The New Orleans area will be home to roughly 50 St. Joseph Altars from now through March 20, a time when Catholics celebrate St. Joseph and give thanks for good fortune in their lives. Skip to content ...

St. Joseph Day altars are ubiquitous in New Orleans. You find them in churches, community centers, bars, hotels -- even grocery stores. For many of us who grew up in ...

St. Luke the Evangelist, March 19, St. Joseph Mass at 10 a.m. in church followed by a procession to the St. Joseph altar for a blessing in the Family Life Center, then lunch. Altar is open to 2 p ...

Talamo family altar, 6122 1/2 Patton St. Altar at home of Joseph and Mary Talamo on March 18, blessing at 6 p.m., with viewing until 7:30 p.m. March 19, viewing from 1 to 4 p.m. Xavier University ...

About 700 area residents gathered at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Denham Springs on Saturday to view the elaborate St. Joseph’s Altar, witness the Feeding of the Saints ritual, ...

NEW ORLEANS — In the Middle Ages, a devastating famine led Sicilian farmers to pray to St. Joseph for his intercession. When their prayers were answered and their crops and livestock rebounded ...

LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - May 19 is St. Joseph's Day and to honor it, many Catholic churches have a replica of St. Joseph's Altar. The altar comes from Sicily during the time of a great famine where ...

This year’s commemoration of St. Joseph will begin with the St. Joseph Mass at 7 p.m. March 15, with the blessing of the altar to follow in the Main Hall after the Mass.

This past weekend while visiting family, I paid a visit to a St. Joseph altar in Mandeville, about 30 miles North of New Orleans. I got to chat with Anne Dale, ...

The seventh annual St. Joseph Altar at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Erath wrapped up today at Pope John Paul II Parish Hall. The church hall is located at 700 South Broadway Street. Fr.

And visitors to St. Joseph's altar at the Nativity B.V.M. agree that it's a lovely scene. "I think it's beautiful and I think it's a wonderful tradition," said Mario Longo of Houston, TX.