St. Peter's Fiesta definition of St. Peter's Fiesta in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

St. Peter's Fiesta

Weekend nearest June 29

Honoring the patron saint of fishermen, St. Peter's Day is celebrated in fishing villages and ports all over the world. Perhaps the largest American celebration takes place in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where St. Peter's Fiesta has been celebrated by the Italian-American fishing community for several decades. The life-sized statue of St. Peter donated by an Italian-American fishing captain in 1926 provided a focal point for the celebration, and the Sunday morning procession carrying this statue from the St. Peter's Club to an outdoor altar erected on the waterfront is still the highlight of the two-day festival. The mass that follows is usually celebrated by a visiting bishop or cardinal, who also officiates at the Blessing of the Fleet that afternoon.
Other festival events include seine boat (formerly used to haul in the catch) races and a "greasy-pole" contest in which competitors try to retrieve a red flag from the end of a well-greased pole suspended over the water.
The 2000 film The Perfect Storm dramatized the dangers Gloucester fishermen face.

Mentioned in	?		Encyclopedia browser	?		Full browser	?
No references found			St. Maron's Day St. Martha's Day St. Martin St. Martin's Carnival St. Martin's Day St. Martin's Eve St. Mary's County Oyster Festival St. Marys St. Matthias's Day St. Maur-des-Fosses St. Maur-des-Fossés St. Medardus's Day St. Mennas's Day St. Michael's Day St. Mihiel, Battle of 1918 St. Modesto's Day St. Nazaire St. Nicholas's Day St. Olav's Day St. Patrick's Day St. Patrick's Day Encampment St. Patrick's Day Parade St. Paul St. Paul Winter Carnival St. Peter's Day St. Peter's Fiesta St. Petersburg St. Petersburg Alliance Treaties St. Petersburg Alliance Treaty of 1812 St. Petersburg Conventions St. Petersburg League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working St. Petersburg Peace Treaty of 1762 St. Petersburg Protocol of 1826 St. Petersburg School of Linguistics St. Petersburg Strike of 1914 St. Petersburg Textile Workers Strike of 1896 St. Petersburg Treaty of 1881 St. Pierre St. Pierre and Miquelon St. Placidus Festival St. Polycarp's Day St. Privat-Gravelotte St. Quentin St. Quentin Canal St. Rocco's Celebration St. Roch's Day St. Rose of Lima's Day St. Sarkis's Day St. Sava's Day St. Sebastian's Day St. Sergius Trinity Monastery			St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway St. Paul, the Apostle St. Paulinus St. Paulinus St. Paulinus of Nola St. Pauls St. Pauls St. Peregrinus St. Peregrinus St. Pete Road Runners St. Pete Young Professionals St. Peter St. Peter and St. Paul Fortress St. Peter Claver St. Peter Claver Latin School St. Peter Port Capital Limited St. Peter Regional Treatment Center St. Peter the Apostle St. Peter's St. Peter's Addiction Recovery Center St. Peter's and St. James' St. Peter's Basilica St. Peter's Church St. Peter's Day St. Peter's District High School St. Peter's Fiesta St. Peter's fish St. Peter's fish St. Peter's Music and Arts St. Peter's Wort St. Peter's wreath St. Peter's-wort St. Peterburg St. Peterburg St. Peters Assembly of God St. Peters Medical Center St. Peters Youth Group St. Petersberg St. Petersberg St. Petersburg St. Petersburg St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences St. Petersburg Alliance Treaties St. Petersburg Alliance Treaty of 1812 St. Petersburg Area Association of Bed and Breakfast Inns St. Petersburg Association of Scientists and Scholars St. Petersburg Atheism Museum St. Petersburg Catholic High School St. Petersburg Collegiate High School St. Petersburg Community College St. Petersburg Conventions St. Petersburg English Language Teachers' Association St. Petersburg High School