St. Joseph's Day 2023: Date, History And Significance Of It Being On Sunday

Zee Media Bureau
Mar 19, 2023

Celebrations

St. Joseph’s Day is celebrated on March 19 every year. The day commemorates the feast of St. Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary and legal father of the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Happy Feast

St. Joseph’s Day is a feast day of the highest rank in the provinces of the Anglican Communion and a feast in the Lutheran Church. Happy Feast!

St. Joseph's Day: Date

St. Joseph’s Day is celebrated on March 19 every year.

St. Joseph's Day: History

Since the 10th century, several Western countries celebrated March 19 as the Feast of St. Joseph. The feast day became the official practice of the Church in the 1500s. Joseph is a patron of many things.

St. Joseph's Day: Significance

He is the patron of a happy death, families, the Universal Church, fathers, expectant mothers, travellers, craftsmen, immigrants, workers, and engineers. He is also the patron of many countries including America, Canada, Croatia, Mexico, Korea, Austria and many more.

Significance of St. Joseph’s Day falling on a Sunday

It is one of the few jubilant solemnities during the season of Lent and is a time of great rejoicing.

Significance of St. Joseph’s Day falling on a Sunday

This feast of St. Joseph will never supersede a Sunday of Lent. So March 19 happens to fall on a Sunday, and the feast will be moved to the following Monday, March 20.

How to observe St. Joseph's Day?

Celebrate it like Lent- avoid meat on this day and go for meatless dishes on this day. Go to church- You can pray your hearts out and go into a divine state on this day.

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