A sacred tradition continues to live on Staten Island each March, thanks to dedicated members of the legal and medical professions, family members and friends. Commemorating the Feast of St. Joseph March 19 is a deep-rooted community celebration The last several years, it’s been staged in the banquet room of Bocelli Ristorante in Grasmere.

The annual tradition was founded by the late Justices Philip G. Minardo and Anthony Giacobbe, and retired Justice John Fusco. In the 1990s the St. Joseph’s Day Association saw revelers don formal wear — the men in tuxedos and women in ball gowns and cocktail attire.