Summer Festival in Honor of Saint Hyacinth Giordano Ansalone

2025 Festivities: from July 31 to August 3

The 2025 edition opened on Thursday, July 31 with the start of the triduum: rosary, litanies, and prayers to Saint Giordano, followed by holy mass. Friday, August 1, alongside the evening celebrations, featured the presentation of a book dedicated to Saint Thomas Aquinas. Saturday, August 2, the day of the Pardon of Assisi, included confessions for the plenary indulgence, the rosary, and mass with a floral tribute in Piazza San Giordano.

On Sunday, August 3, the solemn feast day, Eucharistic celebrations were held in the village churches: the College of Mary, the Church of the Carmine, the Mother Church, and the Hermitage of Santa Rosalia. In the evening, the mass in the Mother Church was followed by the town procession with the saint's statue through the streets of Santo Stefano Quisquina, the most anticipated and attended moment of the entire festival.

Thursday, July 31: start of triduum, 6:30 PM rosary, litanies, and prayers to Saint Giordano, 7:00 PM holy mass. Friday, August 1: 6:30 PM rosary and litanies, 7:00 PM mass, 7:30 PM presentation of a book on Saint Thomas Aquinas. Saturday, August 2 (Pardon of Assisi): confessions for plenary indulgence (10:00 AM-12:00 PM and 5:00 PM-7:00 PM), 6:30 PM rosary and litanies, 7:00 PM mass with floral tribute in Piazza San Giordano. Sunday, August 3 (solemn feast): 9:00 AM College of Mary, 9:30 AM Church of the Carmine, 10:30 AM Mother Church, 6:00 PM Hermitage of Santa Rosalia, 7:30 PM mass in the Mother Church followed by the town procession.

Preparatory triduum, mass with floral tribute in Piazza San Giordano, and solemn Sunday town procession with the co-patron's statue.