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St. Joseph the Worker

Established in 1955, the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker is part of a growing devotion to Joseph of Nazareth. But it is also a message from the Church about what it means to be truly human in the modern world. Oblate of Saint Joseph, Father Matthew Spencer walks us through this history, and dispels some myths about the patron of the Universal Church.

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