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Viva San Pio!
Photos by New York Scugnizzo
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| A shrine was erected outside St. Dominic's Church (2001 Bay Ridge Parkway) Saturday afternoon for the Cadutti Superga Mola Soccer Club's annual Festa di San Pio. Devotees offered flowers, votive candles and donations |
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| (Above & below) After Mass, which was celebrated in Italian, the statue was placed on the vera |
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| The vera was adorned with flowers |
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| Donations were pinned to the statue's cape |
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| Our friends Joseph, Cathy and Maria manned the religious gift table |
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| Our celebration caught someone's attention |
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| Prayer cards were offered to donors |
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| (Above & below) We depart from the fairground |
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| (Above & below) The procession saunters down Bay Ridge Parkway |
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| (Above & below) Members of the Associazione Culturale Pugliese Figli Maria SS. Addolorata joined together with the Caduti Superga Mola Club |
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| A good time was had by all |
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| Our dear friends Lucrezia and Josephine with soon-to-be ordained Deacon Alessandro from Calabria |
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| Devotees sang and prayed for nearly two hours |
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| The Metropolitan Festival Band |
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| We briefly stopped by the Cadutti Superga Soccer Club for some water |
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| A beautiful shrine was set up outside the clubhouse |
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| Back at the fairground, the procession concluded with the benediction |
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| The statue was returned to the shrine and revelers enjoyed plenty of food, games and entertainment at the street fair |
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| Afterward, we enjoyed a little brioche con gelato at nearby Villabate Alba's |