Awhile back I did a post on The Feast Of The Madonna Di Montevergine describing what it is all about and how it happens every year on the last day of September. Well it’s that time again and this year it falls on the 28th of September. Even though that post didn’t generate many comments it did get quite a lot of ‘hits’ and so I got the idea to do a followup post listing the upcoming events starting on Monday the 22nd.

• Monday 7.30pm Mary Font of Light and Life. An evening of prayer for vocations.
• Tuesday 7.30pm Mary New Woman. An evening of prayer for our families
• Wednesday 7.30pm Mary Servant Of Our Lord. An evening for our children and young adults. (English/Italian Liturgy) with distribution of Blessed Medals.
• Thursday 7.30pm Mary Mother Of Mercy. An evening of prayer and anointing for our sick and elderly.
• Friday 7.30pm Mary Woman Of The Hour. An evening of special prayers for our deceased and Procession of the Holy Cross.
• Saturday, 6.00 pm Parish Vigil Mass (English). 26th Sunday Of Ordinary Time. Year “A”

Sunday Feast Day

• 9.00am Recital of the Holy Rosary in the Church of the Annunciation, Hectorville, led by the prayer group “Rosario Vivente”.

• 9.20am Procession from the Hectorville Church via Montacute Road, Newton Road and Graves Street. All Religious Associations are kindly invited to participate. Parents are encouraged to bring their daughters, dressed in white.
• 10.30am CON-CELEBRATED SOLEMN HOLY MASS by Padre D. Riccardo Luca Guariglia OSB accompanied by the choir San Francesco.
• 12.00 noon The Dame of Montevergine will prepare a lunch for everybody; proceeds will be donated to charities.
• 1.00pm Concert by the GUISEPPE VERDI BAND
• 3.30PM Popular local singers.
• 4.00pm Holy Rosary and Benediction, followed by family Mass
• 5.00pm Monteverdi Singers
• 6.00pm Elite Accordian Group
• 7.30pm Musical extravaganza: JOEY FIMMANO’S ITALIAN DELIGHT
• 10.00pm Fireworks

And the fireworks bring the festivities of the day to an end.

There is a lot happening after the Holy Mass icluding a lot of stalls offering Italian specialty foods such as Zeppoles, pasta, cakes and other delecacies. There is also a Souvenir stand offering many religious items and souevenirs including DVDs of the previous Festa which you can recognize by the following image.

They will retail for $15 per DVD and it’s the first time the Festa has been captured on DVD. The image of the Madonna was superimposed on the Large Copper Doors of the Church itself.

I want to give a special thanks to Nicola Zollo for supplying me with the information for this post.

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