Catching up on Feast Day celebrations

from the around the country...

Viva San Rocco in Wilmington, DE!

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Celebration of the Nativity of St John the Baptist with the St John Baptist Society in Hammonton, NJ

This was the 114th celebration of the Feast of St John the Baptist after a 15 year hiatus in Hammonton, NJ which included Mass, Procession, and social afterwards.

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St Anthony Feast and Procession in Garfield, NJ!

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The 95th Annual Saint Peter’s Fiesta in Gloucester, MA!

The band performs #WhenTheSaintsGoMarchingIn as the men carry San Pietro back to the altar on the #GloucesterMA waterfront.

“Ma Chi Siemu Tutti Muti? VIVA SAN PIETRO!!” The chant you hear throughout the day during the procession & feast in honor of San Pietro in #GloucesterMA. The translation is roughly, “Are we all mute? Long live Saint Peter!!” It’s a beautiful chant that harkens back to Terrasini (Palermo). Sicilian immigrants from that seaside town brought their devotion to San Pietro with them to their new home in New England.

Sunday #SeineBoatRace at Saint Peter's Fiesta

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Procession in honor of Sant’Antonio di Padova & San Vito Martire in Elizabeth, NJ

Feast in the Bridgeport area of Chicago, "St. Angelo Muxaro.” The S. Angelo Society was started in 1934 by immigrants from the Sant' Angelo Muxaro in the province of Agrigento, Sicily.

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Finally, we check in on the Holy Rosary Italian Street Festival in Indianapolis, IN

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1. Credits to Jay Rattino and the Saint Leucio Society, Anthony Scillia and his podcast, At the Table with Tony, the Italian Sons and Daughters of America, Italian Enclaves, the Italian American Podcast, and the National Coordinating Committee of Leadership of Italian American Feasts.