The Founders of Our Society

The first feast was held without Statues of the Saints. The following individuals were the initial members of the Men's Society. They are credited for sending to Italy for our Statues of  Saints Cosmas and Damian.  Each member donated equally toward the total cost of $265 for the Statues and $90 for the cabinet in which they would be kept. The Statues arrived in crates which were opened in the home of Cosmo Pennacchio on Porter Street in East Cambridge. The original Agreements of the Committee were drawn and registered by the Law Office of Joseph Cherubino, 129 Fifth Street, East Cambridge, MA, on August 6th, 1927. The Men's Society eventually accepted additional members and held meetings separately from the Women's Society until 1993 when it melded together with the Women's Society.

Cosmo Pennacchio

Gerardo Cervone

Gennaro DeVellis

Antonio DeVellis

Francesco DeVellis

Francesco Strozzi

Alessandro Buonagurio

Antonio Marzullo

Giuseppe Santangelo

Damiano Petingi

Gennaro Papa 
(who passed away on January 2, 1927 and was succeeded by his wife Marianna)

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The following individuals were the founders and initial members of the Women's Society. They organized on July 5th 1937, under the name of, "Associazione Cattolica Femminile, S.S. Cosmo e Damiano, di Cambridge, e Somerville, Massachusetts". They were led by Marietta Colarutolo, and they met at, The Columbus Association, a local social club located at 48 Warren Street, East Cambridge, MA. The group formally registered itself with the State of Massachusetts on June 2nd, 1938. The Society, again led by Marietta Colaruotolo, purchased a parcel of land located at 17 Porter Street, East Cambridge, MA, in April of 1948. The condemned house which occupied the land was demolished by Gaetano Amendola and Giuseppe Gallena, and the existing chapel was built to house the Saints.

Marietta Colaruotolo Anna Amendola Libera Reale Maria Giacchetto Lena Giacchetto Carmela Giacchetto Francesca Petinci Marion Papa Mary Napolitano Anna Laura Louise Sabella Bettina Carvello Giacomina Miele Fortunata Grassia Mary Grassia Assunta DiBiase Eva DiBiase Nancy Durrazzano Regina DeCarolis Louise Fedele Ida Lombardi Vincenzina Leccese Anna Albano Maria DiMille Civita DiNitto Nancy Capomaggio Carmela DiVasto Candita Ferrante Civita Farinata Civita Leccese Antonietta Tucci Rosa Grimaldi Anna Camelio Maria Cesarale Loreta DiFava Maria Petricone Giacomina Romano Maria Romanini Grazia Mesiano Nancy DiCecca Rose Restuccia Adelina DiCicco Angelina Ciampi Anna Viola Angelina DeLorenzo Rose Muscara

Maria DiRusso Filomena Trani Mary Scalesse Angelina Vecchiarelle Maria Geranio Elonora Cincotta Nancy Uglietti Anne Leccese Francesca Miele Anna Petinci Concetta Mancini Calogera Insolaco Civita Uglietti Anna Uglietti Vincenza Soccorso Mary Gentile Gaetana Giardone Antonietta Goffredo Nancy DiBiase Assunta DiNucci Carmela DiVasto Maddelena Cavicchio Concetta Sguizzero Assunta DiVasto Vincenzina D'Ovidio Nancy Ventura Elisabetta Lollaggio Petronilla Mosica Rose Passerine Marietta D'Ovidio Concetta DeVellis Filomena Notargiacomo Elvira Bisesti Grazia LaFauce Concetta Costa Francesca Rubino Mary Catanzano Mary Pasquariello Mary DiFazio Mary Pariselli Rose D'Ovidio Jenny DiMarino Rose Buonaugurio Elisa Limosano Clara Parrazzo

 

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