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Taken from The Boston Herald http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20221127century-old_history_at_our_lady_of_mount_carmel/srvc=home&position=4 The devoted vigil to save the shuttered Our Lady of Mount Carmel in East Boston reaches back generations to Italy itself. Parishioner Gina Scalicione said when she told an old Italian neighbor that she was immigrating to Eastie, he urged her to visit the church. “He told me ‘All that mortar that keeps those bricks and stone together I carried on a ladder,’ ” she said. If the Vatican goes along with the Archdiocese of Boston and allows the church to be sold, this beloved house of worship built in 1905 could be dust. The ...

MIT’s Italian student association, MITaly, hosted an event centered on Italian sweets and desserts on Thursday, October 18. Held at MIT’s Strata Center, the event featured several tables focused on regional specialties like sfogliatelle (Campania), ciambelline al vino (Lazio), panettone (Lombardia) and many more. Students and faculty looking for a treat were handed little maps of Italy at the entrance and were invited to vote for their favorite dolce. We visited the Strata Center and took some pictures:

On May 31, 2012, we had a chance to take a look behind the culinary scene that produced the amazing food for the italianissimo! gala event on June 1.

On June 6, 2012, Italia Unita celebrated its monthly cena at Arturo's Ristorante in Westborough.

On Friday, June 1, the Italian Consulate launched its first fundraising event to open an Italian Cultural Center in the city.

On Sunday, June 3, 2012, the Italian and Italian American community of the greater Boston area gathered on Boston’s Waterfront to celebrate the 66th anniversary of Italy as a Republic. Organized by Comites and the Federazione Associazioni Italiane & Italo-Americane New England, the event kicked off at 11:30 a.m. with the Italian and U.S. national anthems, followed by speeches by Maurizio Pasquale (President, Comites), Anna Quadri (President, Federazione) and Consul General of Italy Giuseppe Pastorelli. The opening ceremony ended with the Consul handing out prizes to the three best teams of the May 27 Bocce Tournament, won by Associazione Gizio, ...

Several Italian and Italian-American associations and organizations gathered for a bocce tournament on Sunday, May 27, 2012.

On April 26, 2012, Neiman Marcus in Natick hosted a "Made in Italy" event, celebrating Italian style.

After years working at other bakeries, brothers John and Pino decided to open Fratelli's Pastry Shop in Quincy.

Preparing traditional Easter foods in East Boston.

The Italian Consulate awarded seven outstanding members of the Italian and Italian American community for their contributions in their respective fields of interest.

The Boston Children's Museum held its first Italian culture Night on March 9, 2012.