Our church encouraged people to make a Saint Joseph's Day altar. We started early and let Saint Patrick try out the "first draft" of the altar. After finishing decorating, I added one extra touch. Can you tell the difference between the two pictures below?
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| Initial altar |
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| What's new? |
We followed our usual tradition of making Guinness beef stew, which cooks in a crock pot all day long. It came out beautifully and I am looking forward to many yummy leftovers.
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| Stewing the beef |
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| Finished product |
The altar was transformed on March 18 to a Saint Joseph Altar, with many of the typical trimmings. We added bread, cookies and fruit, along with a bowl of breadcrumbs to represent the sawdust. We didn't have any fava beans so we had to improvise.
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| Saint Joseph Altar |
Another fun Saint Joseph tradition is to bake bread in the shape of carpenter's tools (since Joseph was a carpenter). We took a picture of the pre-baked dough in case the shapes got out of shape during baking.
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| The "A" is supposed to be a compass |
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| Finished products |
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| High-stepping fun |
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| Whoops, this picture is pretty much the same as the first! |
We had a fun pair of holy days in the middle of our Lenten observance.
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