Many countries with a Catholic heritage, however, such as Portugal and Spain, have already honored ... Many Italians celebrate the day with a St. Joseph’s Altar or Bread Table providing free ...

In some Catholic countries, such as Italy and Spain, St Joseph's Day falls on the same day as Father's Day. In Poland and Canada, the religious occasion is observed as a Patronal Feast day.

St. Joseph’s Day is a popularly celebrated holiday in Italy, and in American by those of Italian descent on March 19. The holiday is also widely celebrated in Malta, Spain, Poland and the ...

March 19 is the Feast of St. Joseph — also known as St. Joseph's Day. The day celebrates the life of St. Joseph, "the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, foster father of Jesus Christ ...

Statues of St. Joseph, very much a celebrity to us, are displayed prominently on front lawns and in storefront windows. To mark this day, my family and neighbors would gather at a local Bronx ...

La Festa di San Giuseppe, or St. Joseph’s Day, celebrates the life of the husband of the Virgin Mary and the man who raised Jesus Christ and is a popular day in the Italian American community.

ST JOSEPH’S DAY BECAME CELEBRATED IN ITALY DURING A TIME OF GREAT FAMINE IN THE MIDDLE AGES. PEOPLE BELIEVED JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF THE VIRGIN MARY AND EARTHLY FATHER OF JESUS, ANSWERED THEIR ...