St. Bartholomew’s set to celebrate annual Italian Feast Day
NORWICH – St. Bartholomew’s will celebrate its 83rd Annual Italian Feast Day Friday, Saturday and Sunday behind the Monsignor Festa Parish Center, 81 East Main St.
Although the official St. Bartholomew’s feast day fell on Tuesday this year, event coordinators reported they’d received permission to hold the celebratory Mass at 9 a.m. Sunday, a portion of which will be said in Italian.
Instituted in 1927 by Father Walter Sinnott, the annual event, from 1927 to 1953, was held at the local church and church hall before relocating to the Chenango County Fair in 1954. In 1978, the celebration returned to the church grounds, where it’s been held ever since.
Coordinators for the event said they “feel this celebration is important to carry on the traditions” of the church, “so our children and grandchildren know where they came from,” as previous generations were responsible for “helping to build the church.”
Many parishioners’ ancestors were natives of the island of Lipari off the north coast of Sicily, they added.
The Italian Feast Celebration will kick things off from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday with a DJ, an Antique Car Cruise-In and Italian cuisine. Event organizers reported a variety of prizes will be awarded to those participating in the Cruise-In and a trophy will be presented for first place.
Running from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday’s activities will include raffles, games, a DJ and more, said organizers, who added a variety of Italian foods, homemade sausage and peppers, hamburgers and hot dogs will be served throughout the day. Representatives of the New York State Legislature will also be on hand Saturday afternoon, including a visit by Congressman Michael Arcuri between 1:30 and 2 p.m.
A special celebration of Italian music in song and dance, coordinated by Mary Musson and aided by the Perkins School of the Arts, will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday in the Monsignor Festa Parish Center, with approximately 40 parishioners, neighbors and friends combining their musical talents for a “sentimental, innovative and highly entertaining” performance, said organizers.
Sunday’s Mass will be followed by a “spiritual procession” which will find parishioners surrounding the church and carrying a statue of St. Bartholomew, customarily decorated with streamers and money, to be donated to the church. The same banners carried at the first celebration in 1927 will also be used in the procession. A free will offering breakfast and brunch will follow.
“St. Bartholomew, along with fellow apostle Jude, was one of 12 apostles credited with bringing Christianity to America in the first century,” reported organizers. “Both saints are considered the patron saints of the American Apostolic Church.”
There is no admission for the St. Bartholomew’s Italian Feast Day Celebration and the event is open to the public. For more information call 336-3513 or visit www.stbartsnorwichny.com.
Although the official St. Bartholomew’s feast day fell on Tuesday this year, event coordinators reported they’d received permission to hold the celebratory Mass at 9 a.m. Sunday, a portion of which will be said in Italian.
Instituted in 1927 by Father Walter Sinnott, the annual event, from 1927 to 1953, was held at the local church and church hall before relocating to the Chenango County Fair in 1954. In 1978, the celebration returned to the church grounds, where it’s been held ever since.
Coordinators for the event said they “feel this celebration is important to carry on the traditions” of the church, “so our children and grandchildren know where they came from,” as previous generations were responsible for “helping to build the church.”
Many parishioners’ ancestors were natives of the island of Lipari off the north coast of Sicily, they added.
The Italian Feast Celebration will kick things off from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday with a DJ, an Antique Car Cruise-In and Italian cuisine. Event organizers reported a variety of prizes will be awarded to those participating in the Cruise-In and a trophy will be presented for first place.
Running from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday’s activities will include raffles, games, a DJ and more, said organizers, who added a variety of Italian foods, homemade sausage and peppers, hamburgers and hot dogs will be served throughout the day. Representatives of the New York State Legislature will also be on hand Saturday afternoon, including a visit by Congressman Michael Arcuri between 1:30 and 2 p.m.
A special celebration of Italian music in song and dance, coordinated by Mary Musson and aided by the Perkins School of the Arts, will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday in the Monsignor Festa Parish Center, with approximately 40 parishioners, neighbors and friends combining their musical talents for a “sentimental, innovative and highly entertaining” performance, said organizers.
Sunday’s Mass will be followed by a “spiritual procession” which will find parishioners surrounding the church and carrying a statue of St. Bartholomew, customarily decorated with streamers and money, to be donated to the church. The same banners carried at the first celebration in 1927 will also be used in the procession. A free will offering breakfast and brunch will follow.
“St. Bartholomew, along with fellow apostle Jude, was one of 12 apostles credited with bringing Christianity to America in the first century,” reported organizers. “Both saints are considered the patron saints of the American Apostolic Church.”
There is no admission for the St. Bartholomew’s Italian Feast Day Celebration and the event is open to the public. For more information call 336-3513 or visit www.stbartsnorwichny.com.
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