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by Kirsten Dize   For more than 60 years St. Leo's Catholic Church has been hosting an annual dinner that's about more than just food. St. Leo's has pictures of its annual Ravioli and Spaghetti Dinner dating back to 1948.   "We're not sure when it started, but it's an event that includes the whole parish and now the whole Italian...

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50th Anniversary of Priesthood Celebrationfor Father Lydio TOMASI, C.S. Pastor, Holy Rosary ChurchSATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2012 @ 5:30 PMCASA ITALIANA HALL & CULTURAL CENTER595 Third Street, NW | Washington, DC 20002For RESERVATIONS call LUCIA @ (202) 638-0165WEB SITE >>> CLICK HEREMETRO Rail: Red line stop at Judiciary Square. Father T...

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Il Comitato per la Rinascita della Festa della Madonna Nera invita la comunità italiana alla Undicesima Festa annuale in onore della Madonna Nera siciliana di Tindari.   Negli ultimi dieci anni - spiegano gli organizzatori - ci siamo riuniti l'8 settembre presso il Bar Phoenix a Manhattan dove abbiamo raccontato storie, recitato poesie, abbo...

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Jehovah's Witnesses are inviting all of their neighbors to attend their annual convention in the Italian language to be held at Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 23 Unity Pl, Newburgh NY, 12550-6715. The theme of this year's program is "Keep Seeking First God's Kingdom!" Raffaele Palazzolo, a convention spokesman, states: "People of many faith...

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Easter is a joyous time for Christians around the world, an event that represents the triumph of life over death. Before that momentous Sunday, however, a brief but intense period of mourning commences, culminating on Good Friday, the day Christ was crucified, died and was buried.   For centuries, towns and villages across Italy have express...

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by Cookie Curci   During the great influx of Europeans to America, thousands of Italian immigrants came to the Santa Clara Valley. Word of California's fertile orchard lands had beckoned them to leave their impoverished towns and regions of Italy and travel to the "Golden State". They had heard tales that the streets of California were...

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BUT how could she be a saint? She was rejected from a convent for bad health, she spoke with a thick Italian accent in her adopted land, she traveled all over to found schools, hospitals, orphanages and other social institutions, she was a U.S. citizen and she drank wine!!! Mother Cabrini, as she is popularly known, came from peasant stock – the s...

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By Greg Garrison   Alabama-based EWTN Global Catholic Network has launched ACI Stampa, a new Rome-based Italian-language Catholic news agency that will be led by Vatican journalist Angela Ambrogetti. The new service was introduced on Thursday, Sept. 10 at an event held adjacent to the Vatican press center in Rome.   "I am pleased to a...

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by Debbie Monolo   Finally, spring is in the air and from our vantage point across the street from St. Ambrose Church, we can also confirm that love is in the air.   A symbol of tradition and an anchor for local Italian Americans, this beautiful church is a popular place to tie the knot for St. Louisans of Italian descent. The an...

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The Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church will celebrate 122 unbroken years of devotion to the Blessed Mother from July 9 to 12. Festivities will culminate on July 12 with a 9 a.m. Solemn Mass in Italian in the church, a procession to a noon field Mass and a second procession featuring traditional festa music. A street festival will run from July 9 t...

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