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.
Montréal
Canada · North America
Montréal is a prominent Catholic pilgrimage destination, home to the ornate Notre-Dame Basilica—famous for its Gothic Revival architecture and intricate interior—and Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, the world's largest shrine dedicated to Saint Joseph, attracting millions of visitors annually.
Kalisz
Poland · Europe
Kalisz hosts Poland's National Shrine of St. Joseph, one of the world's oldest sanctuaries dedicated to Jesus' earthly father, drawing pilgrims seeking St. Joseph's intercession.
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.