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ANNUAL FEAST OF OUR LADY OF MIRACLES IN BUFALO
The 80th annual Buffalo Feast of Our Lady of Miracles of Mussomeli, the largest annual Italian-American religious celebration in Western New York, will be celebrated on Sunday, September 12. A Mass will be offered at 11:15 a.m., in St. Anthony's Church, 160 Court St., Buffalo (behind the City Hall). An elaborate luncheon will follow at the Buffalo Convention Center on Franklin St. between Court and Huron Sts. A special welcome to those of Mussomelese origin.
The Feast commemorates the healing of a paralytic through the intercession of Mary just outside the Sicilian town of Mussomeli. The local observance attracts hundreds of devotees of Mussomelese ancestry from Western New York, Rochester, and Southern Ontario.
The principal celebrant of the Mass will be Rev. Charles Amico, theology professor at Christ the King Seminary in East Aurora. Concelebrating will be Rev. Secondo Casarotto, CS, Pastor of St. Anthony's Church, Buffalo.
This year's guests of honor are longtime active members of the Mussomelese Society: Dr. and Mrs. Basil Arnone and Dr. and Mrs. Vincent Arnone.
For luncheon reservations and additional information please call the Society's president, Mrs. Marietta Lafornara at 836-5599.
RESERVATIONS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE LUNCHEON.
(Deadline for Reservations: Tuesday, September 7)