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St.
Anthony’s Feast |
By
Tessa Derksen |
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| Beginning
in 1913, with a brief stoppage during the war years, the community has
celebrated La Festa di San Antonio or St. Anthony’s Feast. This
annual event occurs on the second Sunday in June and includes an outside
mass on the steps of St.
Anthony’s Church, a procession and a dinner served in the
church.
St. Anthony’s Feast usually
draws 10,000 people. But why is this event so popular?
“You have to think of it not
in terms of an Italian-Catholic event or even a Catholic event,”
explains Peter Scott, who has been with St.
Anthony’s Church and involved with the event for the past
42 years. “St. Anthony has cross-religious, cross-cultural appeal.
We have Sikhs, Muslims – people of every religion and culture
– coming to this event.”
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annual event also includes a procession. |
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| St.
Anthony has cross-cultural and cross-religious appeal; 10,000
people come every year to celebrate his feast day in Ottawa. |
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