Oct 31, 2008

St Joseph Statue

A 4” ceramic statue of St Joseph was buried upside down in the front yard of a home that had been on the market for eight months without a single offer. A week later, the seller received the full price offer she had been hoping for. Do you consider this just coincidence or did St Joseph have something to do with it?

Interest in St Joseph has been reignited as homeowners look for anything to help them sell their homes - including saintly intervention by an age-old tradition.

Considered the patron saint of home, family and house hunting, St Joseph is believed to help sell the homes of those who ask for his help. According to Catholic lore, burying St Joseph in the yard of a home for sale promises a prompt offer.


The actual technique of burying St Joseph varies greatly: bury him upside down facing the home; bury him facing away from the home; bury him under 12” of dirt; bury him under the for sale sign; bury him close to the back property line; or bury him facing the heavens.

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