From Itapiranga in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil, comes this Church-approved apparition of St. Joseph.
From March 1 to March 9, 1998, St. Joseph appeared to a 22-year-old student, Edson Glauber, encouraging devotion and consecration to his Most Chaste Heart as efficacious means of protection from the devil and of growth in virtue, especially holy faith and chastity.
It is not necessary for Catholics to believe in such private revelations; as the Catechism of the Catholic Church states, "It is not their role to improve or complete Christ's definitive Revelation, but to help live more fully by it in a certain period of history." (67)
And, I have personally found the messages associated indeed helpful in living out the gospel in this period of history. Check them out!
For more info., please see this article from the National Catholic Register.
