NEXT GENERATION. HE HE HAD FIVE WOUNDS ON GOOD FRIDAY, SO THEY HAVE FIVE EGGS IN THE BREAD TO REPRESENT THE FIVE WOUNDS THAT HE HAD RECEIVED TO FABIO CO-OWNS RIZZO’S MALABAR INN IN CRABTREE. HE’S MADE IT A YEARLY TRADITION TO BRING IN STUDENTS AND TEACH THEM WHY SAINT JOSEPH’S DAY IS IMPORTANT IN CHRISTIANITY AND HOW IT IS CELEBRATED. ALL AROUND THE WORLD. I THINK BECAUSE IT’S SUCH A DYING THING AND PEOPLE NEED TO LEARN WHERE THEY CAME FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AND WHERE THEY CAME FROM, WHAT THEIR ROOTS ARE, AND PEOPLE THAT DON’T EVEN REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE CELEBRATION BEGAN TO COME AND CELEBRATE IT. ST JOSEPH’S DAY BECAME CELEBRATED IN ITALY DURING A TIME OF GREAT FAMINE IN THE MIDDLE AGES. PEOPLE BELIEVED JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF THE VIRGIN MARY AND EARTHLY FATHER OF JESUS, ANSWERED THEIR PRAYERS AND GAVE THEM FRUITFUL CROPS, STARTING WITH FAVA BEANS. YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO PUT A FATHER BEAN IN YOUR POCKET ON SAINT JOE’S TODAY FOR GOOD LUCK. THEY’RE ALL OVER MY HOUSE AND MY WALLET IN MY CAR. SO I SEE STUFF. YOUR POCKET FULL OF FAVA BEANS. RIZZI SET UP THIS TABLE AT HIS RESTAURANT WITH SYMBOLS AND BREADS TO SHOWCASE THE MEANING AND THE TRADITION. AND BEHIND THE DAY AFTER WORD, HE TAUGHT THE STUDENTS HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE PASTA. ALL RIGHT. YOU SAID FINE NOODLES. AND THE KIDS WERE VERY IMPRESSED. PICK HIM UP, SHOW EVERYBODY. AND YOU CAN LET HIM FALL. WELL, USUALLY WHEN I MAKE SPAGHETTI WITH MY MOM, IT’S JUST WE JUST PUT IT IN A POT. SO LIKE THAT. AND HANDMADE, IT’S PRETTY AWESOME. LIKE, YOU CAN MAKE IT THICK. THEN IN SOME COUNTRIES, INCLUDING ITALY, FATHERS DAY IS CELEBRATED ON SAINT JOSEPH’S DAY EVERY MARCH 19TH, FATHER ANTHONY DEDEAUX, SENIOR PRIEST AT MOTHER OF SORROWS, SAYS THESE DEMONSTRATIONS BROUGHT THEIR TEACHINGS TO LIFE FOR THE KIDS. I THINK IT BRINGS A SENSE THAT EXPOSES THE CHILDREN TO LIVING OUR FAITH, THAT OUR THAT OUR FAITH IS IS IS WHO WE ARE. AND EVEN INFLUENCES OUR FOOD. YOU NO DOUBT. AND BECAUSE ST JOSEPH’S DAY IS MARKED WITH A FEAST DURING LENT, RIZZI SAYS IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIM TO OFFER SOME OF THOSE TRADITIONAL FOODS AT HIS RESTAURANT. SO ALL WEEKEND LONG AT RIZZO’S, HE’S OFFERING A SPECI
Keeping St. Joseph's Day traditions alive in Crabtree
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Updated: 6:24 PM EDT Mar 19, 2023
Rizzi Defabo co-owns Rizzo's Malabar Inn in Crabtree. He has made it a yearly tradition to bring in students and teach them why St. Joseph's Day is important in western Christianity and how it's celebrated around the world."I think because it's such a dying thing, and people need to learn where they came," Defabo said. "A lot of people don't know where they came from, what their roots are, and people that don't even really know about the celebration begin to come and celebrate it."St. Joseph's Day was first celebrated in Italy during a time of great famine in the Middle Ages.People believed Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary and earthly father of Jesus, answered their prayers and gave them fruitful crops starting with fava beans."You're supposed to put a fava bean in your pocket on St. Joseph Day for good luck," Defabo says. "They're all over my house, in my wallet, in my car. So I think stuff your pocket full of fava beans."Rizzi set up a table at his restaurant with symbols and breads to showcase the meaning and tradition behind the day. Afterward, he taught students how to make homemade pasta — and they were very impressed."Usually when I make spaghetti with my mom, we just put it in a pot," Mother of Sorrows fifth grader Evie Delaney said. "So handmade — it's pretty awesome. You can make it thin, thick."In some countries, including Italy, Father's Day is celebrated on St. Joseph's Day every March 19. Father Anthony Ditto, the senior priest at Mother of Sorrows, says these demonstrations brought their teachings to life for the kids."I think it brings a sense that exposes the children to living our faith, that our faith is who we are and even influences our food," Ditto says.Because St. Joseph's Day is marked with a feast during Lent, Rizzi says it was important to him to offer the traditional foods at his restaurant. All weekend long at Rizzo's, he's offering a special meat-free St. Joseph's Day menu.
CRABTREE, Pa. — Rizzi Defabo co-owns Rizzo's Malabar Inn in Crabtree. He has made it a yearly tradition to bring in students and teach them why St. Joseph's Day is important in western Christianity and how it's celebrated around the world.
"I think because it's such a dying thing, and people need to learn where they came," Defabo said. "A lot of people don't know where they came from, what their roots are, and people that don't even really know about the celebration begin to come and celebrate it."
St. Joseph's Day was first celebrated in Italy during a time of great famine in the Middle Ages.
People believed Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary and earthly father of Jesus, answered their prayers and gave them fruitful crops starting with fava beans.
"You're supposed to put a fava bean in your pocket on St. Joseph Day for good luck," Defabo says. "They're all over my house, in my wallet, in my car. So I think stuff your pocket full of fava beans."
Rizzi set up a table at his restaurant with symbols and breads to showcase the meaning and tradition behind the day. Afterward, he taught students how to make homemade pasta — and they were very impressed.
"Usually when I make spaghetti with my mom, we just put it in a pot," Mother of Sorrows fifth grader Evie Delaney said. "So handmade — it's pretty awesome. You can make it thin, thick."
In some countries, including Italy, Father's Day is celebrated on St. Joseph's Day every March 19.
Father Anthony Ditto, the senior priest at Mother of Sorrows, says these demonstrations brought their teachings to life for the kids.
"I think it brings a sense that exposes the children to living our faith, that our faith is who we are and even influences our food," Ditto says.
Because St. Joseph's Day is marked with a feast during Lent, Rizzi says it was important to him to offer the traditional foods at his restaurant. All weekend long at Rizzo's, he's offering a special meat-free St. Joseph's Day menu.
