The History of St. Joseph the Worker Statue

A symbol of Pittsburgh’s industrial and religious roots is the 24-foot tall statue of St. Joseph the Worker. A “National Memorial to the Working Man” at St. Michael, a church built by Slovaks at East Ninth Avenue at Library Place near the gigantic U.S. Steel Homestead Works.

The idea led to the commission of the statue of St. Joseph the Worker, designed by local sculptor Frank Vittor, which was made in Italy, blessed in Rome by Pope Paul VI, transported to Munhall and placed on the campanile of St. Michael in an elaborate ceremony in 1966 at a cost of about $25,000.

The statue was from St. Michael’s on January 20, 2010.

From munhallnewswatch.com.