A Father’s Heart

On December 8, 2020, Pope Francis announced that a “Year of St. Joseph” will take place from December 8, 2020 until December 8, 2021. On that same day, Pope Francis released his Apostolic Letter Patris Corde (“A Father’s Heart”). It is available online, or as a PDF document to download and print:

Online (Vatican website) 11-page document (PDF)

Special Graces During the “Year of St. Joseph”

Update: On May 1, 2021, Pope Francis added seven invocations to the “Litany of St. Joseph”. The documents below have been updated to include these titles of St. Joseph. The translation was approved by the Committee on Divine Worship, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on June 4, 2021.

At the same time, Pope Francis authorized a number of ways of gaining special Plenary Indulgences during the “Year of St. Joseph”. The complete list is given in the following document:

“Year of St. Joseph Special
Indulgences” (full color PDF) Same “Special Indulgences”
document in Black and White (PDF)

To gain some of the Plenary Indulgences requires reciting specific prayers. They have been compiled into a single document: “Prayers for the Year of St. Joseph” (PDF):

Full Page
(double-sided) Booklet
(bi-fold sheet) Pamphlet
(tri-fold sheet)

These resources,—the list of indulgences and the prayers—has been compiled into an e-book (EPUB format, DRM free).

Year of St. Joseph E-Book

To view this e-book, an e-book app needs to be installed on your computer, laptop, tablet or smart phone.

Novena to St. Joseph

Pray a Novena to St. Joseph with the Bishops of the United States.

Novena to St. Joseph
with U.S. Bishops

Included on the website page is a link to a series of videos; click “video playlist” to join bishops for the 9 days of prayer. Bishop Folda and Archbishop Aquila are featured in the video series!