The northern boundary is commonly taken as West Broad Street and Palmers Hill Road.
On July 8, 2007 the procession was held on Stephen Street after a Mass said in Italian at the Sacred Heart Church.
The procession included women in traditional black and white dresses, a float with miniature palm trees, a stuffed rooster, sheaves of wheat and an Italian flag, a marching band, a woman in red, white and green traditional dress with a sheaf of wheat and men carrying a yellow throne with a portrait of the Madonna delle Grazie.
Run by Catholic Charities of Fairfield County, the soup kitchen provides daily hot meals and extreme nourishment to the homeless.
Joe DiMaggio, Nancy Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Walter Cronkite have all dined there.