Hello again! Since today is May 1st, the Feast of
St. Joseph, the Worker, and we had forgotten to tell you what we, as a church, had
done for his feast day on March 19th. An Italian tradition to
honor St. Joseph on his feast day is
with a bread altar. We have always wanted to
thank St. Joseph for all the times that he has interceded for us throughout our
many moves and changes in employment. So we talked with Fr. Martin, and he
agreed to let us create and altar as long as we able to purchase items to give
directly from a store or bakery. With the help of another (thankfully more
artistically inclined) family, we were able to set up an altar at all five of
our parish Masses over the weekend. We spoke with a local bakery (Haby’s Bakery
in Castroville) which just happens to be run by a Catholic family. The owner
was very excited to help us with this tradition, which was unknown to her but
fit well with her Catholic faith. The idea is to honor St. Joseph and to give
to the needy of the parish. Michelle was determined to make sure that every
family received some gift of food. Along with the bread, we created fruit baskets,
jars of soup mix, candles and flowers. Everyone was so grateful to have a new
tradition and looking forward to participating more in this next year.
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