Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and foster father of Jesus Christ. A carpenter from Nazareth of the House of David, Joseph received the angel's command in a dream and took Mary into his home. The Church venerates him as Patron of the Universal Church, of workers, of fathers, and of a happy death.
Pilgrimage Sites Dedicated to St Joseph
Nazareth
Holy Land · Asia
Nazareth is Jesus' childhood home and the site of the Annunciation, where Gabriel told Mary she would bear the Son of God.
Bethlehem
Holy Land · Asia
Birthplace of Jesus Christ where the Church of the Nativity marks the grotto venerated since the second century.
Cotignac
France · Europe
Cotignac is the world's only village where all three members of the Holy Family appeared, making it a premier Catholic pilgrimage destination in Provence.
Montreal
Canada · North America
Saint Joseph's Oratory, the world's largest shrine to St Joseph, grew from a chapel a college porter built on Mount Royal in 1904.
Kalisz
Poland · Europe
Kalisz hosts Poland's National Shrine of St. Joseph, one of the world's oldest sanctuaries dedicated to Jesus' earthly father.
Barcelona
Spain · Europe
Barcelona offers Catholic pilgrims extraordinary spiritual heritage with Gaudí's masterpiece Sagrada Família and ancient Gothic churches in Catalonia's historic heart.
Farnborough
England (UK) · Europe
Farnborough houses England's National Shrine to St Joseph at St Michael's Abbey, a Benedictine monastery attracting Catholic pilgrims seeking spiritual reflection.
Knock
Ireland · Europe
Knock Shrine is Ireland's International Eucharistic and Marian Shrine where an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph and St. John appeared in 1879.
Karlovac
Croatia · Europe
Karlovac is home to the National Shrine of Saint Joseph, Croatia's premier Catholic pilgrimage destination dedicated to the nation's patron saint.
St. Louis
United States · North America
Home to the Midwest's only Vatican-authenticated miracle, St. Louis holds a uniquely concentrated Catholic heritage along the Mississippi.
De Pere
United States · North America
National Shrine of St. Joseph at St. Norbert College holds the only papally crowned statue of St. Joseph in the United States.
San Giuseppe Vesuviano
Italy · Europe
Town named for St. Joseph, home to a monumental sanctuary built in stages from 1905 and a Jubilee 2025 pilgrimage site in the Diocese of Nola.
Hanoi
Vietnam · Asia
Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Hanoi, built 1884–1886 in neo-Gothic style, anchors Catholic life in Vietnam's capital.
Detroit
United States · North America
Victorian Gothic shrine, a French colonial basilica founded in 1701, and the tomb of Blessed Solanus Casey define Detroit's Catholic landscape.
Venecia
Colombia · South America
Adobe sanctuary in Antioquia's coffee hills, elevated by Pope Francis in 2021, holding relics of St. Vincent the Deacon and St. Eusebius of Vercelli.
Stirling
United States · North America
Shrine of Saint Joseph in the Watchung Mountains — a 100-year-old pilgrimage center run by the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity.