VOL. 118 - NO. 35 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AUGUST 29, 2014 $.35 A COPY St. Leonard of Port Maurice Church Hosts Happy All Night Eucharistic Vigil in Honor of Saint Pio An Evening with Saint Pio of speaker. Mr. Petrillo was a close and Pietrelcina will take place at Saint devoted friend of Saint Pio, he was Leonard’s Church, Prince and married by the Saint and had the Labor Day Hanover Streets in Boston’s North honor of photographing key events End on the evening of Friday, in Saint Pio’s life. Mr. Petrillo has SEPTEMBER 1, 2014 September 5th culminating with a many first class relics of the Saint, 5:00 am Mass (for the Feast of some of which will be on display the Nativity of the Blessed during the vigil. Virgin Mary), to be cele- The vigil will also consist of brated by St. Leonard Pastor, various spiritual exercises Father Antonio Nardoianni. from 1:30 am to 2:30 am fol- Saint Pio, was an Italian lowed by the Divine Mercy Capuchin Friar who received Chaplet Stations of the the stigmata of Jesus Christ. Cross at 3:00 am. Third class Many faithful have received graces relics and medals will be dis- through prayers to Saint Pio. His tributed to all those who attend following within the Italian-American com- and they will have the opportunity to be munity is very strong. blessed by Saint Pio Oil. Other highlights of this event include an Refreshments will be served throughout opening mass at 9:00 pm on Friday evening the night. and Stations of the Cross at 3:00 am. For more information, please contact Mr. Pompilio Petrillo, owner of Petrillo Saint Leonard of Port Maurice Church at Photo Studio in Malden, MA will be a guest 617-523-2110. Boston Harbor Fireworks Display Over Labor Day Weekend You Deserve a Rest!!! Saturday, August 30, 2014 ~ 9:00-9:30 pm In honor of Summer on the fireworks on the Saturday sional fireworks display Waterfront and The Boston night of Labor Day Weekend. marks a highlight of the Arts Festival, the City of Bos- Boston Harbor Cruises is Boston Arts Festival and the ton will light up the skyline again the lead sponsor of finale of the three-month- with summer fireworks over the Boston Harbor Fire- long Summer on the Water- the harbor. works. Other sponsors are front. The fireworks will be News Briefs For the second year in a the Boston Harbor Hotel, The produced by Atlas PyroVision, by Sal Giarratani row, the City of Boston and Boston Globe and the City of which also produces Boston’s Summer on the Waterfront Boston. July 4th and First Night fire- are holding Boston Harbor This year’s full, profes- works. What is Blackness? After having grown up in Roxbury and the South End back in the ’50s and ’60s, I grew up with all kinds of kids. I didn’t have Irish, Italian or Black MassDOT to Motorists: friends, I just had friends. All ethnic and racial groups have cultures. Race wasn’t really so much Plan Ahead for Safe Labor Day Weekend Travel about skin color as it was about a cultural self- image that all of us have inside us growing up. MassDOT encourages motorists to plan To save time, money and gas, please join In fact, for many born back during the birth of ahead for safe travel during the upcoming E-ZPass to avoid waiting in line at cash toll baby boomers, that particular generation has a Labor Day holiday weekend. booths. culture connected to that era in American his- MassDOT will suspend all road and bridge Additionally, MassDOT’s Highway Assis- tory. I am sure many who have been marching construction on major roadways from Fri- tance Patrol service, will be on the roads in Ferguson were born after Rev. Martin Luther day, August 29th at 10:00 am through Tues- during peak travel times. The Highway As- King, Jr., was killed. They have read about that day, September 2nd at 5:00 am. The I-93 sistance Patrol program patrols on Interstate history but baby boomers lived and experienced Southeast Expressway HOV lane will open 93/O’Neill Tunnel running through Boston, it. early at 1:00 pm on Friday, August 29th. interstates in Greater Boston, Worcester, Growing up in Roxbury 50 years ago, I believe Please check MassDOT statewide live traf- Springfield and Cape Cod (seasonally) as well race relations in mixed neighborhoods were fic cameras before you travel. as at the Tobin Bridge, Ted Williams Tun- always pretty good. It didn’t matter your race when Motorists are encouraged to also consider nel, Sumner and Callahan Tunnels to pro- you shared the same neighborhood culture. Per- downloading the free RideWise Smartphone vide free, limited roadside assistance to driv- haps, this is why I do not accept anyone feeling application that provides users access to the ers in need. They also assist in contacting victimized by society and using it as an excuse real time traffic information on Interstate other first responders, clearing debris or to be inappropriate. I grew up in a struggling time 93, sections of the Massachusetts Turnpike, managing traffic congestion due to crashes. and watched my family and those of my friends Route 3 on the South Shore and Route 6/ The CapeFLYER weekend train service find a way to survive and prosper. We had no Mid-Cape Highway. RideWise is available on from Boston to Cape Cod will run a Satur- excuse not to fail. all major platforms including iPhone, day/Sunday schedule on Monday, Septem- I think America would be better if we all just Android, and Windows Phone. ber 1st. Customers may buy tickets on-board tried understanding each other and seeing the Free coffee will be served at the 18 ser- the train or on their Smartphone via the (Continued on Page 14) vice plazas along I-90 and other major state MBTA’s “mTicket” mobile ticketing app for highways on Monday night, September 1st, from 10:00 pm to 5:00 am. (Continued on Page 3) THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE IS NOW OPEN AT 35 BENNINGTON STREET, EAST BOSTON This office is open on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PMPM, for the convenience of our East Boston and North Shore clients and contributors Call 617-227-8929 for more information Page 2 POST-GAZETTE, AUGUST 29, 2014 “TAVARES” Headlining Annual Italian Feast of SAINTS COSMAS & DAMIAN September 6th & 7th — East Cambridge! SATURNUS rostrum in the Forum Romanum. There are now only eight Ionic columns standing on a huge concrete base. It was originally built in 497 B.C., rebuilt about 284 A.D., and is one of the oldest sanctuaries surround- ing that Forum. Here, under the protection of Saturn, they kept the standards, or flags of their legions, and a very formal ceremony was required whenever those standards were removed or returned to their vault. A secret chamber below the It is that time of temple held the public trea- year, when the Temple of Saturn sury, a store of gold and streets of East Saturnus is the proper Hill (one of the famous silver to be used only in Cambridge will come Latin name for the Roman Seven Hills of Rome), which case of extreme need. This alive for the 88th An- god, Saturn, who was the at that time was called the temple was also used as nual Italian Feast of subject of this column last Saturnian Hill. He taught the archives for the bronze Saints Cosmas and week. He was considered to his people agriculture, sup- tablets containing the en- Damian. The feast be a mythical king of Italy, pressed their savage mode of graved decrees of the Roman will be celebrated on who introduced agriculture life, and introduced civiliza- Senate. Warren Street in and civilization into that tion and morality. He and his The statue of Saturn East Cambridge. As country. The Romans iden- reign became so popular that which stood in his temple always, there will be tified Saturn with the Greek the whole country was called was hollow and filled with oil. a food festival, pa- god Cronus. They also made Saturnia, or “The Land of Some historians say that rades, amusement Saturn the father of Jupiter Plenty.” this represented the abun- rides, “Frozen” (thunder and lightning), Saturn was suddenly dance of olives in Latium. movie characters Neptune (sea), Pluto (lower taken from this mortal world Also, the feet of Saturn’s Tavares Elsa and Anna, carni- world), and Juno (wife of and ascended to the abode of statue were wrapped in a rib- val games, antique Jupiter). The reign of this the gods. Because of this bon made of wool. This ref- cars, street performers, Red Sox World Series trophies, mythical king is said to have incident, we are told that erence to oil and wool recalls and live entertainment throughout the weekend. There been a golden age for Italy, the part of Italy which is to my mind the last part of will also be a special healing service on September 6th. and especially for the ab- now called Latium (Tivoli, the proper ancient Roman The feast headliners are Grammy Award winners, origines (earliest known in- Frascati, Subiaco, Anagni, wedding ceremony. Before “TAVARES”! They will be singing their many hits includ- habitants of that country). Viterbo, Caprarola, Toscan- entering her new home, the ing, Don’t Take Away the Music, More Than a Woman, The legend of Saturn tells ella, Fossanova, and Ostia), Roman bride tied some wool and Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel.