Patricia Ireland, a 92-year-old resident, had a request when she saw the tall Ferris wheel being set up for the carnival of St. Peter’s Fiesta…
Monday’s rain meant a crew would get wet tearing down the altar and stage of St. Peter’s Fiesta in St. Peter’s Square.
Coxswain Paul Giacalone knew his crew, ZFG, had to make some serious adjustments after Saturday’s Qualifying Race.
Anthony Novello was walking Saturday’s Greasy Pole competition for his neighborhood and for his family name.
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Patricia Ireland, a 92-year-old resident, had a request when she saw the tall Ferris wheel being set up for the carnival of St. Peter’s Fiesta, which wrapped up Sunday night.
Monday’s rain meant a crew would get wet tearing down the altar and stage of St. Peter’s Fiesta in St. Peter’s Square.
Coxswain Paul Giacalone knew his crew, ZFG, had to make some serious adjustments after Saturday’s Qualifying Race.
Anthony Novello was walking Saturday’s Greasy Pole competition for his neighborhood and for his family name.
Derek Hopkins remains undefeated on the greasy pole.
In recognition of St. Peter, patron saint of the fisherman, Gloucester’s fishing fleet was blessed by the Rev. James “Jim” Achadinha on Sunday afternoon.
Hundreds celebrated an outdoor Fiesta Mass in St. Peter’s Square at 10 a.m. Sunday for the first time since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic putting St. Peter’s Fiesta on ice in 2020 and 2021.
St. Peter's Fiesta Mass and procession, Sunday, June 26, 2022
This is the schedule for the 95th St. Peter’s Fiesta:
Just before the confetti and speech-filled opening ceremony of the 95th anniversary of St. Peter’s Fiesta at 7:30 p.m., people crowded Rogers Street waiting for the statue of St. Peter, the patron saint of fishermen, to appear from St. Peter’s Club.
Over the years, Backlash has earned plenty of impressive victories in the Women’s Seine Boat Division, entering Friday’s Championship Race with two previous titles to their name the most recent coming in 2019, making them defending champs. Friday’s race, however, may have been their most imp…
Friday’s Greasy Pole Competition was an event three-years in the making as it was the first competition since 2019. For Leo Cannavo, it was a moment 20-years in the making.
This is the schedule for the 95th St. Peter’s Fiesta:
Note: The Greasy Pole was contested on Mondays from 1931-1949 and there were no events held from 1940-45 due to World War II. A Friday competition was added in 1999. There was no competition held from 2020-21 due to the COVID19 pandemic.
1959- The Beachcombers
1996- Affirmative Action
FRIDAY COMPETITION
There was a bit of a home course advantage in Thursday’s Fiesta 5k Road Race.
For those looking to ease into the tradition of St. Peter’s Fiesta, Tom Aiello and a group of friends from down the Fort offer a way.
After two years of cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the St. Peter’s Fiesta carnival returned with a bang Wednesday evening.
After a long, two-year hiatus, the stage is finally set for the return of the St. Peter’s Fiesta sporting events.
A special exhibition that celebrates Gloucester’s legacy of family-owned commercial fishing vessels opens during St. Peter’s Fiesta weekend at Cape Ann Museum.
“Viva San Pietro! Viva! Viva! Viva! Woo!” cried the approximately 80 attendees of the 95th St. Peter’s Novena at the Capt. Lester S. Wass Post 3 of the American Legion at 8 Washington St. Tuesday evening on the longest day of the year.
For the first time since 2019, St. Peter’s Fiesta once again will fill the area of Rogers and Commercial streets with outdoor music, entertainment and carnival rides on Wednesday, June 22, through to the closing procession on Sunday, June 26.
After being on hiatus since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Peter’s Fiesta is back.
The gathering that is the lifeblood of St. Peter’s Fiesta kicks off on Monday evening with the start of the annual novena.
St. Peter’s Fiesta’s 35-foot seine boats called the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria got a makeover during the pandemic.
Organizers hope that for first time since 2019, you’ll be able to take in the slip-slide along the Greasy Pole and the seine boat races, lace up your sneakers for the Fiesta 5K Road Race, or soak up the atmosphere in St. Peter’s Square.
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Soon after Rosalie (nee Parisi) Laiachino arrived in Gloucester as a 10-year-old from Sicily in the late 1930s, she met Grace "Gracie" Misuraca Favazza. It was the beginning of a friendship that lasted more than 80 years.
One of the more recent traditions of the St. Peter's Fiesta, now in its 93rd year, was the reading of names of those who had a special connection to the celebration and had died since the last event.
Gloucester Daily Times staff writer Taylor Ann Bradford talks this week about “the Surge," introducing Gloucester’s new case tally of 104 as of Monday morning. She also talks about the continuation of a week for public comments on the Mattos Field land swap. Last but not at all least, Bradfo…
The Merger coxswain Vito Giacalone was in a unique situation with his crew this week as it competed for the Men's Seine Boat championship.
As bearers carrying the statue of St. Peter and a sea of onlookers, donned in white, chanted “VIVA!” in front of Our Lady of Good Voyage Church during the Procession of St. Peter Sunday afternoon, the voice of a beloved leader raised in prayer was missing from the steps of the church.
Those who witnessed Friday and Saturday's Greasy Pole Competitions were hardly surprised at the result of Sunday's Competition. In fact, everyone was expecting it.
Three in a row for Derek Hopkins! First walker since Jake Wood in 1999 to win all three Greasy Poles in the same year. Second all time. All three wins came in the second round. Legendary performance.
PAUL BILODEAU/Staff photo. Inge Bodoni, 93, of Gloucester, during the opening song at Sunday's outdoor Mass in St. Peter Square, part of St. Peter's Fiesta 2019. 6/30/19
Here are pictures from Sunday's Mass and procession.
Bishop Mark O'Connell gives his homily during Sunday morning's outdoor Mass in St. Peter Square, part of St. Peter's Fiesta 2019. Listening is the Rev. James Achadinha, pastor of the Catholic Community of Gloucester and Rockport.
Tammy Lewis and her sister, Linda Mack, had already taken in several St. Peter's Fiesta events over the previous days, and Lewis said they were looking forward to Sunday afternoon's Greasy Pole Walk and more.
After taking the flag during Friday night's Greasy Pole contest, Derek Hopkins took down the Saturday Greasy Pole flag in round 2, first walker. He goes for 3 in a row Sunday, which hasn’t been done since Jake Wood in 1999.
A collection of photos from events on the official opening day of St. Peter's Fiesta in Gloucester.
The Fiesta Shows carnival and entertainer Barry Mooney really opened the 92nd edition of St. Peter's Fiesta on Wednesday, the Fiesta 5K road race highlighted another busy night of Fiesta activities on Thursday, and the first rounds of the Greasy Pole Walk and seine boat races hit the water l…
The sight of children, teens and adults carrying oars donned with the names of local fishing vessels has become a staple of the St. Peter’s Fiesta procession on Sunday.
Local children will see a storybook about St. Peter’s Fiesta come to life on stage at the launch of Gloucester Stage Company’s Playtime Stories summer program.
This is the schedule for the 92nd St. Peter's Fiesta:
The St. Peter’s Fiesta 5k Road Race’s biggest draw is its atmosphere.
A youth who challenged others to a fight just outside the entrance to St. Peter's Fiesta and another "juvenile matter" within the Fiesta grounds clouded Wednesday's opening night of Gloucester's annual celebration of the patron saint of fishermen.
This is the schedule for the 92nd St. Peter's Fiesta:
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