The tradition of the “St. Joseph’s Table” of food has it’s origins in Sicily. Legends from the Middle Ages Attributed the end of a devastating drought to a prayer devotion that the Sicilian people made to St. Joseph. This celebration is a symbolic “thank you” and renewal to the Sicilian People’s devotion to St. Joseph. It’s a shared celebration with the entire community where the riches of food are given as alms to the poor. Traditional etiquette is that no one is turned away from this table.
