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01/05/2026

01/05/2026

May 1 - Feast of St Joseph the Worker

01/05/2026

While the Blessed Virgin Mary has appeared many times throughout history, apparitions of St. Joseph are rarer—yet profoundly moving.He comes quietly, protectively, always pointing us to Jesus and Mary.

Here are some of the most notable occasions:

✨ Cotignac, France – June 7, 1660

The only Church-approved solo apparition of St. Joseph. On a scorching day, 22-year-old shepherd Gaspard Ricard was dying of thirst. A tall, noble man appeared and said:

“I am Joseph. Lift this rock and you will drink.”
Gaspard obeyed — and a miraculous spring gushed forth! Eight men later could barely move the same rock. The spring still flows today, bringing healing and devotion to the Holy Family. The site is a recognized sanctuary.

✨ Knock, Ireland – August 21, 1879

During a pouring rain, 15 witnesses saw a silent heavenly tableau on the gable of the parish church: Our Lady, St. Joseph (bowing respectfully toward her), St. John the Evangelist, and the Lamb of God on an altar with angels. No words were spoken — the image itself was the message of consolation during famine and persecution. Fully Church-approved.

✨ Fatima, Portugal – October 13, 1917

During the Miracle of the Sun, as 70,000 people watched, St. Joseph appeared with the Child Jesus beside Our Lady. Both blessed the world with the Sign of the Cross. Sister Lucia later described it as a powerful sign of St. Joseph’s protection over the Church in difficult times.

St. Joseph also appeared with Jesus and Mary in the approved apparitions at Itapiranga, Brazil (1994–1998), encouraging devotion to his Most Chaste Heart.
Why does he appear?

✅ St. Teresa of Ávila, who had many personal visions of him, wrote: “I know by experience that the glorious St. Joseph helps us in all kinds of necessities… To other saints, Our Lord seems to have given the grace to help us in some particular necessity. But this glorious saint, I know by experience, helps us in every need.”

He is the model of silent strength, chaste love, and total trust in God’s Providence.
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🙏 St. Joseph, Guardian of the Holy Family, Terror of Demons, and Protector of the Universal Church — pray for us! Help us to live as you did: in humble obedience, quiet courage, and tender love for Jesus and Mary. 🌹

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01/05/2026

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01/05/2026

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30/04/2026

May 1 - Feast of St.Joseph the Worker

30/04/2026

Today, the Church celebrates three beautiful occasions:

• The Feast of St. Joseph the Worker
• The First Friday Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
• The beginning of May, the month dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary

May the Sacred Heart fill us with His love, St. Joseph inspire our work, and Our Blessed Mother lead us closer to Christ.

Mass Schedule:
7:15 a.m.
5:30 p.m. — with Holy Hour after the Mass

30/04/2026

教宗聖比約五世
April 30
St. Pius V, Dominican Pope of the Holy Rosary

This is the pope whose job it was to implement the historic Council of Trent. If we think popes had difficulties in implementing Vatican Council II, Pius V had even greater problems after Trent four centuries earlier.

During his papacy (1566-1572), Pius V was faced with the almost overwhelming responsibility of getting a shattered and scattered Church back on its feet. The family of God had been shaken by corruption, by the Reformation, by the constant threat of Turkish invasion, and by the bloody bickering of the young nation-states. In 1545, a previous pope convened the Council of Trent in an attempt to deal with all these pressing problems. Off and on over 18 years, the Fathers of the Church discussed, condemned, affirmed, and decided upon a course of action. The Council closed in 1563.

Pius V was elected in 1566 and charged with the task of implementing the sweeping reforms called for by the Council. He ordered the founding of seminaries for the proper training of priests. He published a new missal, a new breviary, a new catechism, and established the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classes for the young. Pius zealously enforced legislation against abuses in the Church. He patiently served the sick and the poor by building hospitals, providing food for the hungry, and giving money customarily used for the papal banquets to poor Roman converts. His decision to keep wearing his Dominican habit led to the custom–to this day–of the pope wearing a white cassock.

In striving to reform both Church and state, Pius encountered vehement opposition from England’s Queen Elizabeth and the Roman Emperor Maximilian II. Problems in France and in the Netherlands also hindered Pius’s hopes for a Europe united against the Turks. Only at the last minute was he able to organize a fleet which won a decisive victory in the Gulf of Lepanto, off Greece, on October 7, 1571.

Pius’s ceaseless papal quest for a renewal of the Church was grounded in his personal life as a Dominican friar. He spent long hours with his God in prayer, fasted rigorously, deprived himself of many customary papal luxuries, and faithfully observed the spirit of the Dominican Rule that he had professed.