A Look at the 92nd Annual Feast of the Madonna dei Martiri in Hoboken, New Jersey

Viva Maria!
Photos courtesy of Anthony Scillia

Thanks Tony for sharing your wonderful photos from Saturday's Feast Day Mass for the Madonna dei Martiri, patroness of Molfetta, Puglia at St. Francis RC Church in Hoboken, New Jersey. Evviva Maria!

St. Francis RC Church (308 Jefferson St.) in Hoboken, New Jersey 

Festive lights erected outside the church

The statue of Our Lady is laden with gold 

(Above & below) Mass was celebrated in a packed St. Francis Church

Standing room only for the Mass

Members of the Madonna dei Martiri Society
fill the pews in front of Our Lady's shrine

(L) Society standard. (R) Devotees pin donations onto the statue

Stained glass windows depicting Santa Caterina d'Alessandria and San Giorgio

Some spectacular Focaccia Molfettese

(Above & below) Neighborhood windows and storefronts
display posters and images of the Madonna dei Martiri