One of the most important parts of the year for a member of the Italian Harlem community was the festa- the feast and celebration of La Madonna at Our Lady of Mount Caramel Church on 115th Street. Italian-American Catholics from not only the immediate community, but also other communities from New Jersey, California, and more, turned out in large numbers to celebrate and praise La Madonna, as well as to ask for blessings, …show more content…
The survival of the domus called for conformity and submission from all of its members, and the Italian parents often felt that they deserved ownership and authority over the lives of their children, which was a notion they brought with them to America. Children of the immigrants often tried to rebel against their parents and the domus, be it by cutting their hair according to popular American trends, or trying to date and even marry outside of the