Bishop Deshotel says, “The year 2020 was the 150 th anniversary of the declaration by Pope Benedict XV of St. Joseph as the Patron Saint of the Universal Church.

More background from the USCCB: St. Joseph is widely venerated in the Catholic Church. In 1870, Pope Pius IX proclaimed him Patron of the Universal Church, a feast celebrated on March 19.

Worshippers pray during Mass Oct. 17, 2010, inside St. Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal. More than 1,000 Quebecers gathered to pray as their beloved Brother Andre Bessette was declared a saint. St.

Long before America’s education reformers, St. Joseph Calasanz taught that every child, rich or poor, deserved to learn.

St. Alphonsus Parish-St. Mary’s Assumption Church, 923 Josephine St., New Orleans: March 19, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. with blessing at 11 a.m. followed by 11:30 a.m. Mass with devotions to St. Joseph ...

A special Mass will be conducted on Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. noting the end of the Year of St. Joseph at the Oblates of St. Joseph Chapel, 1880 Highway 315, Laflin.

With Saturday’s Mass, Deshotel will have celebrated Mass at all 13 of the diocese’s churches named for St. Joseph. The diocese includes 120 churches in eight civil parishes in Acadiana and ...