St. Rocco's Feast Processional 1940 Youngstown (by anglican11) Feast of Saint Rocco annual procession, August of 1940 in Youngstown, Ohio. This procession would march through the streets of Brier Hill for 4 or 5 hours as the faithful would pin money and jewelry to the stole on the statue as a gift to the Church and a sign of their devotion. Residents would also serve food and beer in front of their homes along the route. St. Rocco's was founded by Italian immigrants as an independant Catholic Church and received into the Episcopal Church in 1918. Although worship was high church Anglican, The Italian customs were retained as well, sometimes at the annoyance of some of the Episcopal Bishops during the Church's history.