Blessing Ceremony

Posted by Easter Festival on February 2, 2012 in Events | 0 comments

The Blessing of the Fleet is an old and revered tradition which has been passed down from generation to generation originating in Sicily and as ancient as biblical times. This centuries old Italian rite calls on divine providence to safeguard ships and crews from the danger of the seas

Ulladulla’s Italian community’s traditional ceremony of blessing the Ulladulla is on Easter Sunday at 12.30pm from the harbour foreshores under the watchful eye of St Peter, the Patron Saint of the fisherman and the festival princesses.

Sponsored by the Ulladulla Fishermans Co-Op

Blessing of the Fleet poem by Meg Thomas (pdf)

Download a copy of the 2012 Order of Service