By Giovanni di Napoli After a trying week of work, my friend and I were looking for a brief respite from the city, so we took a short trip to Elmont, Long Island for the opening night of the Feast of Saint Anthony. Arriving a little early, we visited the newly renovated Saint Anthony Chapel on 90 Meacham Avenue for the Novena.   Greete...

Last year the event was a huge success exceeding all expectations. Next June Pat O‟Boyle is teaming up again with the SOGNA organization with the same enthusiasm determined to repeat last year success and make it even better. The time and the place will be the same as in 2012. It will start with the Mass at 10:30 on Saturday June 1st followed...

When: December 6 (Sunday) 1:00 - 2:00 pm Where: Casa Italiana, 595 1/2 Third Street, NW, Washington, DC Sponsored by National Organization of Italian American Women, Washington D.C. Region. Learn more about the fascinating role Italian American women have had within the Holy Rosary Parish and the greater DC community. Italian American...

In Lawrence, Labor Day weekend is much more than a holiday. In fact, for the past 90 years it has represented one of the region's most important and successful traditions: The Feast of the Three Saints.   This year marks the 90th anniversary of the feast, started in 1923 by a half dozen paesani immigrated to the area from the Sicilian town o...

Italian and American medical communities gathered for the annual San Bortolo barbecue held in the partially medieval cloister of the San Bortolo Hospital Sept. 25.The event, which continues a tradition started in 2004, renews the bonds and partnership between the U.S. Army Health Center on Caserma Ederle and their Italian counterparts. This year,...

Pope Francis on Monday officially announced that he will visit the U.S. in September 2015, including a visit to the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia.   "I wish to confirm, if God wills it, that in September of 2015 I will go to Philadelphia for the Eighth World Meeting of Families," he announced at Vatican City's Synod Hall Nov. 17...

Get your napkins ready! The Italian Feast of San Gennaro, celebration in Los Angeles is right around the corner. Official festivities take place at the Hollywood and Highland complex September 27- 29th   For Italian Americans it's an important deal, that celebrates their Italio-American heritage more than the Italian Saint's martyrdom....

St. Leonard is wrapped in scaffolding to the point of not looking much like a church anymore. Even the sounds (including some of the language used by the workers) are not very church-like.   As I wait for Padre Antonio Nardoianni, pastor of what is basically the only fully functional church left in Boston's historical Italian neighborhood, I...

  WTI Magazine #71    2015 October, 30Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   The San Trifone Feast is a unique, big treasure trove of entertainment: religion, music, illuminations and the largest fireworks festival day and evening of the world. It annually attracts thousands of visitors, pilgrims, believers and curious. A full program of ev...

September 20th—22ndHours: Friday 5PM—9PM; Saturday 2PM—10PM; Sunday 2PM—7PM   Generoso Pope Foundation24 Depot SquareTuckahoe, New York 10707(914) 793-7777 Free Admission • Food • Live Entertainment • Vendors Friday, September 20th at 6 PM: After Mass will be a procession from the Church of the Assumption (100 Pleasant Avenue) in...