SAINT JOSEPH ”Pray we imitate his obedience" Saint Joseph is known as the spouse of our Lady and foster-father of our Lord. He is honored in Christian tradition for the nurturing care and protector of the infant Jesus and his mother in taking them to Egypt to escape Herod's slaughter of the innocents. Saint Joseph is pictured as a man of deep devotion, open to mystical experiences and as a man of compassion, who accepted his God-given responsibility with gentleness and humility. He is described with the all-embracing phrase "a just man" (Matt.1:9). Joseph is typically shown as an old man carrying a lily and some symbol of carpentry and instructing the boy Jesus in his craft. As Joseph the Carpenter, he is considered the patron saint of the workingman. The little that is told of him is a testimony to the trust in God, which values simple everyday duties and gives an example of a loving husband and father. Emblems associated with Saint Joseph are a carpenter's set square and a lily. Saint Joseph was donated by: The Fill Family in memory of Raymond and Lillian Fill The Fritzsche Family in memory of Loved Ones Ignatius and Doris Mancuso and their Family in memory of Loved Ones