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.

The Review/Bill Decker