Here's a full list of St. Joseph altars in Orleans, Jefferson, St. Tammany, St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes.

New Orleans (James B. Branton Chapel ... Public viewing 9 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m. Contact: (504) 522-3186.St. Joseph Church and ShrineAddress: 610 Sixth St. (gym at corner of 7th and Newton ...

NEW ORLEANS — The St. Joseph Altar is a Sicilian tradition that originated as a tribute to St. Joseph after prayers for rain ended a severe drought. To show their gratitude people prepared a ...

Each year on March 19th, Catholics in the New Orleans area celebrate ... This historically black church allowed Sicilians to worship, which intertwines them with St. Joseph’s Day.

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.

This week, across the New Orleans area, descendants of Sicilian ... the Times-Democrat wrote about the altar at St. Joseph Church in Gretna. It reported that the Rev. Stenmans said high Mass ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — March 21 may have been a Lenten “Fish Fry Friday,” but the Italian American St. Joseph Society had an extra-large pasta for lunch. Every year, they say it’s the world ...

NEW ORLEANS — Saint Joseph's Night is a cultural and spiritual celebration observed in New Orleans, primarily by the Mardi Gras Indians, on the evening of March 19, the feast day of Saint Joseph.

Hoping to fill the void for a book geared to younger children explaining the origin of the St. Joseph Altar tradition, Jesuit High School graduate Joseph Ruli’s “Giovanni and the Fava Beans: The Story ...