“It’s mid-September and the air is filled with the smell of sausage and peppers and fresh frying zeppole, because 'a festa 'e tutte 'e feste'—'The Festival of All Festivals' has arrived!
For eleven days each September, thousands descend on Mulberry Street in Manhattan's Little Italy for the Feast of San Gennaro and this year we a bringing are little taste of Napoli and NYC to Tampa with our inaugural Celebration of San Gennaro…”
The San Gennaro “Festival of all Festivals” is one of the great inspirations for the Fraternal Society of St John the Apostle so we hope you will join us on Tuesday, September 19th when we welcome Fr. Richard Gennaro Cipolla with Vespers, Benediction, Confession, the Rosary, and of course a fantastic Italian-American meal courtesy of Felice’s Italian Pork Store & Deli for a night of spiritual enrichment, good food, drink, and fellowship.
Fr. Richard Cipolla is a Catholic priest and convert from the Episcopal faith welcomed into the Church by Pope St John Paul II. He is the retired pastor of St. Mary’s Church, in Norwalk, CT. He holds a D. Phil from Oxford University and was for many years Chair of the Classics Department at the Brunswick School. He is also the Chairman of the Society of St Hugh Cluny and a member of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George. His writings have been featured in Rorate Caeli, 1P5, Crisis Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, the Catholic Herald, and The Catholic Thing among many other sites.
Be a sponsor, buy a table, or get your tickets today to help us renew this great tradition of our Faith!
As a note your previously purchased season tickets through Eventbrite will of course be honored for our final two events of the 2023 season. You may still purchase a season ticket for this event and our Celebration of Martinmas on November 9th, 2023 with Canon Matthew Talarico, ICKSP.
Please contact us with any questions via (813) 720-7002 or don@orricosc.com.
See you in September for 'a Festa 'e Tutte 'e Feste' with Fr Richard Gennaro Cipolla and the Fraternal Society of St John the Apostle!