New Orleans’ St. Joseph feast
New Orleans marked St. Joseph’s Day on March 19 with more than 50 community altars and neighborhood parades — including the city’s signature “world’s largest pasta bowl” communal meal. (wwltv.com) Schools and students built altars and local groups distributed food donations, underlining the holiday’s intergenerational, community role. (axios.com) (fox8live.com)
St. Alphonsus reported baking nearly 20,000 cookies for its St. Joseph feast this year, one of the largest single-item contributions noted across area altars. (225batonrouge.com) Jesuit High School students — led by sophomore Anthony Amadeo and the school’s St. Joseph Society — displayed a side altar in the Chapel of the North American Martyrs with public visitation set for March 19 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and a scheduled breaking of the altar at 12:35 p.m. on that day. (jesuitnola.org) The Archdiocese of New Orleans’ official 2026 altar listing includes sites such as Archbishop Chapelle High School, which opened its altar for public viewing March 18 (noon–8 p.m.) and March 19 (9 a.m.–4 p.m.), and noted that candles were sold for $5. (nolacatholic.org) The Italian American St. Joseph Society confirmed its annual Pasta Party at the Hilton Riverside on March 27, 2026, billed as the society’s 54th pasta event and featuring Celebrity Chef David Greco as host. (italianamericansociety.org) Past coverage of the society’s pasta tradition says the “world’s largest” bowl has been built with roughly 500 pounds of pasta and toppings in past years and typically feeds about 400 people with leftovers, a scale the society has replicated for its post-parade luncheon. (msn.com) Parade routing and pageantry this season included a downtown march that ends near the Hilton Riverside and a Royal Court listing naming Lyla Charbonnet as the parade Queen and Michael Marcello as Caesar. (whereyat.com)
