In this article about Pope Francis decree of a special Catholic year for St. Joseph, Sue Paweski, a Sister of Providence of St. Mary of the Woods tells us her special devotion to St. Joseph because he reminds her of her father, "who was a steady, faithful presence in our family".
"There is little about Joseph in the New Testament. We know he was from the House of David; he was a carpenter, and he was a faithful and devoted spouse to Mary, and a loving father to Jesus. We don't know when he died. We last hear about him in Luke 2:41-52 when he and Mary find the 12-year-old Jesus speaking to the teachers in the Temple. Joseph is not at the marriage feast in Cana so I surmise that he died before Jesus was 30 years old."
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