For Parishes, Religious Education and Catholic Schools

• Celebrate and encourage attendance at the Votive Mass of St. Joseph offered on Wednesdays, the traditional day given to his honor 

• Recite a with your parish the prayer to St. Joseph after daily Masses, such as the Litany of St. Joseph

• Celebrate St. Joseph’s feast days on March 19th and May 1st with a special celebration.

• Include a link to the Year of St. Joseph webpage on the parish website

• Promote the Year of St. Joseph events in your parish bulletins and social media channels

• Priests who have pastoral care of souls are encouraged to lead devotions with the lay faithful on Wednesdays throughout the year including the recitation of the Litany of St. Joseph before or at the end of Mass or weekly recitation of the Chaplet of St. Joseph.

• When not impeded by an obligatory memorial or feast, priests are encouraged to celebrate a Votive Mass of St. Joseph using the daily readings.