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November 2: All Souls Day—Moving Ancestors Through a Portal of Fire—Theresa C. Dintino’s Abruzzo-Americana Wheel of the Year

by Theresa | Oct 23, 2022 | Strega and Italian-Americana

Samhain/Halloween is October 31. All Saints Day is November 1. All Souls Day is November 2. In Italy, All Souls Day is a day to remember the ancestors and visit their graves. To anyone who is Catholic it is also a day where one can pray souls out of purgatory. This is...

August 2: Festival of Ops: Celebrating the Goddess of Abundance. Praise Her Name. — Theresa C. Dintino’s Abruzzo-Americana Wheel of the Year

by Theresa | Jul 31, 2022 | Goddess, Strega and Italian-Americana

The Goddess Ops has her roots in pre-Roman Italy. Her name is from Opis which is latin for plenty. She is often correlated with the earth and fertility, fruitfulness, riches and prosperity. She is often depicted with a crown on her head and called a Queen. Wiki tells...

You Are Invited to a Community Ritual For Healing

by Theresa | Jul 18, 2022 | Events

The Alchemy of Pain: A Community Ritual For Healing Saturday, July 23, 3-5 pm Ragle Ranch Park Sebastopol, CA **This is a free event Come to a ritual to transform pain. In these difficult and challenging times many of us are left holding pain in our bodies, minds...

March 20/21: Celebration of the Goddess Prosperina – Theresa C. Dintino’s Abruzzo-Americana Wheel of the Year

by Theresa | Mar 13, 2022 | Goddess, Strega and Italian-Americana

A traditional celebration and acknowledgment of the spring equinox: the arrival of spring, more light and warmer weather in the northern hemisphere. We will celebrate the Italian Goddess Prosperina and her mother Ceres, who some may know as Greek Persephone and...

Feb 5: The Feast of Sant’ Agata – Theresa C. Dintino’s Abruzzo-Americana Wheel of the Year

by Theresa | Jan 28, 2022 | Goddess, Strega and Italian-Americana

The 2002 Calendaro Abruzzese from abruzzo2000.com that I purchased and kept tells us that “5th of February is the feast of Sant’ Agata who is the ‘protector of breast-feeding women, and as such is highly venerated in the countryside, since good and abundant milk was a...