St. Joseph High School honors the patron saint with a special table of food, including fava beans, baked goods, and ...

Below for the listing and interactive map of St. Joseph's Altars: ...

St. Joseph's Day altars are on display across the New Orleans area. The St. Joseph Altar or St. Joseph Table is an old ...

Because the feast occurs during Lent, traditionally no meat was allowed on the celebration table. The altar usually has three tiers, to represent the trinity. History of St. Joseph’s Day ...

St. Joseph High School, in honor of its namesake, set up a special table, or altar, to remember him last week. This was done in accordance with the Feast of St. Joseph, which is traditionally held ...

Hoping to fill the void for a book geared to younger children explaining the origin of the St. Joseph Altar tradition, Jesuit ...

This week, across the New Orleans area, descendants of Sicilian immigrants will lay out elaborate altars laden with food and drink in honor of St. Joseph. The tradition, a deeply rooted old-world ...

The Sicilian tradition of St. Joseph's altars recalls a drought in the late ... to show their gratitude to him, they prepared a table with a special assortment of foods they had harvested.

dedication and blessing of the elaborate St. Joseph’s Altar on Friday and a communal meal at Saturday in the main church hall. Members of the society prepared for weeks for the multitiered ...

Then, there are the traditions. The lemons on the altar are for good luck and marriage. The Scillian tradition says that if a ...

The St. Joseph altars or tables are a Sicilian tradition serving as a thank you for Joseph’s intercession during a horrific drought as the people prayed for relief. St. Joseph’s Day first ...