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30 January, 2025
Feast of Three Saints is 75 this year
THE Feast of the Three Saints marks 75 years on the Cassowary Coast in May this year.

The feast of the three saints – Alfio, Filadelfo and Cirino – is celebrated on the first Sunday in May each year all over the world.
Rosario Tornabene made a promise to God that if his wife Alfia, who was dangerously ill while giving birth to their daughter would recover, he would have the statues of the Three Saints brought to Australia.
In 1950 Mr Tornabene donated the statues of the Three Saints to St John’s Parish Church at Silkwood.
That year sparked the first celebration of the Feast of the Three Saints in Australia.
For the past 75 years the Feast of 'I Tre Santi' has been celebrated in the town of Silkwood and has been recognised as one of the largest religious and cultural festivals in Australia.
The feast has become an international event in Silkwood as people from various nationalities and religious beliefs have joined the celebrations over the years.
The Italian migrants who settled in North Queensland were certainly pioneers.
The culture and traditions they brought to Australia to keep them in ‘touch’ with their homeland have been shared with and accepted by all Australians today.
The Feast of the Three Saints began as a predominately Sicilian Roman Catholic celebration and is important in both the religious and cultural lives of its devotees.
May 4, 2025 will mark the 75th anniversary of the feast which will be celebrated by newly-ordained Bishop Joe Caddy (AM) at Silkwood.