Church Life
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St. Joseph Altars
The feast of St. Joseph is being celebrated Thursday, March 19 this year. Many church parishes in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux observe this feast day by creating St. Joseph Altars that are available for viewing by the general public. Following is a list of the St. Joseph Altars that will be on display throughout the diocese this year. Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales, Houma The St. Joseph Altar will be on display Thursday, March 19 from 8 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. A St. Joseph Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Shelton J. Fabre at 8:30 a.m., followed by blessing of the altar and the Tupa Tupa. The altar will be closed March 20-21 and reopen Sunday, March 22 from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Goody bags filled with
Ready for viewing March 19
cookies, fava beans, St. Joseph prayer cards and other religious items will be served to all. Italian fig cookies will be on sale to benefit diocesan seminarian education and other charitable work. St. Joseph Co-Cathedral, Thibodaux A St. Joseph Altar will be on display in the church Thursday, March 19 following a blessing after the 6:30 a.m. Mass and will be available for viewing until the final blessing after the 5:30 p.m. Mass. All visitors to the altar are invited to bring a canned good which
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will be donated to the Good Samaritan Food Bank of Thibodaux. Annunziata, Houma A St. Joseph Altar will be blessed after the 8 a.m. Mass on Thursday, March 19, with a potluck meal after the 6 p.m. Mass.
Christ the Redeemer, Thibodaux
A St. Joseph Altar will be on display in the Family Center, beginning with a blessing immediately after the 7:30 a.m. Mass Thursday, March 19, with viewing from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Mass will be celebrated at 5:30 p.m., followed by breaking of the altar and a fish courtbouillon.
Holy Savior, Lockport
A St. Joseph Altar will be available for viewing Thursday, March 19 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at 155 Church St. in Lockport.
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