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August 2007

St. Rocco's Feast
When:	Sunday, August 19 2007 @ 01:00 AM MST - 12:00PM
Event Type:	Holiday
Where:	St. Joseph's Church, 5 Monroe St., Manhattan. Manhattan, NY
Description:	"Viva San Rocco!" That chant will be heard throughout the Lower East Side by hundreds of people with devotion to St. Rocco. The St. Rocco Society will celebrate the feast of St. Rocco, Sunday, August 19, at St. Joseph's Church, 5 Monroe St., Manhattan. The feast begins with Mass at noon followed by the 118th annual procession streets at the church and continuing through the streets of Little Italy... The St. Rocco Society was founded in 1889 by immigrants from the southern Italian city of Potenza in the Basilicata region. Each year since its founding, the society has celebrated St. Rocco's feast with a procession.