They left Carroll Gardens to live elsewhere — but their hearts will bring them back Friday night to the trendy nabe to keep an old immigrant tradition alive.

Hundreds of Catholics whose families emigrated to Carroll Gardens from Italy will gather at Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church for a solemn candlight procession with pallbearers carrying statues of Jesus and the Virgin Mary on their shoulders.

 

The Italian Easter table is a mosaic of the symbolic dishes of the season. Every province has its own unique specialties that represent resurrection, fertility and rebirth. The spectrum covers earthy foods, both savory and sweet, to an array of ethereal confections.

Camelia-Colombo Lodge No. 1294, Order of the Sons of Italy, will host its semi-annual fundraiser pasta feed from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14, in the parish hall of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 515 High St., according to a news release.

Antonio Tabucchi, a distinguished Italian novelist whose work, with its almost palpable sympathy for the oppressed, became a standard held aloft by opponents of the right-wing government of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, died on March 25 in Lisbon. He was 68.

Reporting from Milan, Italy— As a studious girl in a small Italian town, Giulia Giupponi drew no inspiration from the women on the glowing box in her living room. The ones who giggled and jiggled while wearing next to nothing. Who simpered and cooed over male TV hosts more than twice their age. Who strutted, bent over, kneeled, pouted, blew kisses.

Rome, April 4 - Premier Mario Monti and the main parties supporting his executive on Tuesday night agreed to work towards a "swift" passage of a controversial labour-market reform.

The game of Bocce Ball still stirs passion among Belleville's Italian-American residents, where its roots can be traced back centuries to Italy. The game has been a way of life for as long as many long-time residents throughout Belleville can remember and was shown during a recent town council meeting in March.

The Italian immigrants who came to this country in the early part of the 20th century brought their food ways with them, including a longing for the regional cheeses they left behind, like Asiago and mozzarella.