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LOCAL
Catholics called on to emulate ‘creatively courageous’ St. Joseph
RADIO
Another Philly radio station will air ‘Viaggio Musicale’ program
By Maria Teresa Morrison
As I entered our church early one recent morning, I saw a portrait near the main altar of St. Joseph holding the Baby Jesus. I was captivated by its beauty and tenderness and after the service, I approached the portrait to read the inscription below it: “Pope Francis Proclaims December 8, 2020-2021 – the Year of Saint Joseph: Patron of the Universal Church (via Pope Pius IX), a model for All in our lives of Faith.”
The pontiff directs us to follow St. Joseph’s “creatively courageous” example as a tender and obedient father who welcomes the will of God, and teaches the value, dignity and joy of work.
All this is taken to heart by Italians who have traditionally honored St. Joseph as the Patron Saint of Family, but who also protects orphans, unwed mothers, the needy and the homeless. To celebrate his feast day (March 19) families throughout Italy and worldwide create an altar/table and an elaborate ritual
meal. The priest blesses the meal, and members of the community of all social levels are invited to partake.
La Tavola di
San Giuseppe
(Saint Joseph’s
Table) is a
tradition that started in southern Italy,
not only in Sicily, but also in Apuglia and Abruzzo, where it is still celebrated and known as La Mattredda. Special breads and sweets (fritelle, zeppole ) are prepared .
The zeppole eaten in Umbria, Florence and eastern Sicily are often made with rice flour, while those of Sardinia, Lazio and Campania and points south, are based on wheat flour.
Every region has its own story of the recipe, name of the pastry and who inspired it, just as every region or town (paese) may have its own patron saint. IAH
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PHILADELPHIA – The radio station WWDB (860 AM) has signed with L’Associazione Regionale Abruzzese Delco to carry the area’s third Italian-American radio program, to be hosted by Melissa Cannavo- Marino and Nick Alessandrini.
Cannavo-Marino and Alessandrini
will host the afternoon edition of “Viaggio Musicale,” a bi-lingual program at 2 p.m. on Sundays.
Cannavo-Marino will be joined by co-host Alessandrini, who also is the moderator of the weekly Italian-American community actuality program “The Italian-American Herald-on- the Air,” which is heard on Sundays at 8:45 a.m. on Wilmington’s WILM (1450 AM).
The format includes community news, Italian classic and contemporary music.
L’Associazione Regionale Abruzzese Delco President Nicholas Rapagnani praised Cannavo-Marino’s dedication in bringing “Viaggio Musicale” to WWDB. She began
broadcasting on IABN, Philadelphia’s full-time Italian language network in 1999. In 2003, she moved to Italy to study at the American University of Rome, earning a degree in mass communications and public relations, and her Italian Triennale degree through a joint program with the University of Macerata.
She also earned a master’s degree in marketing from Wilmington University and remains active in the tri-state region’s Italian- American community. She is a board member of the Delaware Italian-American Education Association and a former Commissioner
on the Gloucester County Italian Heritage Commission.
She also hosts “Mattinata Musicale” at
8 a.m. Sundays on WILM, along with the evening edition of “Viaggio Musicale” Sunday evenings at 6 WVLT (92.1 FM). She has collaborated with Alessandrini on radio broadcasts for several years. IAH
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There’s hardly a more fitting place for love locks than the gate outside the balcony where Romeo wooed Juliet in Verona, Italy. The lock-covered gate is curiously framed by walls adorned with gum.
What does Valentine’s Day mean in the land of love? L L e e g g e e n n d d t t e e l l l l s s o o f f a a d d e e f f i i a a n n t t p p r r i i e e s s t t w w h h o o m m a a r r r r i i e e d d l lo o v v e e r r s s d du u r r i i n n g g w w a a r r t t i i m m e e
By Jeanne Outlaw-Cannavo
When people think of Italians as great lovers, it stands to reason that they must
and celebrated solely between lovers and sweethearts. No passing out Valentine’s Day cards to schoolmates there, unless one happens to be your “tesoro.”
Queen Juno to be the goddess of women, fertility and marriage.
In 494 AD, Pope Gelasio I declared
a Valentine’s Day celebration in honor of St. Valentine to replace the pagan festival, and the original St. Valentine’s festivities were celebrated as a spring festival where lovers would gather outside in gardens or parks to listen to music and exchange
wonder what Valentine’s Day must be like in Italy. After all, isn’t Italy the most romantic country in the world? In fact the holiday, known as “La Festa di San Valentino” or “La Festa degli Innamorati” in Italy, is reserved
How and when did this holiday for lovers actually begin? Some historians insist that it dates to the Roman Empire as a pagan festival to celebrate the Queen of Roman gods and goddesses. The ancient Romans considered
However, the most common legend surrounding the origin of Valentine’s Day goes back to St. Valentine, a priest who defified the Roman emperors’ order banning marriage between lovers during wartime. Valentine se- cretly married lovers during this ban and once discovered he was put to death on Feb. 14.
poetry. One ancient tradition that is still
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