From Catherine Fontana (see her interview with Joey here):
You are cordially invited to attend our annual feast in honor of Mother of Grace, Sept. 6-8. All events will be held at 48 Washington St. unless otherwise stated.
Schedule of events:
Sept. 6th (Friday): 6:30-930PM Italian music
Sept. 7th (Saturday): 7-10PM Jim Geary and Band
Sept. 8th (Sunday):
- 8AM High Mass at St. Ann’s Church
- 2:30PM Benediction service at the Club (48 Washington St.) followed by the annual procession and a band concert
- 8:45PM Closing of the feast with a candlelight procession
Good Morning Gloucester 
I see my mother Virginia (Frontiero) McKinnon on the far right of the top photo. By the size of the building you may not have even noticed it but not so long ago they had quite a large contingency in our local parades, St. Joseph’s especially where up to fifty young girls, my five sisters included, would dress in white and carry flowers along with the procession led by some of the more burley young guys carrying the statue. The history, during WWII, is a wonderful example of faith in adverse times and I hope she will collect her thoughts along with the rest of the ladies, not many from that generation still with us, and give us a bit of their history. I’ve heard the oral rendations but there is nothing like the meeting of the minds and spirit to bring things into a fuller perspective no matter what you believe.
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