Statue of Sant’Antonio Abate at Saint Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in #HammontonNJ’s #ItalianEnclave. The devotion to Sant’Antonio Abate was brought to #Hammonton by the Sicilian immigrants from #Gesso (Provincia di #Messina). Sant’Antonio is the town’s #PatronSaint.

The ceiling painting (& closest to the sanctuary) at Saint Mary of Mount Virgin Roman Catholic Church in #NewBrunswickNJ’s #ItalianEnclave is of Santa Lucia Filippini. She was the Foundress of Maestre Pie Filippini (Filippini Sisters).

Springtime in a former #ItalianEnclave

Bust of San Giovanni Battista Scalabrini at St. Michael’s Church in #NewHaven, Connecticut’s #ItalianEnclave. He was the founder of the Missionaries of Saint Charles & the Mission Sisters of Saint Charles. The Scalabrini Fathers staffed Saint Michael’s for many years.

Statue of San Sebastiano during the procession in his honor through the streets of #MontclairNJ’s old #ItalianEnclave (the #FourthWard). #TonyMangia #AtTheTableWithTony #FeastDay #Montclair #SicilianAmerican #Sicilian #ItalianEnclaves #PatronSaint #Cerami #Enna #Sicilia

Statue of San Catello di Castellammare at Saint Michael’s Roman Catholic Church on #WoosterPlace in #NewHaven, Connecticut’s #ItalianEnclave aka #WoosterSquareHistoricDistrict. San Catello is the #PatronSaint of #CastellammareDiStabia (#Napoli). Today is his #FeastDay.

A backyard harboring the remnants of #ElizabethNJ’s former #ItalianEnclave, #Peterstown aka #TheBurg. You can see the grape trellis, fig tree, & barbecue. Sadly most of this neighborhood is a shell of its once thriving Italian community.

Statue of Saint Cataldo of Taranto at Saint Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in #RedBankNJ’s former #ItalianEnclave. He is the #Prottetore of #GaglianoCastelferrato (Provincia di #Enna). This statue was originally at Saint Rocco’s Church in #NewarkNJ’s #CentralWard.

Prayer card of San Cataldo di Taranto from St. Rocco Church in #NewarkNJ’s former #CentralWard #ItalianEnclave. He is the #Prottetore of #GaglianoCastelferrato (#Enna). Many Gaglianesi settled in this neighborhood. They used to celebrate his feast during #LaborDayWeekend.

Statue & Banner of San Lorenzo at Saint Anthony Church in #NewHavenCT’s lesser known #ItalianEnclave, #TheHill aka #SodomHill. He is the #PatronSaint of #SanLorenzoMaggiore & #SanLorenzello (#Benevento). Italian immigrants from these two paesi settled in this area of #NewHaven.

Bust of Santa Maria Maddalena at Saint Michael’s R.C. Church in #NewHavenCT’s #ItalianEnclave. She is the #PatronSaint of #Atrani (#Salerno). Italian immigrants from Atrani settled in the Wooster Square Neighborhood of New Haven, where they founded a mutual aid society in 1898.

Statue of Saint Philip Neri at Saint Anthony Roman Catholic Church in #NewHavenCT’s lesser known #ItalianEnclave, #TheHill aka #SodomHill. #FeastDay #AtTheTableWithTony #ItalianEnclaves

Statue of San Vito Martire at Sacred Heart R.C. Church in #StamfordCT’s former #ItalianEnclave. He is the #PatronSaint of #Avigliano (Provincia di #Potenza) in #Basilicata. #Stamford was home to many Aviglianese.

Statue of Madonna Nera del Sacro Monte di Viggiano at Mt. Carmel R.C. Church on #ParkHillAvenue in the #ParkHill/#NodineHill #ItalianEnclave of #YonkersNY. The devotion to Madonna di Viggiano was brought to #Yonkers by Italian immigrants from #Stigliano (#Matera) in #Basilicata.

Statue of Santa Lucia Filippini inside Saint Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in #HammontonNJ’s #ItalianEnclave. —————————————————— #FeastDay #TonyMangia #AtTheTableWithTony #MANGIA #LittleItaly #ItalianEnclaves #SouthJersey #SouthJerseyItalian #JerseyItalian #LittleItalyHammonton

Statue of Madonna delle Grazie di Alia venerated at Saint Francis R.C. Church in #HackensackNJ's #FirstWard/#ItalianEnclave. ———————————— #FeastDay #Alia #Palermo #Sicilia #MadonnaDelleGrazie #OurLadyOfGrace #TonyMangia #AtTheTableWithTony #MANGIA #Littleltaly #ItalianEnclaves

Stained glass window of Saint Bernardine of Siena at Saint Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church in #TroyNY’s #ItalianEnclave. #FeastDay #AtTheTableWithTony

Painting of Madonna Incoronata di Foggia on the ceiling of Saint Ann’s Roman Catholic Church in the #ItalianEnclave of #RaritanNJ. #FeastDay

Statue of San Giovanni Battista inside St. Joseph’s Church in #HammontonNJ’s #ItalianEnclave. San Giovanni is the #PatronSaint of #CastaneaDelleFurie (#Messina). Immigrants from this little Sicilian town settled in #Hammonton, bringing with them their devotion to San Giovanni.

@simonateba I live in NYC. The borough of Queens. Middle Village. We have some of the best food choices in all of NY. And great beaches #rockawaybeach #italianenclave