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CONTESSA ENTELLINA SOCIETY New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Founded in 1896 |
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Sept. 8th |
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CALENDAR EVENTS |
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December |
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Festa di San Nicola - Contessa Entellina |
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Festa e dell’ Immacolata Contessa Entellina |
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Contessa Entellina Society Christmas Party |
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December |
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December |
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to be announced - Call Gasper Schiro |
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Location |
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Sept. 8th |
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Celebration of the festa Maria Della Favara |
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HISTORY After immigrating to New Orleans,
the Contessioti flourished and they became a successful, but still a smaller
part of the growing City of New Orleans, they became acutely nostalgic for their village
of Contessa Entellina and nostalgic about their ancient language, traditions and heritage.
Therefore, to reunite friends and family in this Crescent City where they now lived, on the
morning of September 8, 1886, several Arbreshe New Orleanians
joined together and formed the Contessa Entellina Society. In the early years, the Society provided dental and
medical services and initial orientation to its members and new immigrants |
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2003 Outstanding
Member Civic Award Most Reverend
Joseph N. Latino, D.D. Bishop
Diocese of Jackson , MS. Received
Outstanding Member Civic Award of CES in
1994 Member of
Society Since Age 12
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Year 2003
Officers
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