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| Evivva Maria! Photos courtesy of Anthony Scillia |
Thanks Tony for sharing these wonderful photos from Sunday’s Mass and procession at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Newark, New Jersey. Evviva Maria!
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Celebrating Solemn High Latin Mass
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Veneration of the True Cross
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Participants carried the St. Rocco Society of Potenza in NYC and the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Society of Watervliet, New York standards
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Fireworks explode as the statue leaves the church
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The Very Rev. Cav. Msgr. Joseph Ambrosio (center) enjoying the festivities with Fr. Bohumil Misiuk and Eric Lavin
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The procession wends its way through the Ironbound District
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Standard bearers add to the pageantry
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(L-R) Fr. Danny Rodrigues, Fr. Bohumil Misiuk and Fr. Leo Camurati
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Anthony Scillia with Fr. Michael Barone and Fr. Edmund Luciano
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(L) Joseph Lucia, Fr. Bohumil Misiuk, Fr. Danny Rodrigues and Anthony Scillia. (R) Angelo Castronovo and Anthony Scillia with the San Rocco Society Standard
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(Above & below) Residents pin donations on to the statue
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As the procession passes, offerings are lowered by basket
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The Tony Neglia Band
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(Above & below) Along the procession route, devotees set up statues and generously offer water and cookies to participants
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During the Eucharistic Benediction, Msgr. Ambrosio holds up an ornate Monstrance with the consecrated Host |
