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St. Joseph Altars

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Description

The beautiful and full of life traditional marking of generosity as celebrated in New Orleans each and every March 19.

The tradition of St. Joseph’s Day started after a severe drought in Sicily within the middle ages. In desperation, people asked St. Joseph, their patron, to intervene. They promised that if rain came they might prepare a large feast in his honor. In gratitude for prayers answered with rain, huge banquet tables were set up in public and poor people were invited to return and eat up to they wanted. As of late, special foods, linens, flowers, and statuary adorn the St. Joseph altars, built with three steps representing the Holy Trinity. Generosity marks these days, as it did the character of Joseph himself.


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