St. Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus, has two feast days. Since the early 14th century his feast in the Western church has been observed on March 19, the traditional day of Joseph’s death. In 1955 Pope Pius XII established the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker on May 1 as a counter-celebration to the communists’ May Day.
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