The following parishes, schools and entities of the Archdiocese of New Orleans will host St. Joseph Altars for the feast of St. Joseph on March 19. The tradition, which is Sicilian and Roman ...

In the Middle Ages, residents there prayed to St. Joseph, the island nation's patron saint, to provide for them during famine. On the saint's feast day, March 19, they built altars in thanks.

Soon enough, if not already, fig cookies, lemons and fava beans will adorn pied St. Joseph Altars at local Catholic churches to celebrate the feast day of the saint. The tradition dates back to ...

After the feast at St. Joseph's altar, all of the leftover food is donated to local kitchens and shelters. Additionally, visitors are encouraged to make monetary donations, which will be divided ...

WGNO News with a Twist features guy Wild Bill Wood takes you on a tour of St. Joseph’s Altars around town. First stop is St. Francis Xavier Church in Old Metairie, right on Metairie Road.

St. Joseph altars had been a way to celebrate the feast day for three decades when, in 1914, the Times-Democrat wrote about the altar at St. Joseph Church in Gretna. It reported that the Rev ...

in the church narthex Public viewing on St. Joseph’s Feast Day March 19, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with altar blessing at 10 a.m. 5500 Paris Ave., New Orleans, administration building March 19 ...

The St. Patrick's parade is over and the Irish (and honorary Irish) have gone home to sleep off their annual bout of intemperance, but the multi-generational marchers of the Italian-American St ...

After their feast, they gave food and money to the poor. Today, St. Joseph’s Day altars are created throughout south Louisiana, but primarily in New Orleans, where a large percentage of its ...

“They’re kind of the sign, the symbol of these altars and of the St. Joseph’s Day feast,” said Shaubhut. “You carry one around and it’s supposed to be good luck and good fortune for ...

Parishioners celebrate Feast of Corpus Christi with a procession On Sunday, St. Joseph, St. Ann and Sacred ... at people’s homes where there were altars to have prayer and do readings.

The following parishes, schools and entities of the Archdiocese of New Orleans will carry on the tradition of erecting St. Joseph Altars this month. The tradition, which is Sicilian in origin but ...