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Evviva San Rocco!
Photos courtesy of John Cordi, Rosanna Minervini,
Anthony Scillia, and New York Scugnizzo
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Scenes from Sunday's 128th Annual Feast of San Rocco di Potenza at Most Precious Blood Church (113 Baxter St.) in Manhattan's historic Little Italy.
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| Hundreds attend Mass at Most Precious Blood Church |
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(L) Tina looks after San Rocco's faithful pooch.
(R) The La Rocca men salute Old Glory during the National Anthem |
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| San Rocco emerges from under the church scaffolding |
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| Confetti exploded and people cheered for our glorious patron |
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| Bill and Bruno bring out the candle house (cinte) |
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| Italo and Concetta helped put the generous donations onto the statue |
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| Baxter Street was buzzing with excitement |
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| Devotees Rosanna, Francesca and Kathryn carry the traditional wax ex-voto |
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Our buddies Anthony Scillia and Matt Alongi
led the procession down bustling Mulberry Street |
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| (Above & below) The procession wends its way through Little Italy and Chinatown. (R) Our friends from the St. Joseph Society of Lodi, New Jersey show their boundless support and devotion to San Rocco |
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| Devotees take turns carrying our beloved patron |
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| We always get tremendous support from our friends from the Associazione Culturale Pugliese Figli Maria SS. Addolorata of Brooklyn, New York (pictured above); the Gioiosa Marina Social Club of Brooklyn, New York; the Our Lady of the Snow Society of Brooklyn, New York; the Craco Society; the Figli di San Gennaro; the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Fraternal Society of New Jersey; the Saint Rocco Society of Fort Lee, New Jersey; ... |
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| ...the St. Joseph Society of Lodi. New Jersey (left); and the San Giacomo Society of Hoboken, New Jersey (right) |
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| Representing the Knights of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, Cav. John Napoli and the Very Rev. Msgr. Cav. Joseph Ambrosio, Pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Newark, New Jersey |
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Devotees shower San Rocco with rose petals
outside the Church of the Transfiguration |
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| Remembering our roots, we make our way to now-closed St. Joseph's Church |
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| Mr. and Mrs. Mavrianos showers San Rocco with rose petals |
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(L) The procession returns to Little Italy.
(R) John and Andrew carry the cinte |
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| Danny Vecchiano and the Giglio Band |
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| After dinner and raffles, revelers danced the night away |
