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The Friends of Radio Maria and the Poor will raise funds for both causes at their third annual Family Night on Sept. 25 at Villa Brunetti in Franklin Park. A Catholic radio program broadcast around the world in several different languages, Radio Maria is spearheaded locally in Italian by the Rev. August Feccia. Fr. Feccia recently expanded hi...

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The Festa di Santa Rosalia, popularly known as the 18th Avenue feast, should be a go this year – but the dates are still up in the air.   Organizers and Community Board 11 requested that the 11-day festival be pushed up by one week to avoid ending on Labor Day weekend, which would mean a quicker cleanup after the event. But despite the reque...

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The Craco Society announces the feast of San Vincenzo, Martire di Craco will be held at the Shrine Church of the Most Precious Blood after a 113 year hiatus. The Craco Society, a non-profit organization seeking to preserve the culture, traditions, and history of Craco, a southern Italian hill town located in the Province of Matera and the re...

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by Carlo Marroni   It was 11:10 am when Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. A moment before he embraced his predecessor Benedetto XVI. At that precise moment, a ray of sunlight broke through a blanket of black clouds, an image captured by television cameras and that was perhaps the most symbolic possible way to start o...

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By Giovanni di Napoli Friday, September 19th, I made my way to Most Precious Blood Church in New York City's Little Italy to meet some friends and celebrate the Feast of our beloved patron San Gennaro.   The evening began with a special Mass celebrated in English and Italian with Monsignor Cassato, visiting from Saint Athanasius Church in B...

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The history behind the Swallows return to Mission San Juan Capistrano is historical and religious. The beauty of it all has developed over the years to include many diverse groups that come together on this day to celebrate these small feathered wonders and the feast day of Saint Joseph.    In the 1930’s, it began as a school carnival t...

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By Giovanni di Napoli   Last Sunday (June 29th) I had the great pleasure of partaking in the Annual Club Sassanese d'America Dinner Dance in honor of San Giovanni Battista, patron saint of Sassano.   Around 120 guests, including members of The Federazione delle Associazioni della Campania USA, Our Lady of Snow Society and St. Rocco So...

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The St. Joseph Society of Boston will celebrate the 89th annual St. Joseph's Feast beginning Friday, Oct. 3 and culminating Sunday, Oct. 12 with a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley at St. Stephen's Church in Boston's North End.   The St. Joseph Society of Boston was formed by Sicilian immigrants and descendants hailing from the Ri...

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by Jason Laughlin   A fried-dough kiosk. Roulette wheels. A lemonade and iced-tea stand. All signs of a typical small-town festival, but at Swedesburg's Sacred Heart Parish in Montgomery County, they represent more than summer fun.   This weekend's Festival of Families is an attempt to heal the hurt inflicted when the Archdiocese...

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Obama will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican on March 27th to discuss poverty and inequality, the White House said in a statement. While in Rome he will also meet Letta and Napolitano.   The visit is part of a wider Europe trip, which includes a US-EU summit in Brussels on March 26th, when Obama will meet with Herman Van Rompuy, presiden...

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