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New Orleans, LA – 2023 San Bartolomeo Apostolo Feast Day Celebration – Sunday, August 20th

25/07/2023 1 commento

11:00 am Catholic mass at Our Lady of the Rosary Church,
3368 Esplanade Av, New Orleans, LA

12:30 pm Lunch at Rizzuto’s Ristorante, 6262 Fleur de Lis Dr, New Orleans, LA

Dear members,
The Congregazione di San Bartolomeo Apostolo will host activities in New Orleans in celebration of the feast day of St Bartholomew, the patron saint of Ustica. We will proceed as a group before and after mass fronted by our historic society banner and the American and Italian flags. After mass, we’ll head over to Rizzuto’s for an exquisite lunch, and a celebration of our 144th year as a society. It promises to be a great day of camaraderie and celebration of our heritage.

All members and their guests are invited to participate. Cost for lunch is $40 per person. Seating is limited to 90. Please consider making your reservations early.
We ask that all reservations and payments be submitted before August 14th. To make a reservation, click HERE print the menu page and tear off the bottom section. Include your name, phone number and the number of people in your party that will be attending the lunch, and include lunch selections for each participant. Mail your reservation/payment to the society address:
CSBA
P.O. Box 58752
New Orleans, LA 70158-8752

Members may also pay online by PayPal to our account csba@ustica.org. Include details as described above.

Thanks and I hope to see many of you there,
Chris Caravella
President, Congregazione di San Bartolomeo Apostolo

Thanks for your past participation and we hope that you’ll consider supporting us in the future as an active member. You are always welcome at CSBA events.

San Bartolomeo Feast Day celebration in New Orleans

11/08/2015 Nessun commento

The San Bartolomeo Feast Day celebration in New Orleans on Sunday August 23rd is drawing near and we need all those planning to attend to please get their reservations/payment/menu selections in the mail this week. Next week we will have to supply Andrea’s with a head count. For details, see the CSBA website (http://www.ustica.org/san_bartolomeo).

Last year, we prepared small gift bags of biscotti which were distributed to parishioners after mass at the church and to lunch participants at the restaurant. We’ll continue that tradition this year and are looking for volunteers who want to help make the cookies. This Saturday, August 15th, we’ll meet at the Fleur du Lac Condominiums, 400 Metairie Hammond Hwy, Metairie, La from noon to 4pm. We’ll be using the large community kitchen in the complex and I’ll make sure to have copies of the recipes available. We’ll see if we can make more than we eat!

As we gear up for our celebration, don’t forget that our friends on the Island are prepping for a celebration on a much grander scale. Vito Ailara, the president of the Centro Studi, wants us all to know of a special event they have planned on Ustica. On August 19th, the Wednesday before the feast day, the Centro Studi will host a concert and exhibition paying homage to Louis Prima. Louis Prima’s mom, Angelina Caravella, was a native of Ustica and it is a matter of great pride that binds the residents of Ustica with the community of Usticesi descendants throughout the world. See the poster at http://www.ustica.org/centrostudi and make sure to also visit the “new” Centro Studi website form the links at the bottom of the page.

Viva San Bartolomeo!!

Chris Caravella,
President CSBA