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Makeshift shrine at the restaurant with icons of Santa Barbara Martire and
San Nicola di Bari, holy water, blessed votive candles, and poinsettias |
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. ~ Thorin Oakenshield, The Hobbit
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| Pasta makes everyone happy |
Following Holy Mass at Our Lady of Peace Church Sunday morning, members and friends of the Fratelli della Santa Fede (or Sanfedisti) gathered at Amunì Ristorante (7217 3rd Avenue) in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn to celebrate the 3rd Annual Feast of San Nicola di Bari with commemoration of Santa Barbara Martire.
After grace, Chef Vincent Dardanello treated us to another sumptuous multi-course repast featuring fresh cavatelli with a traditional Sunday ragù replete with fall-off-the-bone pork ribs, hot and sweat sausages, meatballs, and braciola di cotenna di maiale. Also on the menu was a cold antipasto, rice balls, and deep-fried artichokes. We finished our festive gathering with aperitivi, roasted chestnuts, raffles, café and dolci.
Heartfelt thanks to our dear friends from the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George, the Hapsburg Restoration Movement, San Rocco Society of Potenza in NYC, the Italian Enclaves Historical Society, Brooklyn Latin Mass Society, the Italian Mass Project, the Brooklyn Latin Mass Society, and the Holy Name Society of the Shrine Church of St. Bernadette for joining us in the festivities.
We are especially grateful to Fr. Christopher Cullen for blessing our votive candles at morning Mass and Fr. Leo Camurati for blessing our icons of Santa Barbara and San Nicola during the celebration.
As always, it was a great joy to celebrate our faith and culture together. Evviva Santa Barbara Martire e San Nicola di Bari!
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| Andrew and John |
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(L) Flags of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies adorn the shrine.
(R) Andrew, John and Raymond light a few candles |
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| Jim and Cindy |
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| Maria, Anthony and Jim |
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| Matthew and Michael |
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| Mike and Alexis |
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| John and Maria |
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After the cordial greetings and a toast, the merry and
hungry partygoers quickly got down to serious business |
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| Cold antipasto |
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| Arancini |
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| Carciofi fritti |
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| For the primo we enjoyed cavatelli |
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For the secondo we enjoyed a delicious array of pork ribs,
hot and cold sausages, meatballs, and pork skins |
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| Mini-bar with some of the door and raffle prizes |
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| Chocolate filled bomboloni |
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| Castagne arrostite |
