The Blessing of the Fleet is a tradition that began centuries ago in Mediterranean fishing communities. The practice began predominantly Catholic, but...
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Ulladulla, New South Wales (category Towns in the South Coast (New South Wales))
of the largest commercial fishing fleet on the South Coast of New South Wales. The Blessing of the Fleet festival has been held regularly at Easter since...
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Ashtabula, Ohio (redirect from History of Ashtabula, Ohio)
Minnesota. The city attracted immigrants from Finland, Sweden, and Italy in the industrial period. Ashtabula hosts an annual Blessing of the Fleet Celebration...
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Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour (category Pages using the Kartographer extension)
the Blessing of the Fleet occurs in the harbour where a procession of the fishermen and their families walk through the streets of Fremantle to the harbour...
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St Patrick's Basilica, Fremantle (category State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Fremantle)
parish is also linked into the annual blessing of the fleet in Fremantle. The original two manual organ was by Bishop & Son, of London, supplied in 1895...
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Airlie Beach, Queensland (category Lists of coordinates)
year the residents of Airlie Beach celebrate The Blessing of the Fleet on Whitsunday or Pentecost Sunday. The name derived from the former town of Airlie...
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Biloxi, Mississippi (redirect from History of Biloxi, Mississippi)
Association, since 1924. The tradition of the Blessing of the Fleet, going back to 1929, takes place every year in late May/early June before the shrimp seasons...
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sprinkling of holy water is appropriate, as in a house blessing, in which the priest might bless the entry to the home, during the Blessing of the Fleet, or...
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annual Blessing of the Fleet services for the Royal Canadian Yacht Club and the Queen City Yacht Club. List of Anglican churches in Toronto "History of St...
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The Blessing of the Bikes, also The Blessing of the Bicycles, is an annual tradition in which riders of motorcycles or bicycles are blessed by a priest...
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USS Shasta (AE-33) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
with the Benicia Yacht Club, in Benicia, California, and participated in many of its Blessing of the Fleet ceremonies in the Carquinez Strait of the Sacramento...
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Perth (redirect from Geography of Perth)
the traditional Italian blessing of the fleet festival is held every year at the start of the fishing season. In Northbridge every December is the San...
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1980s with the closure of canneries and increased foreign competition. For many years, the annual blessing of the fleet, seeking God's blessing for a bountiful...
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Delacroix, Louisiana (category Fishing communities in the United States)
been. The Blessing of the Fleet is an annual event where the fishing fleet of Delacroix is blessed by a Catholic priest before the start of the fishing...
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Look up Blessing or blessing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A blessing is a type of religious pronouncement. Blessing or Blessings may also refer...
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Door County, Wisconsin (category Pages using the Graph extension)
tourism includes the Blessing of the Fleet. Door County has a history of strawberry, apple, cherry, and plum growing that dates back to the 19th century....
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Christianity in Australia (redirect from History of Christianity in Australia)
descendants of Greek immigrants; and a fishermen's tradition brought from Sicily, the Ulladulla Blessing of the Fleet, takes place on the New South Wales...
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Jacksonville, Florida (redirect from City of Jacksonville)
breweries and a growing number of distilleries. Other events include the Blessing of the Fleet held in March since 1985 and the Greater Jacksonville Agricultural...
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mention Gretna Van Fleet, a resident of Frankenmuth; their use of the variation on her name was done with her (subsequent) blessing. Van Fleet also stated in...
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as The Blessing of the Fleet road race and festival, local art festivals, the Lighting of the town Christmas tree, and many beautiful weddings. The Casino...
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Gloucester, Massachusetts (redirect from History of Gloucester, Massachusetts)
day. Preceded by a nine-day novena of prayers, the festival highlights include the blessing of the fleet and the greasy pole contest. Sylvester Ahola...
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Trinidad, California (redirect from City of Trinidad)
Trinidad Fishermans Feast (October) Tour of Trinidad bicycle rides, 100k, 45k,20k (September) Blessing of the Fleet (November) Robert Durst (1943–2022), real...
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Fremantle (redirect from History of Fremantle)
Fremantle Chilli Festival, the Fremantle Boat Show, and the traditional Italian Blessing of the Fleet ceremony. Fremantle—along with the inner suburbs Northbridge...
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Main-à-Dieu (category Communities in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality)
fleet, and each spring at the start of lobster fishing season, the local parish priest holds a blessing of the fleet service dockside to pray for the...
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Little Forest, New South Wales (category City of Shoalhaven)
"Blessing of the fleet returns to Ulladulla". Milton Ulladulla Times. 2022-12-20. Retrieved 2023-02-11. Whittington, Dorothy (2021-05-14). "The 'red...
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Fount of Every Blessing" is a Christian hymn written by the pastor and hymnodist Robert Robinson, who penned the words in the year 1758 at the age of 22...
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II, 99 Liberty ships were built for the Merchant Marine. During the war years, the traditional Blessing of the Fleet in Brunswick was begun. 31°07′45″N...
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areas, as well as the EscapeArtfest festival and Blessing of the Fleet in the Ulladulla area. Tourists to Shoalhaven can enjoy a wealth of cultural and nature-based...
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Mariners' Church (redirect from Mariner's Church of Detroit)
painted exterior woodwork. Established to serve mariners, the church holds a Blessing of the Fleet every March for those going to sea, and a Great Lakes Memorial...
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Vietnamese in New Orleans (redirect from History of the Vietnamese in New Orleans)
of New Orleans (VAYLA-NO) is an area organization for youth. Vietnamese shrimpers who reside in Plaquemines Parish participate in an annual "Blessing...
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