Will the New Bedford Feast Be the Same After COVID? [OPINION]
While vacationing over the weekend, news from home broke on the WBSM app on my phone: New Bedford s Portuguese Feast Postponed. Damn! While the announcement was not surprising, it
kind of was surprising. Does that make sense? I thought that The Feast might go on as planned but I was not surprised by the news that it won t.
The official Facebook page of The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament posted the announcement at 12:45 p.m. on Sunday, stating that this year’s Feast has been postponed to 2022. The response for many was disappointment and despair. The Feast, for many, is a reason to live! But more than that, the cancellation of the Feast means the COVID-19 pandemic isn t over yet and probably won t be over by August.
New Bedford s Feast of the Blessed Sacrament called off for 2021
Standard-Times The 2021 Feast of the Blessed Sacrament has been postponed to 2022, the release stated.
Michael Canasta, president of the Clube Madeirense S.S. Sacramento, Inc. will have an official announcement of special ticketed events scheduled for this summer and fall, according to the release. Clube S.S. Sacramento Inc., sponsors of the greatest Portuguese Feast in the World is proud to continue to provide academic scholarships and vocational awards as well as assisting Southcoast organizations, the release read.
This is the second year in a row the feast has been called off, after being canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.