The Holy Family
The Feast of the Holy Family, which we celebrate each year on the first Sunday after Christmas, honors the family life of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. They are the Holy Family which each family hopes to imitate. Since the Renaissance, the Holy Family has been a popular subject in religious art, with many famous paintings focusing on the Nativity or the Holy Family’s Flight into Egypt.
“The Baby Jesus with his Mother Mary and with St. Joseph are a simple but so luminous icon of the family. The light it casts is the light of mercy and salvation for all the world.” -Pope Francis
Catholic Apostolate Center Blog Posts on the Holy Family
Pilgrimage Sites in the United States
Holy Family Shrine — Gretna, NE
Holy Family Cathedral — Tulsa, OK