September 27th—29th, 2013 Festival Hours:Friday, September 27 (6:00 pm – 11:00 pm)Saturday, September 28 (1:00 pm – 11:00 pm)Sunday, September 29 (1:00 pm – 11:00 pm) Mass will be celebrated on September 29th at noon. Procession immediately following Mass Food • Rides • Games • Nightly 50/50 • Nightly Entertainment St Rocco/St Brigid RC...
READ MOREBrowsing the web from Italy searching for everything Italian in the USA, attending as many meetings as you can we you go there, talking and chatting with everyone who has something interesting about the Italian community in America, you end up recognizing a few names that constantly recur. Only a few, who - is easy to understand - have dedicated th...
READ MOREHolly Anne Savoie will be crowned queen of the 44th annual Italian American Marching Club St. Joseph Parade during a free pre-parade celebration in New Orleans. The gala will be held March 9, starting at noon, at the Piazza d'Italia. Savoie, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Savoie of Covington, will be surrounded by 80 beautiful maids in...
READ MOREThe North End-based Saint Joseph Society recently announced a $10,000 pledge to support the ongoing restoration of Saint Leonard Church on Hanover Street, in Boston's North End. "We thank the whole society and in a special way the donation committee for being so considerate toward our Parish," wrote Father Antonio Nardoianni in the parish bulletin...
READ MOREby Robin L. Mainella After a beautiful structure that can never be replicated is gone, it is gone forever. Many of Duluth's significant structures that have been lost to us perhaps could have been saved. Not those claimed by fire. But others were simply looked at as having seen their day and having outlived their usefulness to a growing ci...
READ MOREIn 2013, the Holy Rosary Parish celebrated its 100th Anniversary. Join us to learn more about the fascinating role Italian American women have had within the church and the greater Washington, D.C. community. Mary Brown, Ph.D., author of An Italian American Community of Faith: Holy Rosary in Washington, D.C., will lead the conversation and showcase...
READ MOREBy Cookie Curci Through the years, I've discovered bits and pieces of the past that when put all together, make up my extraordinary grandmother Maria Carmela Curci-DiNapoli. I knew that she came to this country as a young immigrant from Italy and married my grandfather Antonio Curci in 1910. A few years later, she was widowed with...
READ MOREHead down to the North End for the 94th annual Feast of Saint Anthony on August 23 – 26 on Endicott, Thacher, and North Margin Streets. Saint Anthony's Feast is one of the oldest and largest neighborhood celebrations in America. This authentic Italian festival is full of events for all ages, for the young and young at heart alike: colorful...
READ MOREPlan to begin the family's summer fun with four evenings of non-stop family entertainment and exciting rides starting June 4. The Church of the Assumption's annual St. Anthony Italian Family Feast returns for its 15th year and there will be more entertainers than in 2014, plus a new ride company has been engaged with all new and different rides thi...
READ MOREParishioners and descendants of the founders of Our Lady of Peace Church walked in a procession to celebrate the church's centennial on Sunday—four years early. The church on East 62nd Street is marking that milestone now because April of 2019 would be too late. The beloved house of worship would be non-existent. It's one of a number...
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