New Music — Pergolesi: A Neapolitan Stabat Mater

New music that may be of interest to our readers.

• Pergolesi: A Neapolitan Stabat Mater by Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu and Franck-Emmanuel Comte

Label: Icsm Records
Release Date: May 3, 2019
Audio CD: $13.97
Number of Discs: 1

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Photo of the Week: A View of the Maschio Angioino (Angevin Keep) from the Bay of Naples

Maschio Angioino (also called Castel Nuovo, or New Castle), Napoli
Photo by New York Scugnizzo

Celebrating the 2019 Feast of the Madonna del Sacro Monte in Clifton, New Jersey (Part 2)

Procession and Luncheon

Evviva Maria!

Photos by New York Scugnizzo

SUNDAY, May 19th — A look at the Feast of the Madonna del Sacro Monte at Holy Face Monastery in Clifton, New Jersey. (See part 1, Mass and Procession)

High Mass was sung by Fr. Anthony Mastroeni
at the Chapel of Our Lady of Tears

(Above & below) After Mass, the procession
circled the monastery three times

(L) With great pageantry, members of the Congregazione
Maria Ss. del Sacro Monte carry the statue of the
Madonna del Sacro Monte. (R) The Tony Neglia Band 

(Above & below) Pilgrims walk along the monastery path

 The Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George
and the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

After the procession, the celebration continued at the picnic grounds

Our friends from the Sandu Manghesi del Cliento Club 

The very popular zeppole stand 

Products from Cilento, Salerno were available

Revelers enjoyed a festive luncheon

Sausage and peppers

Cavatelli

Marinated sliced pork and peppers

Zeppole

The ladies enjoyed a very competitive game of “pass the provolone,”
a humorous take on “hot potato,” where the winner gets the cheese

This year the menfolk played "pass the prosciutto"

Celebrating the 2019 Feast of the Madonna del Sacro Monte in Clifton, New Jersey (Part 1)

Mass and Procession

Evviva Maria!

Photos by New York Scugnizzo

SUNDAY, May 19th — A look at the Feast of the Madonna del Sacro Monte at Holy Face Monastery in Clifton, New Jersey. (See part 2, Procession and Luncheon)

HE Cav. John M. Viola & the O'Boyle men affix the new crowns to the statue

A close-up of one of the new crowns acquired in Naples

A tin medallion of the Madonna and child from Naples

The confraternity's celestial blue mozzettas

Vesting prayers for La Congregazione Maria Ss. del Sacro Monte
di Novi Velia Salerno di Jersey City, New Jersey

HE Cav. John M. Viola (second from right) of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George with Cavalieri Carmine Berardi, Fr. Michael C. Barone, David D'Alessandro, Vincent Gangone, & Vito Totino of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

(Above & below) Processing to the Chapel of Our Lady of Tears

(L) High Mass was celebrated at the chapel. (R) A group of adorable flower girls pose with the statue of the Madonna del Sacro Monte

A look inside the chapel and a close-up of the Weeping Madonna of Syracuse with map of Sicily and southern Italy

(Above & below) Cavalieri & Dame joined hundreds of pilgrims at the Mass

(Above & below) After Mass, the statue
was carried around the monastery three time

Our friends from Brooklyn Latin Mass taking part in the procession

Photo of the Week: The Neapolitan Fisher Boy by Vincenzo Gemito

Il Pescatore by Vincenzo Gemito at the Museo Civico
in the Maschio Angioino, Napoli. Photo by New York Scugnizzo

Photo of the Week: Bronze Bust of Hermes at Axel Munthe's Villa San Michele in Anacapri

Photo by New York Scugnizzo

Meridiunalata XII: A Bilingual Offering of Duosiciliano Poetry

Inspired by Cav. Charles Sant'Elia's Meridiunalata/Southernade,* an evocative bilingual (Neapolitan/English) collection of poetry written between 1989 and 2010, we offer the reader an accessible introduction to vernacular (Neapolitan, Sicilian, et al.) verse with the aim of awakening enthusiasm for contemporary and historical poesia Duosiciliano.

In this installment we're featuring the Neapolitan poetry of Libero Bovio and Charles Sant’Elia.

‘E ffronne
di Libero Bovio

Cu ‘e primme fridde ‘e vierno
fredda si’ addeventata,
sta mana toja gelata
te tremma 'mmano a me...
Ma tu niente me dice
e i’ niente t’addimanno,
pecchè sti core ‘o ssanno
chello ca hann’’a sapè...
Tu si’ comm’a n’auciello,
cante nu juorne, ..dduje..
po, arape ‘e scelle e fuje
e, addio, nun tuorne cchiù..
Si’ ‘o sole ‘e marzo…’o sole
ca luce ..e po scumpare
e, tale e quale ô mare,
fedele nun si’ ttu!!
Addio!.. Cadeno ‘e ffronne…
cadeno e ‘o viento ‘e sperde..
Erano accussì vverde
quanno cantave tu!!
Addio! ..Comme te chiamme,
bella ca te ne vaje??
Tu stessa nun ‘o ssaje :
te chiamme... giuventù!!

The Leaves
By Libero Bovio

With the first cold of winter
you’ve become cold,
This hand of yours frozen
trembles in my hand...
But you say nothing to me
and I nothing ask you,
because these hearts know
what they have to know...
You’re like a bird,
you sing a day, ..two..
then, you open your wings and flee
and, farewell, you don’t return..
You’re the March sun…the sun
that shines ..and then disappears
and, exactly like the sea,
you are not faithful!!
Farewell!.. The leaves are falling…
they fall and the wind scatters them..
They were so green
when you were singing!!
Farewell! ..What is your name,
beautiful one that goes away??
You yourself don’t know :
you’re name is... youth!!

Translated by Cav. Charles Sant’Elia

‘O Mese ‘E Maggio
Da Charles Sant’Elia

C’addore ‘o’ mese ‘e maggio 
Dint’’a casa ‘e notte,
Ca s’arapésseno tutt’’e feneste 
Pe m’’o purtà,
Ca tu l’astipasse
Int’’e capille
St’addore ‘o’ mese ‘e maggio.

The Month of May
By Charles Sant’Elia

What a scent in the month of May
In the house at night,
I wish they would open all the windows 
To bring it to me,
That you would store it up
In your hair,
This scent in the month of May.

* Self-published in 2010, Meridiunalata/Southernade is a treasury of poems gleaned from Cav. Sant'Elia's previous collections (Nchiuso dint''o presente, 'A cuntrora, and 'O pino e l'éllera), which were circulated among friends in New York City and Naples. Special thanks to Cav. Sant'Elia for allowing us to reprint his poetry and translations.

New Book — The Heroine of Gaeta: Queen Maria Sophia of the Two Sicilies

New title that may be of interest to our readers. Available at Amazon

• The Heroine of Gaeta: Queen Maria Sophia of the Two Sicilies by John Van der Kiste

Publisher: Independently published
Publication Date: March 7, 2019
Paperback: $10.85
Language: English
Pages: 186

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Photo of the Week: Eros from the Tepidarium at Pompeii

Stucco of Eros at the Tepidarium at Pompeii
Photo by New York Scugnizzo

Distributing Food to the Homeless on the Feast of Sant’Atanasio il Grande

Thank you to this month's volunteers.

Thursday, May 2nd, members of the Constantinian Auxiliary prepared and distributed food to the homeless in Chinatown and Two Bridges, New York on the Feast of Sant’Atanasio il Grande (Saint Athanasius the Great). Meeting at the Church of the Transfiguration (29 Mott St.), volunteers prepared 30 care packages replete with toiletries and ready to eat food, including containers of freshly cooked penne marinara generously donated by our dear friends at Caffé Napoli (191 Hestor Street) in Little Italy.

Bobby and Louis with our newest sponsor
Ciro from Song e Napule

Once again, we want to thank Antonio, Anna and Konstantinos Mavrianos-Cesare of the St. Rocco Society for their hard work and dedication. You are an inspiration to us all. Thank you Louis Fontana of Caffé Napoli; Raymond Guarini of the Italian Enclaves Historical Society; Robert Michael Surella of the East Harlem Giglio Society; and Cav. John Napoli for your continued assistance. Your heartfelt generosity and selflessness is greatly appreciated. And as always, special thanks to Pastor Lo for your support and blessings. It is an honor to serve with such an outstanding group of people. God Bless you all. IHSV

The next walk will be on Thursday, June 6th—the Feast of St. Filippo Smaldone—at 7:00 PM. Anyone interested in supporting this charitable endeavor can contact Cav. John Napoli at jnapoli@smocsg.org or Anna Mavrianos-Cesare at MsAnnaNY@aol.com.

Konstantinos lends a helping hand

Anna and Bobby divvy up the pasta

Misc. snacks

Baked beans  

Jamaican beef patties

Once again, our friends at Caffé Napoli
donated a heaping tray of penne marinara 

Participants said a prayer for the homeless and prayed the Rosary

Originally posted in The Constantinian Chronicle

New Books (April 2019)

New and forthcoming titles that may be of interest to our readers. All are available at Amazon.com

• Renaissance Naples: A Documentary History, 1400-1600 (A Documentary History of Naples) by Charlotte Nichols

Publisher: Italica Press
Publication Date: March 1, 2019
Paper ack: $25.00
Language: English
Pages: 558

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• Ancient Marbles in Naples in the Eighteenth Century: Findings, Collections, Dispersals (Studies in the History of Collecting & Art Markets) by Eloisa Dodero

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
Publication Date: September 18, 2019
Hardcover: $158.65
Language: English
Pages: NA

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