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.

A list of local St. Joseph altars throughout the area, celebrating the feast day of the popular saint on March 19. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook Share on SMS Share on Email Navigation News Back ...

Sicilians prayed to St. Joseph, the island nation's patron saint, to rescue them from famine, and built altars in thanks. In 1870, Pope Pius IX declared him Holy Patriarch Joseph, patron of the ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — St. Joseph’s altars are being set up across the Greater New Orleans region honoring Saint Joseph, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and earthly father of Jesus.

It is created as a promise fulfilled for answered prayers. Below for the listing and interactive map of St. Joseph's Altars: All Saints, 1441 Teche St., New Orleans: Altar viewing March 15 ...

and it’s really been just amazing,” said Co-Chair of St. Joseph’s Altar Society at Saint Francis Xavier, Rick Redmann. Louisiana’s best-known beans celebrate 100 years in the Big Easy The ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The time has come once again for Catholics to honor the Patron Saint of Sicily, St. Joseph, with an altar offering love, labor and sacrifice. An assortment of harvested ...

On Saturday, at 11 a.m., the Feeding of the Saints, a ritual observed in connection with the St. Joseph’s Altar, will be held. At noon, the doors to the hall will open, and the St. Joseph’s ...

ELIZABETH AND SAINT PHILIP NERI IS STILL CELEBRATING ... Joseph's Day altars are on display across the New Orleans area.The St. Joseph Altar or St. Joseph Table is an old tradition from Sicily ...

THEN IN METAIRIE, SAINT FRANCIS, XAVIER IS HAVING ITS PUBLIC VIEWING AT THE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM FROM NINE UNTIL FOUR, WITH THE PUBL St. Joseph's Day altars are now displayed at several locations ...