Lots of ways to celebrate feasts of St. Pat, St. Joe
Here is a list of area Saint Patrick's Day and Saint Joseph's Day events:
March 8
• St. Patrick's Day parade, Main Street from 6th Street to 4th Avenue, St. Charles. 2 p.m. (630) 513-5386. www.dtown.org.
March 9
• South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade, from 103rd Street and Western Avenue south to 115th Street, Chicago. Festivities begin at 8:30 a.m. at St. Cajetan Church, 112th Street and Artesian Avenue, Chicago. Parade at noon. (773) 393-8687 or www.southsideirishparade.org.
• St. Joseph table*, Saint Anthony of Padua Church, 1010 Ferguson St., Rockford. 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (815) 226-8092.
• St. Joseph table, St. Celestine Church, 3020 N. 76th Court, Elmwood Park. Noon to 2 p.m. (708) 452-4654.
• St. Joseph table*, Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii, 1224 W. Lexington St., Chicago. Mass 11 a.m., table noon to 3 p.m. (312) 421-3757.
March 14
• St. Joseph table, Missionary Sisters of St. Charles, Scalabrinian Provincial Guild, 1414 N. 37th Ave., Melrose Park. 4 to 9 p.m. (708) 343-2162.
March 15
• St. Patrick's Day parade, Columbus Drive from Balbo Drive to Monroe Street, Chicago. Noon. Free. www.chicagostpatsparade.com.
• St. Patrick's Day parade, Wilson Street and Spring Road, Elmhurst. www.elmhurststpatsparade.com.
• St. Patrick's Day parade, from Naperville North High School on Mill Street and ending at Naperville's Municipal Center on Water Street, Naperville. 10 a.m. www.wsirish.org.
• St. Patrick's Day parade, River Street north to Barrington Avenue, west to Water Street and north to Rosie O'Hare's Public House, East Dundee. 11 a.m. (847) 426- 282. www.eastdundee.net.
• St. Patrick's Day parade, from Palombi School at 133 McKinley Ave. to the train station on Railroad Avenue, Lake Villa. Noon. (847) 356-6100 or www.lake-villa.org.
• St. Joseph table, Alta Villa Banquets, 430 N. Addison Road, Addison. $45 includes dinner, open bar, live music and dancing. (630) 543-1222.
March 16
• St. Joseph table*, Shrine of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, 1101 N. 23rd Ave., Melrose Park. Procession 11 a.m., Mass noon, table follows Mass. (630) 217-7415.
• St. Joseph table, St. Peter the Apostle, 524 N. Rush St., Itasca. (630) 773-1272.
• St. Joseph table, St. Charles Borromeo, 288 E. Jefferson, Hampshire. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (847) 683-2391.
• St. Joseph table, Mazzini-Verdi Club, 9230 W. Belmont Ave., Franklin Park. 2 p.m. Mass, 3 p.m. table. $25. (708) 366-8435.
*Considered among the most authentic.
-- Pam DeFiglio