Comments on: St. Joseph’s Altars, Revisted http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mybayouvieux http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/comment-page-1/#comment-1720 mybayouvieux Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:23:50 +0000 http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/#comment-1720 Need to put this on my Nola must do before I move away list! Hopefully, I never move away ;-) Need to put this on my Nola must do before I move away list! Hopefully, I never move away ;-)

]]> By: Charlotte http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/comment-page-1/#comment-1715 Charlotte Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:28:19 +0000 http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/#comment-1715 Really great pix. thanks for sharing. can you believe having lived here for 30 years, I've never seen a St Joseph alter in person? Shame on me. Really great pix. thanks for sharing. can you believe having lived here for 30 years, I’ve never seen a St Joseph alter in person? Shame on me.

]]> By: Stacey http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/comment-page-1/#comment-1707 Stacey Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:13:59 +0000 http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/#comment-1707 Wow. Thanks for sharing. I will have to do this next year!! Wow. Thanks for sharing. I will have to do this next year!!

]]> By: Stephen http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/comment-page-1/#comment-1699 Stephen Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:34:11 +0000 http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/#comment-1699 Impressive pictures! I had no idea people went to such great lengths! Impressive pictures! I had no idea people went to such great lengths!

]]> By: Momo Fali http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/comment-page-1/#comment-1696 Momo Fali Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:49:31 +0000 http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/#comment-1696 Wow! All our church does for Lent is make soup and sandwiches!! We look pretty sad compared to this. Wow! All our church does for Lent is make soup and sandwiches!! We look pretty sad compared to this.

]]> By: Nola http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/comment-page-1/#comment-1693 Nola Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:55:02 +0000 http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/#comment-1693 Lia, the church parishioners generally prepare the food. The food is then displayed. After it is blessed, the altars are generally dismantled and the food is offered to the faithful to be eaten. What isn't eaten is then given to charity. So there is a period of viewing. Then eating. The public tends not to bring food to an altar (other than the parishioners that prepare it). We ate nothing from the altars other than cookies in the goodie bags (they were quite fresh and tasty). Lia, the church parishioners generally prepare the food. The food is then displayed. After it is blessed, the altars are generally dismantled and the food is offered to the faithful to be eaten. What isn’t eaten is then given to charity. So there is a period of viewing. Then eating. The public tends not to bring food to an altar (other than the parishioners that prepare it). We ate nothing from the altars other than cookies in the goodie bags (they were quite fresh and tasty).

]]> By: lilalia http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/comment-page-1/#comment-1692 lilalia Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:38:23 +0000 http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/#comment-1692 Sugar-free. No, dear, you are in sugar heaven. For sugar-free you have to go to purgatory. I didn't quite understand whether people bring the food as donations to the alter, or whether they leave money behind? Do people actually then eat the food? Sugar-free. No, dear, you are in sugar heaven. For sugar-free you have to go to purgatory.

I didn’t quite understand whether people bring the food as donations to the alter, or whether they leave money behind? Do people actually then eat the food?

]]> By: pete http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/comment-page-1/#comment-1686 pete Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:57:58 +0000 http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/#comment-1686 Favorite moment: in line at Brocato's; pastries, gelatos and Italian ices arrayed before us in the display cases; the lady in front of us asks the girl behind the counter, "Do you have anything sugar-free?" I laughed out loud, hard; she turns and asks, "Are you laughing at me?" You say, "Oh, it's just that we didn't know there was a St. Joseph altar here," and I say, "No, I was laughing at you. I'm sorry." Priceless. Although a reasonable question, it just seemed totally absurd given the place and time. Favorite moment: in line at Brocato’s; pastries, gelatos and Italian ices arrayed before us in the display cases; the lady in front of us asks the girl behind the counter, “Do you have anything sugar-free?” I laughed out loud, hard; she turns and asks, “Are you laughing at me?” You say, “Oh, it’s just that we didn’t know there was a St. Joseph altar here,” and I say, “No, I was laughing at you. I’m sorry.” Priceless. Although a reasonable question, it just seemed totally absurd given the place and time.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/comment-page-1/#comment-1685 Lisa Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:49:57 +0000 http://www.nolanotes.com/2008/03/15/st-josephs-altars-revisted/#comment-1685 Thanks for the pics, I would love to be able to see these altars for myself one day! Thanks for the pics, I would love to be able to see these altars for myself one day!

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