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Leave Our Lady alone. Members of the Brownsville Cultural Coalition and their supporters staged a protest Wednesday against the planned demolition of Our Lady of Loreto, a vacant historic church in their neighborhood. The picketing took place in Brooklyn Heights, outside the office of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens on Joralemon Street. “Cor...

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Our Lady of Loreto is in jeopardy once again. Justice Ellen Spodek of the state Supreme Court in Brooklyn has denied plaintiff and former parishioner Jillian Mulvihill's motion for a preliminary injunction to halt the demolition of the vacant historic church by Catholic officials. Catholic Charities Progress of Peoples Development Corp. (POP) plans...

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About 200 parishioners and others celebrated their Italian-American heritage and the consecration of one of the county’s oldest Roman Catholic churches Sunday. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, part of Our Lady of Peace Parish, turned 120 years old Sunday, and members of its congregation were treated to a special Mass followed by an Italian wedding...

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Feast returns for its 17th year! Once again it will be four days of faith, fun, family and friends, packed full of delicious homemade cooking, an Italian style Café, food vendors, a beer & wine garden, non-stop entertainment and music, amusements, and games, plus exciting rides. Sun 6/11 there will be a traditional procession through the streets of...

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St Ambrose (Italian Neighborhood Church)  parish will celebrate Msgr. Bommarito’s 40th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood on Sunday, June 11. The 11 am Mass will be celebrated in his honor, followed by a reception in the parish hall. All are invited and welcome to attend. Sunday June 11 11 AM CDT. Saint Ambrose Church - 5130 Wilson Ave, Sa...

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I joined my Teggianesi friends in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Sunday afternoon (May 28th) to celebrate the Grand Feast of their beloved patron, San Cono da Teggiano. Mass was celebrated in Italian by Fr. Vincenzo Chirichella in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, which is currently under renovation. It was great to see members of the Sacred Military Consta...

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Pasta. Chickpeas. Music. Prayer.Those four things come together only once a year: at the St. Francis Day Celebration in Ambler. The St. Francis Day Celebration has been a tradition in the Ambler community for many decades. This year’s festivities, to be held Sunday, June 4, will be the 99th anniversary of the celebration, which brings together loca...

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In what had to be the nicest day of the year so far, over two hundred pilgrims gathered at Holy Face Monastery in Clifton, New Jersey Sunday morning for the Feast of the Madonna del Sacro Monte. Unable to attend this glorious celebration of our Duesiciliano faith and culture the past two years, I was thrilled to return and happy to say that the fea...

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Padre Pio, or Francesco Forgione was born on May 25, 1887 in Pietrelcina, a small town and commune 15 kilometers from the province of Benevento, in the Campania region of Southern Italy. At the time of his birth, there were only about 4,000 inhabitants in Benevento. Born to farmer parents, Grazio Mario Forgione and Maria Giuseppa Di Nunzio, Padre P...

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The St. Anthony DiPadova Society will be sponsoring their 95th Annual Feast Day Celebration to honor their patron on Sunday, June 4, 2017. The 95th Annual Feast Day Celebration will be held at St. Mary Magdalen Church, Media, Pa. A solemn Mass will be held at 9:30 a.m. with the Statue of St. Anthony, the St. Anthony Society members and the Neglia B...

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