The Coronation
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| Evviva Maria! Photos by New York Scugnizzo |
A look at Saturday’s 11th Annual Feast of the Madonna Addolorata at St. Athanasius Church in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. (See part 2, The Procession, and part 3, Mass and Dinner Party)
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| Members of the Associazione Culturale Pugliese Figli Maria SS. Addolorata emerge from the church with the statue |
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| Soprano Cristina Fontanelli sings Ave Maria in Latin and Italian |
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| Pastor Msgr. David Cassato leads us in prayer |
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| Monsignor blesses the newly acquired crown from Napoli |
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| Monsignor blesses the ten-year-old statue and attendees |
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| Monsignor places the crown on the statue |
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| Monsignor offers the keys of the church to the Blessed Mother Photo courtesy of Josephine DiDonna |
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| (Above & below) Unable to contain their enthusiasm, participants shoot confetti canons and giant sparklers |
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| Confetti rains down on the celebrants |
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| Devotees release balloons into the sky |
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| Children dress up like the Blessed Mother |
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| After the coronation, the procession is ready to begin |
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| (Above & below) The procession departs the church grounds |
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| Devotees carry a processional canopy & the statue of the Blessed Mother |
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| The procession makes its way down Bay Parkway |
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| The color guard lead the way |
