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St. Patrick’s Day Gallery
St. Patrick’s Day gallery of blogposts from previous years.
St. Patrick in St. Patrick Columbus Ohio
St Patrick Cathedral NYC
St. Patrick Chapel in St. Michael in St. Augustine FL
St. Joseph at St. Michael in St. Augustine
St. Joseph Feast Day March 19 
You might remember another St. Joseph Feast Day post Carmela baked all of these breads
NPR story about zeppoles (pastry) – Providence Rhode Island at LaSalle Bakery
and click to read a collection of St. Joseph Day recipes at the New York Times
St. Patrick at St. Michael in St. Augustine
Nombre de Dios Mission
The Road Taken St. Augustine FL 
Due to hurricane Matthew damage we were unable to cross the bridge. Repairs to restore the mission are underway. The old gift shop was completely demolished. 
Weekly Photo Challenge: Gone, But Not Forgotten
Brother Michael’s photograph is on the wall at Rocco’s Pasticceria down on Bleecker Street.
from the Villager Newspaper 
Brother Michael LaMantia served “51 years as a brother in the Scalabrini Order and nearly 40 years at the parish in the heart of Greenwich Village.”
(Our Lady of Pompeii Church is across the street from Rocco’s. My sister says there is a memorial to Brother Michael in the church.
Before Brother Michael passed in 2013, he gave the Pasticceria this statue of Saint Rocco. Brother Michael is Gone, But Not Forgotten.
Thanks to Krista Evans for this challenge
Rocco’s on Bleecker Street.
For the story of Saint Rocco you can check out the link in this post from the Saint Rocco Festival in Pittsburgh
Franco (posing for me with a cheesecake below) is the one who showed me Brother Michael’s prayer card on the wall at Rocco’s and told me that Brother Michael had given the Saint Rocco Statue to the store. Franco has been at Rocco’s for more than thirty years!
Here is Franco posing for me with a cheesecake. Mary and I stopped in Saturday night for a coffee and pastry after a nice day at Galleries and Target First Night at the Brooklyn Museum.
Patron Saint of Bakers and Pastry Chefs – Saint Honoré
Honoratus of Amiens (who died in 600) . The Feast Day is May 16th but no matter.
The nice woman at Jean-Marc Chatellier Bakery in Millvale said “Saint Honoré” when I asked.
Here he is, carved from wood, with his bread peel with some sheafs of wheat, watching over the baker
August 2 is the last day before the bakery goes on vacation. We just made it on our way to the Children’s Museum.
Saint Honoré at the French Bakery in Millvale
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Urban Madonna, North Side- Middle and Suismon Streets
Looks like a tear has rolled down her left cheek.
You might remember a winter post of another Urban Madonna from January 2011 (complete with Beatles lyrics0
Our Lady Queen of Peace– not sure if the church building is occupied as they have combined parishes due to population decline.
(I’m sure a Pittsburgher who reads this can straighten this out and I will edit the post. Bill? )
Taken Tuesday late afternoon after a Gallery Walk at the Mattress Factory- Art Teacher Professional Development.
Directly across from Max’s Allegheny Tavern where we discussed the Gallery Walk.
St. Michael in a Sunny Window
The Weekly Challenge is My Neighborhood. But I am not in my neighborhood today.
The only available photo of my neighborhood is a snow filled park with the benches piled high with snow. I figure I’ll wait until I get back home.
I saw the sun streaming into the window over the door and the backlit St. Michael the Archangel statue along with the deep blue sky and fluffy clouds. Continue reading