HAYWARD — When they launched Hayward’s first Holy Ghost festival in 1899, the town’s burgeoning population of Azorean immigrants probably didn’t know their descendants would still feast on sopas and ...

In confirmation, the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are increased within a soul: wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety and fear of the Lord. Fresco of Pentecost in Church of ...

FALL RIVER – The Great Feast of the Holy Ghost of New England is arguably the biggest Azorean feast in North America and its organizers are hoping it will bring around 200,000 visitors, from near and ...

FALL RIVER — The Great Feast of the Holy Ghost of New England — arguably the largest event honoring the Azores’ religious and cultural traditions in the United States — will return to Kennedy Park in ...