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2009
SUMMER FEASTS & PROCESSIONS
June
6 - 7, 2009
Santa
Maria Di Anzano
104th Feast Celebration
& Procession
Hanover & Prince Streets
For
more information Click
here
June
27, 2009
Society
of Saint Jude Thaddeus
of Boston
Procession
only
at 2:00 p.m.
Hanover and Prince Streets
July
5, 2009
Maria
del Graze Society
Procession
only at 2:00 p.m.
North
Square
July
12, 2009
St.
Rocco Society
Procession
only at 2:00 p.m.
Prince Street
July
19, 2009
St.
Domenic Society
Procession
only at 2:00 p.m.
North Square
July
24 - 26, 2009
St.
Joseph Society
Feast Celebration
Battery & Hanover Streets
July
31 - August 2, 2009
St.
Agrippina di Mineo Society
95th Feast Celebration
Battery & Hanover Streets
Schedule
of Events
Click
here
August
7 - 9, 2009
Madonna
Della Cava Society
Feast Celebration
Battery & Hanover Streets
August
13 - 16, 2009
99th
Annual Fisherman's Feast
of the
Madonna Del Soccorso di
Sciacca Society of Boston
Feast Celebration
Fleet & North Streets
Schedule
of Events
Click
here
August
28 - 30, 2009
90th
Annual Saint Anthony's
Feast of
San Antonio Di Padova
Da Montefalcione, Inc.
Feast Celebration
Thatcher & Endicott Streets
Schedule
of Events
Click
here
August
31, 2009
St.
Lucy Society
Feast Celebration
Thatcher & Endicott Streets
Schedule
of Events
Click
here
September
6, 2009
Santa
Rosalia Di Palermo Society
Procession
only at 1:00 p.m.
North Square
NORTH END RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES
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Madonna
Di Anzano
11
George Street
Somerville, MA 02145
(Founded 1905)
Click
here to visit
the web site of Madonna
Di Anzano |
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Society
of St. Jude Thaddeus
of Boston
328
Hanover Street
Boston, MA 02113
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A
Brief History of Madonna
Di Anzano
The image of
the Madonna
was discovered 400
years ago in a small
village known as Anzano.
It all began one day
when a young farmer's
cow wandered away.
As the farmer was
searching for it,
he happened upon some
shrubs. As he got
closer, he noticed
a beam of light shining
through...
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Societá San
Giuseppe DiRiesi
Saint Joseph Society
9
Charter Street
Boston, MA 02113
Tel. 617-720-1368
(Established 1925)
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St.
Agrippina Di Mineo
Society
459
Hanover Street
Boston, MA 02113
(Founded 1914)
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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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here for the
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A Brief History of
Saint Agrippina
Saint Agrippina
Di Mineo was a beautiful
blond princess who
was unmercifully tortured
to death by the Emperor
Valerian in 256 AD.
After her death, her
body was taken from
Rome to Mineo, Sicily,
by three holy women;
Bassa, Paula and Agatonica.
The story of their
journey is full of
the miraculous.
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here for the full
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Madonna Della Cava
Society
3
Battery Street
Boston, MA 02109
Tel. 617-523-8842
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The Fisherman's Society
Madonna Del Soccorso
di Sciacca Society
of Boston
11
Lewis Street
Boston, MA 02113 |
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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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here for the
full story of Madonna
Della Cava. |
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.
Click
here to visit
the Fisherman's
Feast Society web
site.
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St.
Rocco Society
North
Margin Street
Boston, MA 02113
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St.
Domenic Society
Sacred
Heart Parish
North Square
Boston, MA 02113
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St.
Lucy Society
201-203
Endicott Street
Boston, MA 02113
(Founded 1920)
Click
here
to visit the Saint
Lucy Society web
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Maria
delle Grazie Society
Boston,
MA 02113
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San
Antonio Di Padova
Da Montefalcione,
Inc.
201-203
Endicott Street
Boston, MA 02113
(Founded 1919)
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Santa
Rosalia Di Palermo
Society
Sacred
Heart Parish
North Square
Boston, MA 02113
(Founded in 1939)
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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.
Click
here to visit
the Saint Anthony's
Feast web site.
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