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Velika Gospa

The annual Velika Gospa (holiday of the Great Lady Mary) is celebrated by Croatian Catholics on the Feast of the Assumption. St. Jerome Croatian Parish, 2923 S. Princeton Ave., hosts the annual festival, which began in 1913.

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Children from the Cardinal Stepinac Croatian School wave from a float.

Photo: Karen Callaway / Catholic New World