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Saint Joseph's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Joseph or the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, is in Western Christianity the principal feast day of Saint Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary and legal father of Jesus Christ, celebrated on 19 March. It has the rank of a solemnity in the Catholic Church. It is a feast or commemoration in the ...
In the liturgical calendar of the Roman Rite, a solemnity is a feast day of the highest rank celebrating a mystery of faith such as the Trinity, an event in the life of Jesus, his mother Mary, his earthly father Joseph, or another important saint. The observance begins with the vigil on the evening before the actual date of the feast.
In the Catholic Church, the Feast of Saint Joseph (19 March) is a solemnity (first class if using the Tridentine calendar ), and is transferred to another date if impeded (i.e., 19 March falling on Sunday or in Holy Week). [98] Joseph is remembered in the Church of England and the Episcopal Church on 19 March.
The Calendar of the Church Year is the liturgical calendar found in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer and in Lesser Feasts and Fasts, with additions made at recent General Conventions. The veneration of saints in the Episcopal Church (United States) is a continuation of an ancient tradition from the early Church which honors important and ...
1 May: Saint Joseph the Worker – optional memorial; 2 May: Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church – memorial; 3 May: Saints Philip and James, Apostles – feast; 10 May: Saint John of Ávila, Priest and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial a; 12 May: Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs – optional memorial
As a result, the Lutheran reformers retained a robust calendar of saints to be commemorated throughout the year. In addition to figures found in the Bible, early Christians such as Saint Lawrence and Martin of Tours were retained as saints on the calendar, as were extra-Biblical commemorations like the Assumption of Mary. Following the ...
Black Catholicism. The Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart ( Latin: Societas Sodalium Sancti Joseph a Sacra Corde) abbreviated SSJ, also known as the Josephites, is a society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right for men ( priests and brothers) headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. They work specifically among African Americans .
3 June: Saints Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs – Feast. 5 August: Our Lady of Africa – Memorial. 28 August: Saint Augustine of Hippo, bishop and doctor of the Church – Feast. 9 September: Saint Peter Claver, priest – Memorial. 3 October: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church – Feast.