Societá San Giuseppe DiRiesi
Saint Joseph Society
 

9 Charter Street
Boston, MA 02113
Tel. 617-720-1368
(Established 1925)

St. Agrippina Di Mineo Society
 

459 Hanover Street
Boston, MA 02113
(Founded 1914)

A Brief History of the Saint Joseph Society

The Saint Joseph's Society originated in 1925 at the instigation of North End Italian immigrants and their descendants from the Riesi area of Cantana, Italy. Tradition has it that Saint Joseph was much older than Mary. He was a carpenter and apparently did not seek the limelight. He did what he had to do and what he knew was the right thing to do. He unquestionably married Mary when she was with Child and he unquestionably fled to Egypt and remained there with Mary and the baby Jesus until it was safe to return.
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Madonna Della Cava Society
 

3 Battery Street
Boston, MA 02109
Tel. 617-523-8842

11 Lewis Street
Boston, MA 02113

The Miracle of the Madonna Della Cava
by Ellen M. Johnston

In the early 13th century, in the village of Trapani, in the northwest corner of Sicily lived a young mute boy. He had lost the ability to speak at birth. One night, the Madonna Della Cava visited him in a dream. She said to him: "Come in and uncover me from the ground". The Madonna told the young boy where she lay buried, in the nearby town of Ronzi in the central province of Enna. The next morning, the boy awoke and tried to tell his mother about his dream. But the mother dismissed his story, thinking it to be only his imagination.
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A Brief History of the Fisherman's Feast

The Fisherman's Feast is an annual event that began in Boston in 1911 and is based on a tradition that goes back to the 16th century in Sciacca Sicily. The Feast is based on the devotion of the fishermen from Sciacca to the Madonna del Soccorso (Our Lady of Help). When the fishermen immigrated to America in the early 1900's, they brought their traditions with them. The current Feast is organized by the descendants of those original immigrants and still includes a procession of the Madonna through the streets of the North End.
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North Margin Street
Boston, MA 02113

Sacred Heart Parish
North Square
Boston, MA 02113

St. Lucy Society
 

201-203 Endicott Street
Boston, MA 02113
(Founded 1920)

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Maria delle Grazie Society
 

Boston, MA 02113

201-203 Endicott Street
Boston, MA 02113
(Founded 1919)

Sacred Heart Parish
North Square
Boston, MA 02113
(Founded in 1939)

A Brief History of the Saint Anthony Feast

Saint Anthony's Feast is celebrated each year in the North End of Boston on the weekend of the last Sunday of August. Begun by Italian immigrants from Montefalcione, Italy, in 1919, it has become the largest Italian Religious Festival in New England. Italian foods, religious services, parades, festivities, games and live music and entertainment highlight this exceptional Feast on the beautifully-decorated Endicott and Thatcher streets in the heart of Boston's historic North End.
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