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San Giuseppe Lavoratore, Alcamo

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With his zeal and faith, Father Palumbo succeeded in dragging all the district and citizens to contribute to the costs for completing the building of the Church by any type of offerings, even in kind (wheat, eggs, legumes, flour, etc.). He used all these things, however, to help a lot of people in
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The same year, the parson, Father Palumbo, founded the male and female Congregation of saint Joseph the Worker; every year, on 23 January, they celebrated the festivity of Saint Joseph's Marriage, by taking part to the
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Thanks to the priest Bartolomeo Palumbo, it was founded in 1946 on a piece of land given by a lady and built after the plan of Giuseppe Russo, an engineer; it already became a
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in Alcamo and, after the approval by His Excellency Mons. Alessandro Plotti, on 22 October 2013, by popular demand of believers, his mortal remains were moved to his Church.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20161026053938/http://www.sangiuseppealcamo.it/sangiuseppe/2016/04/10/1-maggio-2016-festa-in-onore-di-san-giuseppe-lavoratore/
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in his arms made by Giuseppe Di Caro, a sculptor from Palermo, in 1952. The mantle of the saint is covered with pure gold, and their clothes with silver.
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In 1949 he founded the male and female Congregations of Maria Santissima di Fatima: the scope was that of solemnizing the month of May and the feast of
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on May 13, moreover they had to take part to the Mass on the first Saturday each month. They also joined the Associations of Azione Cattolica later.
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Father Palumbo was born in Alcamo on 29 August 1915 and became a priest in 1941; he soon had the office of Vicar Cooperator in the parishes of the
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need too; there are so many stories about his great goodness. He succeeded also in creating a parish community very united and open to charity.
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On 30 May he died, leaving his parish community and the whole town in anguish for his untimely end: there were thousands of people at his
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Carlo Cataldo: Guida storico-artistica dei beni culturali di Alcamo-Calatafimi-Castellammare Golfo p. 84; Sarograf, Alcamo,1982
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Carlo Cataldo, Guida storico-artistica dei beni culturali di Alcamo-Calatafimi-castellammare Golfo p.82, Alcamo, Sarograf, 1982
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On bare feet, with a cross on his hands and a great number of believers, on 30 April 1944 he went towards the quarter of
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Until he stayed in seminary he was a great devotee of Saint Joseph: during the night he got up, kneeled and recited the
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Tommaso Papaː Memorie storiche del clero di Alcamo; ediz.Accademia di studi Cielo d'Alcamo, Alcamo, 1968
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Tommaso Papaː Memorie storiche del clero di Alcamo; ediz.Accademia di studi Cielo d'Alcamo, Alcamo, 1968
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http://www.alqamah.it/2013/10/22/verra-traslata-nella-chiesa-di-san-giuseppe-la-salma-di-padre-palumbo/
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With the bishop's bull of May 3, 1947, the Church was elevated to a parish and the following day the
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in honour of him, this prayer in dialect, very interesting also from the symbolical point of view:
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Vincenzo Regina: La chiesa parrocchiale di San Giuseppe in ALcamo; Grafiche Campo, 2005
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Vincenzo Regina: La chiesa parrocchiale di San Giuseppe in Alcamo; Grafiche Campo, 2005
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Carlo Cataldo: La conchiglia di S.Giacomo p. 190; Campo, Alcamo, 2001
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An Angel trumpet player and the Angel musician: both chromium-plated by
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Carlo Cataldo, La conchiglia di S.Giacomo p.190, Alcamo, Campo, 2001.
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Saint Joseph the Worker is celebrated on May 1, in the district of
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Church of the Holy Crucifix (or Saint Francis of Paola)
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Church of Saint Joseph the Worker

Affiliation
Catholic
Province
province of Trapani
Region
Sicily
saint Joseph
Year consecrated
Alcamo
province of Trapani
Italy
Italy
Alcamo
Geographic coordinates
37°58′40″N 12°57′36″E / 37.97782°N 12.96000°E / 37.97782; 12.96000
Architect(s)
Style
http://www.sangiuseppealcamo.it/
Catholic
Alcamo
province of Trapani
Bishop of Mazara
parish
Mass
Azione Cattolica
Our Lady of Fatima
procession

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