Leading up to the Feast of Santa Rita on May 22nd, members of the Associazione Culturale Pugliese Figli Maria SS. Addolorata hold a weekly prayer session in honor of the patroness of desperate causes. Coming together every Friday at 8pm in the basement of the Nazareth Center, on the corner of 62nd Street and Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, devotees pray in Italian the Stations of the Cross, the Rosary to St. Rita, the Litany of St. Rita, and several other prayers and hymns.

Prayers are also offered for the sick and the happy repose of the souls of our ancestors. After the service, participants retire to the refectory for some fellowship, coffee, homemade cookies and entertaining games of tombola and scopa. Anyone interested in participating with the Figli Maria SS. Addolorata should call Lucrezia at 917-509-2803 or find them on Facebook at Figli Maria S.S. Addolorata.