Saint Joseph the Worker
Optional Memorial · White · 1 May
In May
About this day
Pope Pius XII established this memorial in 1955 to give all workers a model and protector in Saint Joseph, who by the daily labor of a carpenter provided for the Virgin Mary and the Son of God. Its texts present human work, offered to God, as obedience to his command.
Coming up in the next year
Next: Sat 1 May 2027 — Year B · I
- Sat 1 May 2027 (optional)
Music
Mass
- Organ Propers, Book 5: Immaculate Heart of Mary to May 26 – St Philip Neri (Organ) [5. May. Propers. SANC. organ] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- May 01 – St Joseph the Worker – Propers [May 1 Mass] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
- Saints of Thanksgiving Day to Dec 14 – St John of the Cross – Propers (English & Latin) [Propers. III. SANC full. 06.04.20] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- Jan 23 – St Marianne Cope to Nov 21 – Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Entrance, Communion (Spanish) [Scanned from a Xerox Multifunction Printer 57] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Communion
From the Missal
- Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “Blessed are all who fear the…” Ps 127: 1-2
- Communion — Roman Missal “Whatever you do in word or…” Cf. Col 3: 17