For the first time the Choir will perform in Brooklyn, NY

Place: Regina Pacis Church, 65th Street between 12th and 13th avenues, Brooklyn, NY 11219
Date: June 11 at 7.30 pm
Site: http://www.reginaparish.org/

Program

Soloists: Paola Cecchi, Mariangela Topa, Vittorio Bari, Dario De Micheli, Rossella Mirabelli, Fabrizio Flamini

History

The Roman Catholic parish of St. Rosalia (Chiesa Cattolica Italiana Romana di St. Rosalia) was founded in 1902 by Rev. P. Sapienza to serve Italian Catholics in the Borough Park area of South Brooklyn. In the early years, Masses were held in a converted three-story clapboard house on 62nd Street near 13th Avenue. Later, a permanent church was built on the corner of 63rd Street and 14th Avenue. This building survives today. On the second Sunday In May, 1942, the parish vowed to build a votive shrine to Regina Pacis (Our Lady, Queen of Peace), the patroness of Palermo, for the victory of the U.S. armed forces in World War II. Under the leadership of Msgr. Angelo R. Cioffi, funds were raised throughout the war years, and the cornerstone was laid on October 29, 1949. The new shrine, designed by Anthony J. DePace, was dedicated on August 15, 1951.