Saint Joseph the Worker, Pray for Us! {or: Happy May Day}
May Day! What's not to love? Spring... Flowers... The first day of the month of Our Lady... And Communism! 1970s May Day button photo credit: Washington Area Spark CC BY-NC 2.0 (no changes made) Wait, what? In the late 19th century, international communist, socialist, and anarchist movements established May 1st as a day to celebrate laborers and the working class. Today, many countries throughout the world celebrate a Labor Day holiday that coincides with International Workers' Day on May 1st. But in 1955, Pope Pius XII dedicated May 1st to St. Joseph the Worker as a counterpoint to the socialist and communist ideology behind International Workers' Day. Read more at https://sjvlaydivision.org/the-scribe-blog/ Image source: Unsplash
