who can join: anybody
use of proceeds: dues offset the costs to run the society efforts, including Mass expenses
benefits: an annual Mass has Mass intentions intended for San Leucio Society members
when/where: at least one annually in (or near) New Jersey, usually in January (His feast day is January 11)
note: by signing up, you are supporting the San Leucio Society of Paterson, the Famiglia di Apostolati, and other comparable efforts as our ancestors have done
As a society member, you are simply financially supporting the San Leucio Society of Paterson, the Famiglia di Apostolati (see homepage), and other comparable efforts as our ancestors have done.
During the early 1900s, a wave of immigrants from San Salvatore Telesino ("sansalvatoresi") arrived in Paterson, New Jersey. During the 1920s, the sansalvatoresi established a devotion from their hometown. Each year, the devotees would celebrate their town's patron saint, San Leucio. The celebration would include a Mass, statue procession, and feast.
This devotion thrived for many years until 1979 when a fire destroyed the procession grounds and did substantial damage to the beloved San Leucio statue. With a destroyed statue, devotees moving from the area, and logistical uncertainty lingering, the sansalvatoresi of New Haven, Connecticut took up the torch. Our family society in New Haven restored the statue and continued the devotion up in Connecticut, where it has been living ever since.
Now, the San Leucio Society of Paterson has been revived. What was once devastation in 1979 may have been by divine design as this devotion will now exist in both Paterson and New Haven.
To stay informed on upcoming events and get added to our distribution list, please e-mail us at saint_leucio_society@protonmail.com.
All contents on this website operate under the care of the legal entity: SAN LEUCIO SOCIETY CORPORATION
The legal entity is NOT a 501c3.
Therefore, CONTRIBUTIONS, DONATIONS, OR MEMBERSHIP DUES ARE NOT TAX DEDUCTIBLE.
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