San Diego's Italian Church Celebrates 100th Anniversary

 

100TH ANNIVERSARY TRIDIUM

AUGUST 17 –19, 2023

For 100 years Our Lady of the Rosary has served as a beacon of hope to her members of Faith.  She has served as the center of a neighborhood to celebrate faith, family, community and traditions.  This August we celebrate the community and the Church that saved and re-built Little Italy.  

Join us for a community Triduum that culminates with an evening party in front of our historic Church celebrating those that came before us, sacrificed to build our parish and continue to build and preserve our community. MORE HERE

House of Italy Lawn Program

 

Dear HOI members and friends,

 

You can view and comment on "HOI Lawn Program 2023 Piadina Romagnola.pdf" at: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:08ec288f-4a3d-4fd1-a336-8ad9a8ed6878

 

We are inviting you, your family and friends to celebrate our traditional Italian festival of Ferragosto on August 6th, 2023.

 

Our chef Mark Pelliccia will prepare a very special and traditional Italian Piadina Romagnola from the Roman Etruscan times.

 

Our friend Rosario Monetti and his wonderful group of musicians, will perform popular traditional songs at the HPR stage.

We’ll provide the words for most of our dearest Italian songs, for you to sing with us.

 

See you in August!

San Diego's Italian Church Celebrates the Feast of Saint Joseph

SAN DIEGO- Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church in San Diego's Little Italy is not only a designated Italian National Parish but is also home to a Saint Joseph's Society, thus every year the parish has a big celebration for the Feast of Saint Joseph, also known as La Festa di San Giuseppe, or La Tavola di San Giuseppe, Saint Joseph's Table. There is a special Mass with a presentation from the society afterwards, a procession, and a luncheon in the hall. I could not make it this year however, I am sure it was celebrated with a heavy heart having just lost our beloved pastor, Fr. Louis Solcia (see here). 

History 

"There are several versions of how the Table came to be. Some sources date it to events in 1262 or 1268. One of the most-repeated accounts describes a famine or drought in Sicily leading landowners or farmers to promise St. Joseph that if his intercession brought about rain, they would serve a free meal to the local vergineddi (little needy children) or vicchiareddi (old people). This is reflected even today in the practice of all donations or proceeds from the meal being given to the poor, or a charity." Read More Here.

I am not a professional videographer, but you may still enjoy the cell phone video below of parts of the 2019 St. Joseph's Day Mass at Our Lady of the Rosary, San Diego. This is a short clip of the opening procession. You can view the full video here.

There are more photos here. And you can read about St. Joseph's Day here.

Our Lady of the Rosary is located at 1629 Columbia St. San Diego, CA 92101

Email: parish@olrsd.org

Phone: 619-234-4820

Web: OLRSD.org

Grazie! Auguri!

More video here.
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