Italian American feast season is about to begin throughout the United States and members of the Society of Our Lady of Sacro Monte of Novi Velia in New Jersey have decided that Coronavirus won’t stop their centuries-old tradition. The triduum and feast of Our Lady of Sacro Monte of Novi Velia will be livestreamed on the society’s Facebook page, as well as on the Facebook page of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church of Newark, New Jersey.

The feast program will begin at 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 14, with a Novena. The Novena will also be held at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 15. A Vigil Mass will be held on Saturday, May 16, at 7 p.m., and on Sunday, May 17, a festival Mass with Panegyric will be held at 11 a.m. Immediately following the festival Mass will be a virtual celebratory gathering on the Catholic Society of Our Lady of Sacro Monte of Novi Velia’s Facebook page.