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Nel cinquantesimo anniversario dalla morte di Padre Pio, non potevano mancare celebrazioni e festeggiamenti negli USA, soprattutto grazie alla folta presenza di Italo Americani. Su tutte sicuramente l’installazione della statua di Padre Pio “Io ti assolvo” creata dal più noto scultore del mondo cattolico, l’artista canadese Timothy Schmalz, rappres...

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The San Gennaro Feast is back after an LVMPD sting operation shut it down in May. A vendor was busted selling alcohol to a minor, so its license was pulled before it could even open for the May edition of the bi-annual event. It’s now partnered with Station Casinos to help check ID’s and keep things safe. They have moved the location of the feast t...

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San Gennaro approda negli States, grazie alla Saint Gennaro Foundation of Boston, ente no profit, presieduta da Pasquale Trotta, e rappresentata in Italia, per i rapporti con la Santa Sede e le altre istituzioni religiose, da Antonio Grilletto, che ha fatto realizzare in Italia un busto di bronzo dorato del Santo ispirato a quello venerato presso l...

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Think of Catholicism in New England and Boston’s churches probably come to mind. Indeed, St. Leonard, one of the oldest Catholic churches in the US, was built in 1873 by Italian immigrants at the corner of Hanover and Prince Streets in Boston’s North End. But the oldest continuously operating Catholic church in the area is actually found in Newcast...

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When: Saturday, September 15th, 1:30-3:30PM - Where: St. Rocco’s Bakery, 4 St. Rocco Place, Glen Cove, NY 11542 - Costs: Members: $25 | NonMembers: $35 - Spaces are limited. RSVP/purchase tickets here Join NOIAW’s Long Island Network at the quaint St. Rocco’s Bakery in Glen Cove for a social afternoon with fabulous panini, amazing desserts, and cre...

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Everything Italian will be the order of the day next week when the annual Hoboken Italian festival opens its run. A fixture in the city for more than 90 years, the festival will return on September 6 and continue to September 9 along Sinatra Drive and at the park on Hoboken's Waterfront. It features four days of Italian traditions, live music, mult...

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The St. Bart's Italian Festival is an annual tradition in Scotch Plains that bids farewell to summer and kicks off the fall calendar. Founded in 1974, the festival features live music, amusement park rides, games, and, of course, great food, including pizza, pasta, clams, mussels, calzones, and the festival's famous zeppoles. Additionally, there ar...

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On Aug. 18, dozens of people armed themselves with spray bottles or small hoses, scrub brushes or toothbrushes, and took on the task of cleaning gravestones in St. Augustine Cemetery.A handful of these volunteers were members of the Northeast New England chapter of the Association for Gravestone Studies, but the majority were locals or parishioners...

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One year short of its centennial, the opening ceremonies at the 99th St. Anthony’s Feast were a spectacle for thousands of devotees of the patron saint. Always on the last weekend in August, the gold-adorned statue of San Antonio emerged to the faithful under the glory of confetti and streamers. A blessing by Fr. Antonio of St. Leonard Church was f...

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St. Pio of Pietrelcina’s devotion to the Blessed Mother inspired St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish in Sausalito to host a public tour of five relics of the saint the weekend of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sept. 8.  “I have this personal belief that anything we ask from Jesus through his mother Mary gets VIP attention,” Father Mike Quinn,...

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