Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

December 28

The Holy Family includes Jesus, the Son of God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, His Mother, and St. Joseph, His foster father.  The feast is celebrated on the Sunday after Christmas, or is these is no Sunday within the octave, it is celebrated on December 30.  In are it is customary to portray the Holy Family with Jesus as a baby or child, based upon the fact that St. Joseph died while Jesus was young.