners named their church for the foster father of our Savior.
Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, appears only a few times in the Bible, where he is described as a just man. We hear accounts of the dreams the Lord sent him to take Mary into his home, and later, to flee to Egypt with Mary and the Baby Jesus to escape King Herod. Joseph also is silent in the Bible: we have no recorded words of the Savior’s earthly carpenter father.
Joseph descended from the line of King David and it was to David’s city Bethlehem that he journeyed to obey the census edict, and where Jesus was born.
We celebrate St. Joseph’s solemnity March 19, and on May 1, honor him as patron of workers.
St. Joseph also is patron saint of the Universal Church, and of a happy death. We know him to watch over home buyers and sellers. He also is the patron saint of many Catholic dioceses, and of various cities and countries throughout the world. He now is named in the Eucharistic Prayer at Mass.