[聖人Saint] 大聖若瑟 St. Joseph (1870年，聖教處於困厄之中，教宗庇護九世奉大聖若瑟為聖教總主保 In 1889 Pope Leo XIII urged Catholics to pray to Saint Joseph as patron of Church in view of challenges facing Church)

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大聖若瑟（聖母淨配） 
St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary

聖教總主保
Patron of Universal Church

中華主保
Patron Saint of China

(1870年，聖教處於困厄之中，教宗庇護九世奉大聖若瑟為聖教總主保
In 1889 Pope Leo XIII urged Catholics to pray to Saint Joseph as patron of Church in view of challenges facing Church)

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大聖若瑟禱文 Prayer To St Joseph 

(他總不會暴斃…他們也不會落在敵人手中…且不會在戰場上失敗
shall never die a sudden death…neither shall they fall into the hands of the enemy…or shall be overpowered in battle)

http://catholicmessages.blogspot.hk/2014/06/prayer-to-st-joseph-shall-never-die.html

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http://www.33ww.org/2004/f/3.19.htm

第十二世紀十字軍興起時，出現了3月19日的聖若瑟慶節。

1621年，教宗額我略十五世頒定，通令全教會遵守此慶節。

1870年，聖教處於困厄之中，教宗庇護九世為托求大聖若瑟的保佑，奉大聖若瑟為聖教總主保。

1956年又加上了「聖母淨配」名銜。聖若瑟同時也是我國的主保。

http://www.catholic.org.tw/fatimads/Old/SAINT0319.htm

一九八九年八月十五日，教宗若望保祿二世，為紀念教宗良十三世的〈豐沛恩寵〉通諭百週年，發表了〈救主的監護人〉勸諭─論聖若瑟這位人物及其在基督及教會生命中的使命。

開宗明義，教宗說他願意分享他對聖若瑟的反省，供我們加強敬愛、效法聖若瑟，並增進對聖若瑟的敬禮。因為聖若瑟受到天主的付託，保管天主最珍貴的寶藏：天主聖子及聖母瑪利亞。我們也應像聖若瑟一樣愛護天主的教會，求聖若瑟保護我們，幫助我們，像聖若瑟那樣參與基督的救恩計劃。

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4

In 1870, Pope Pius IX declared Joseph patron of the universal Church and instituted another feast, with an octave, to be held in his honour on Wednesday in the second week after Easter.

In 1889 Pope Leo XIII issued the encyclical Quamquam Pluries in which he urged Catholics to pray to Saint Joseph, as the patron of the Church in view of the challenges facing the Church.

In 1989, on the occasion of the centenary of Quamquam Pluries Pope John Paul II issued Redemptoris Custos, i.e. Guardian of the Redeemer which presented Saint Joseph's role in the plan of redemption, as part of the "redemption documents" issued by John Paul II such as Redemptoris Mater to which it refers.

Saint Joseph is the patron saint of a number of cities, regions and countries, among them the Americas, Canada, China, Croatia, Mexico, Korea, Austria, Belgium, Peru, the Philippines and Vietnam, as well as of families, fathers, expectant mothers (pregnant women), travelers, immigrants, house sellers and buyers, craftsmen, engineers, and working people in general. (For full list, see External lists: Saint Joseph at Patron Saints Index)