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Trusted websites, faithful organizations, and the books that will change the way you see the Holy Family and the saints who love them.

Everything Joseph Prays shares is rooted in the teaching of the Catholic Church.

The resources below are places we trust, organizations we believe in, and books that have shaped our own faith. We offer them to you the way a friend offers a good book: because it changed something in us and we think it might change something in you too.

*Joseph Prays does not sell books or receive compensation for these recommendations.

The Holy See

The official website of the Vatican and the universal Catholic Church. Home of Patris Corde, Pope Francis's apostolic letter on St. Joseph, and every papal document that has shaped the Church's understanding of the foster father of Jesus.

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EWTN

The largest Catholic media network in the world. Their library includes the Litany of St. Joseph, the full nine-day novena, the Holy Cloak devotion, and extensive teaching on Josephite spirituality. If you want to go deeper into any devotion on this site, EWTN has it.

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Ascension

Home of Fr. Mike Schmitz's Bible in a Year and Catechism in a Year. Their nine-day novena to St. Joseph is beautifully presented and includes daily Scripture readings. A place where the faith comes alive.

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Gabi After Hours

Gabriel Castillo's Catholic YouTube channel with over thirty million views. Bold, personal content on the Rosary, the Eucharist, and the saints. One of the most powerful Catholic voices reaching a new generation.

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Catholic Answers

The leading Catholic apologetics organization. Clear, faithful answers to every question about St. Joseph, from his role in Scripture to the theology behind his patronage of the universal Church. The place to go when someone asks, "Why do Catholics pray to saints?"

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Marians of the Immaculate Conception

The religious order behind Fr. Donald Calloway's Consecration to St. Joseph and the National Shrine of Divine Mercy. The Marian Fathers have been at the heart of the worldwide explosion of devotion to St. Joseph. Essential.

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Recommended Books

On St. Joseph

Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father

Fr. Donald Calloway

Thirty-three days of preparation for consecration to the foster father of Jesus. The book that ignited a worldwide movement of devotion to St. Joseph. Life-changing.

The Life & Glories of Saint Joseph

Edward Healy Thompson

A rich, deeply researched reflection on the life, virtues, and glories of the man God chose to raise His Son. Drawing from Scripture, the Fathers of the Church, and centuries of devotion, Thompson reveals a Joseph far greater than the quiet figure in the background.

Guardian of the Redeemer

Pope John Paul II (1989)

The apostolic exhortation that shaped modern Josephite theology. John Paul II presents Joseph as "the Just Man," a model of contemplation in action, and the guardian not only of the Redeemer but of the entire Church. Essential reading for understanding why the Church honors Joseph as she does.

The Autobiography of St. Teresa of Ávila

St. Teresa of Ávila

The book where the greatest testimony to St. Joseph's intercession was first written. Teresa's chapters on Joseph are the reason millions of Catholics have turned to him over the past five centuries. Read her words and you will never doubt his power again.

Patris Corde (With a Father's Heart)

Pope Francis

The apostolic letter that declared the Year of St. Joseph and reignited devotion to the foster father of Jesus across the universal Church. Pope Francis reveals Joseph as a tender, obedient, creative, hardworking, and courageous father, and invites every person to find in him a model for their own life.

The Life of Saint Joseph

Maria Cecilia Baij

The hidden life of St. Joseph as revealed in mystical vision to an eighteenth-century Benedictine nun. A vivid, reverent portrait filled with details that Scripture leaves unspoken. If the Gospels give us the outline of Joseph, this book gives us the portrait.