Our class saint is:  St Joseph

Feast day: 19th March

God chose Joseph, a young carpenter of Nazareth, to be the foster father of Jesus and the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  After they were engaged to be married an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream and told him that Mary would give birth to a Child who would be the Son of God.

Mary and Joseph had to travel to Bethlehem to register for the census.  They could find no place to stay except a stable.  There Mary gave birth to her Son and laid Him in a manger.

At the word of an angel Joseph took Jesus and Mary to Egypt and stayed there till the angel told him to go back to Nazareth.  At Nazareth Joseph worked hard for Jesus and Mary.  Later, Jesus worked with Joseph in the carpenter shop and learnt how to make things out of wood.  Joseph died in the arms of Jesus and Mary.