Rick Murphey is a Catholic artisan and craftsman who owns St. Joseph's Apprentice, a business specializing in hand-crafted portable altars for Catholic priests. He lives in Hauser, Idaho.
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Have Altar – Will Travel
Several years ago my Pastor, Fr. Dennis Gordon, FSSP, asked me if I would build him a portable altar to house an altar stone from the Cristeros era. He had seen some of my carpentry skills through work I had done at …