Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel says a blessing Saturday at the St. Joseph's Altar at St. Joseph Catholic Church. With Deshotel is St. Joseph Herbert Bennerfield. Children of the church were dressed as members of the Holy Family, one of the traditions surrounding the St. Joseph Altar observance.
The St. Joseph Altar was loaded with food and drink.
Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel draws the winning ticket for a fundraising raffle for St. Joseph. The prize was a gift basket, right.
The altar at St. Joseph in Patterson
Members of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Patterson honored a church tradition Saturday with a St. Joseph's Altar. Church history has it that the tradition goes back to Sicily, where people prayed to St. Joseph for rain to end a devastating famine. The skies opened, the famine ended and grateful people observed St. Joseph's feast day with a table full of the food they'd been able to grow.
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