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By Patricia Montemurri   The remains of a Catholic virgin martyr saint revered for forgiving her attacker before she died were on display today in a Philadelphia church visited by Michigan's papal pilgrims. And the relics will soon be coming to three Detroit-area parishes.   The relics of St. Maria Goretti, an 11-year-old killed in 19...

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di Pino Cicala   Sorpresa emozione e gioia per la visita del Presidente Mattarella che ha aperto la sua giornata a Washington unendosi alla comunita italiana per la Messa nella Parrocchia del Santo Rosario.    I parrocchiani hanno dato il benvenuto al Presidente Mattarella che era accompagnato dalla figlia, dall' Ambasciatore d'I...

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Il "Dinner Dance 2014" è fissato per sabato 22 marzo prossimo ed è organizzato dal Club della Società Madonna dei Martiri di Hoboken, in collaborazione con la Società Hoboken Italian Festival, due società riconosciute e iscritte all'albo della Regione Puglia, Pugliesi nel Mondo. Si terrà nella prestigiosa location del "Macaluso's" a Hawthorne...

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Pur essendo a primavera inoltrata la processione notturna del Venerdì Santo nella zona di Bensonhurst in Brooklyn era accompagnata da un leggero freddo che non ha certo raffreddato i cuori delle migliaia di italiani, che hanno rivissuto la Via Crucis con canti, preghiere, letture evangeliche accompagnate da brani religiosi da parte del complesso ba...

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The body of an 11-year-old Italian girl killed more than a century ago and declared a saint will be on display this week at a Wisconsin church that bears her name. Maria Goretti was stabbed in 1902 by a neighbor during a sexual assault. She forgave her attacker on her deathbed and said she hoped she would be with him forever in heaven. In 195...

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After 131 years, Madonna of 115th Street needed a makeover — a makeover worthy of a Catholic icon parishioners say is responsible for miracles. And last week, the refurbished life-sized statue and her new gown were unveiled last week in East Harlem. From high above the altar, the Blessed Mother at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church has watched...

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By Giovanni di Napoli Saturday morning I made my way to Most Precious Blood Church in Manhattan's Little Italy, to lend a hand to the Craco Society with the repositioning of the San Vincenzo statue onto its new base. Made to look like marble, the wooden pedestal was constructed by master craftsman Manny Mayo to display the saint at the foot of the...

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by Antonia Ferraro   Last we spoke on the topic of front yard religious statuary, I posited the question to Carroll Gardens, Where Will All Your Marys Go? I won't lie. I had a great time writing that piece. I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with both Monsignor Massie and St. Stephen's Pastoral Associate, John Heyer II. Msgr. Massie helped me to...

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by Ted Booker Childhood memories were rekindled this weekend for Italian-Americans who grew up in the Watertown neighborhood known as "the flats." Sunday evening from St. Anthony's Church, 850 Arsenal St., participants in the Procession of Mount Carmel marched on these familiar streets, where older residents remember watching the ceremony as...

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by Corinne Letsch   The Catholic Church is peddling a piece of history — the oldest Catholic school in the city. The cash-strapped Archdiocese of New York is selling off the St. Patrick's Old Cathedral School on Prince St., on the grounds of the original St. Patrick's Cathedral in Little Italy, according to papers filed in Manhattan Sup...

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