When the Italian stone mason who settled in Orleans County to work the quarries erected a church, they named it for a saint venerated in their hometowns. St. Rocco's Church still stands near the canal in Hulberton, but its parish has consolidated at St. Mary's in Holley and its building now home to Cornerstone Church.
The spirit of those whose hands built it, and their proud heritage, is refreshed each year with a reawakening in a nearby field filled with food, bocce and music. St. Rocco's feast day is marked in mid-August, but the festival of his namesake church is always held here on the Sunday before Labor Day, drawing in an annual crowd that overwhelms the park.
