Therefore, Joseph was already Mary’s legal husband at the time Jesus was conceived. ‘The Dream of St. Joseph,’ by the 18th-century Italian painter Stefano Maria Legnani.

March 19 is the Feast of St. Joseph — also known as St. Joseph's Day. The day celebrates the life of St. Joseph, "the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, foster father of Jesus Christ, and patron ...

After all, Joseph raised Jesus to be a carpenter like he was, all the while not just being a symbolic father figure for Jesus; he was a very real, physical model of fatherhood as well.

So Joseph took her into his home and they began their married life, and within a short time, Jesus was born. I think Joseph is a very marvelous example to us. Don’t we often quickly come to ...

Joseph was destined to be her husband, and raise the child as his own. Jesus needed both a mother and a father, and each had an indispensible part in the unfolding plan of God. Joseph himself was ...

In the Christian tradition, today is the Feastday of St. Joseph the Worker – the foster father of Jesus. St. Joseph has frequently been depicted in art and history as a carpenter, patiently ...