St. Joseph’s Day Procession

St. Joseph Statue

Last week, we published a video of an almost finished statue of St. Joseph. Today, we want to show you how the hands of this statue are carved. As a few people were asking: Most of the hands for wooden statues have to be carved separately. In order to carve delicate details one has to switch the wood grain. Otherwise fingers could crack easily during carving. #handcrafted #woodcarving #inthestudio #artwork #traditionalcraft #catholicchurch #catholicart #traditionalart #catholic #Oberammergau #ch

Today, the @stroccosocietynyc was welcomed and helped by @st_joseph_society_lodi_nj , @shss_parish_bklyn_ @newark_italian_apostolato and delegates and members from as far as Ohio and Wilmington, Delaware in celebration of the 135th procession carried forward by the Saint Rocco Society of Potenza, which is the oldest Italian saint society in Manhattan, even older than San Gennaro. Stephen LaRocca, the society president and his faithful members along with friends and members of the Newark Italian