National Shrine of Saint Joseph (Croatian: Nacionalno svetište svetog Josipa) is a Croatian Catholic national shrine dedicated to Saint Joseph located in the city of Karlovac, in Parish of Our Lady of the Snows.
[1] By the end of the 17th century, new chapel was erected at the hill near the Dubovac Old City, which was proclaimed parish church in 1741 and consercrated to Our Lady of Snows.
[1] Besides parish church and the shrine, there are also calvary dedicated to Saint Anne and Greek Catholic chapel of the Wounded Jesus.
[8] After a one year preparation, on 1 September 2021 Josip Botteri Dini started placing his altar mosaic with a scene of the Nativity of Jesus.
[9] Sanctuary publishes quarterly magazine Glasnik svetog Josipa (hr, "The Messenger of the St. Joseph"), founded by Josip Stadler in 1873.
[13] The Brotherhood of St. Joseph for aid to the dying (Bratovština svetog Josipa za pomoć umirućima) also operates within the sanctuary, with hundreds of supporting members throughout Croatia and in the Croatian diaspora.