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The statue, draped with a purple ribbon, money pinned along its edges, made its way down Fort Washington Avenue in New York City's Washington Heights neighborhood.   Its faceted crown caught the glint of the clear, early November sun, the air cool and crisp as leaves fell from the surrounding elms and maples, the entrance to Fort Tryon Park...

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WTI Magazine #67    2015 September, 4Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   Every five years, in the years ending in 0 and 5, hundreds of people from Pove del Grappa, near Vicenza, prepare the celebration of Christ, commonly called the Five-Year Celebrations in Honor of the Divine Crucified. The festivities in honor of the crucified seem to...

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By Giovanni di Napoli   Tuesday (Aug. 19th), I was finally able to go to Saint Luke's Church (16-34 Clintonville Street) in Whitestone, Queens and see the Sacred Image of Our Lady of Romitello. On loan from the Santuario Santa Maria Addolorata di Romitello near Borgetto, in the Province of Palermo, the painting was only on display from Augus...

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Sunday July 26th - 3 PM - Holy Rosary Church - 911 Missouri Ave, Kansas City 64106. Ciao paesani! We have scheduled our next meeting for Sunday, July 26th. This will be a combination of a meeting and our club's three year anniversary!   We will be discussing plans for the upcoming year, the book project, and we will talk about...

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by Domenick Rafter's   It's a classic Italian tradition that still reigns over large family gatherings on Dec. 24th every year, even after several generations have brought Italian-Americans more into assimilation. While it shouldn't be surprising in a country surrounded on three sides by water, the tradition, called festa de bette pesch...

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We welcome and extend our hearts to you. Come be a part of our Annual Feast of St. Joseph’s Table at St. Benedict Church Parish Hall, 1022 West Cleveland Avenue,Montebello, CA, on Saturday, March 21, 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and on Sunday, March 22, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Table will be blessed on Saturday, March 21st at 12:00 PM. There will be...

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  WTI Magazine #68    2015 September, 18Author : italia.it      Translation by:   The "Road of Pilgrims" that runs to the Arcangelo Michele Grotto in San Giovanni Rotondo (Apulia) was created in the late 1800s. San Giovanni Rotondo is now famous all over the world as the native city of St. Pio (meaning Pius, and known in Italian as Padre Pio) of...

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