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For Catholics, Easter is the most important celebration of the year. So it doesn’t surprise that in Italy, where Christianity and Catholicism marked so much of the country’s cultural and artistic heritage, Easter celebrations are a pretty grandiose affair. From religious re-enactments to processions, from personal moments of meditation and prayer t...

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Pasqua (Easter) is perhaps the most celebrated holiday in Italy, with La Settimana Santa (Holy Week) rites commencing on Palm Sunday and ending on Easter Sunday. Sicily and Sardinia are particularly well-known for solemn displays of religious devotion during this period. Local customs blend with Catholic rites to create unique traditions celebrated...

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An old-world tradition that has taken over the streets around Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church for a half a century returned to San Pedro once more this weekend — and celebrated its golden jubilee. Shouts of “Viva San Giuseppe!” rang out again, as they always do, when parishioners and others joined to celebrate St. Joseph’s Day, honoring the ch...

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A common saying goes, "Italy is home to poets, sailors and saints". Indeed, Italian television production about Saints, priests, nuns or lay Christian people is worldwide renown (think of the success of "Don Matteo"). This media thread can help us to perceive and understand the presence and personality of those who have followed Jesus Christ: throu...

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I’m pretty sure that almost everyone who lives in the New Orleans area has heard of and or visited a St. Joseph altar. But, for those of us who are Catholic and Italian, St. Joseph’s Altars are steeped with family tradition, delicious food, recipes handed down through the generations and an anticipation of visiting various churches to view the beau...

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St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange invites parishioners and the general public to join in celebrating the Feast Day of St. Joseph on Sunday. The Feast of Saint Joseph commemorates the end of a drought and looming famine in Sicily during the Middle Ages. Sicilians usually build a “St. Joseph Table” and wear red as a symbol of the celebration. This t...

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Father Louis M. Solcia, the associate pastor at Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Little Italy, was a kind and gentle soul, and he had the patience of a saint. He was a good listener and truly cared about what people said and was always compassionate and understanding. He was truly one of a kind! I believe because of his personality many Italian fam...

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If until yesterday invoking the help of the saints has always been one of our favorite occupations, from today it will be possible to chat with them, for now only in Italian. For, in addition to praying to our beloved martyrs, one will be able to directly question them about the meaning of life. What is called a direct line to our most beloved sain...

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One of the most important holidays for many Italian American and Italian Catholics is the Feast of St. Joseph or La Festa di San Giuseppe. St. Joseph, a carpenter, and the foster father of Jesus, is the patron saint of carpenters, orphans and the needy and the homeless, among others. The day has always been celebrated on March 19, but in 2008 it wa...

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On Wednesday, Feb. 15, the Archdiocese of New York announced that at the end of the 2022-2023 school year, 12 of their Catholic Schools would be closed due to the financial instability that was further worsened by the pandemic. A report from the Catholic News Agency stated that the following are the schools that will not reopen after the 2022-2023...

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