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    • June 01, 2025
    • 9:00 AM
    • August 17, 2025
    • 4:00 PM
    • Virtual using Zoom
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    Complete your enrollment now for our
    10-week VIRTUAL LANGUAGE COURSE

    Register early to receive a FREE textbook while supplies last!!

    Class Levels / Days / Times

    We offer several VIRTUAL classes for Adults & Children 13 and older

    • Beginner Level 1: Sunday 9:00 AM – 10:20 AM Pacific Time
    • Beginner Level 2: Sunday 10:30 AM – 11:50 AM Pacific Time
    • Intermediate: Sunday 1:00 PM – 2:20 PM Pacific Time
    • Advanced: Sunday 2:30 PM – 3:50 AM Pacific Time

    Not sure which class best suits your level? Enroll where you think you best fit, then attend class on the first day. You can change your registration by no later than the end of the second class.

    Visit our Classes webpage for detailed class descriptions and

    to submit any inquiries to the Language Program.

    Class Dates

    BEGINNER ADULTS LEVEL 1  *FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS* 


    Classes run for 10 weeks on Sundays from June 1 through August 17, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 10:20 AM

    • June:  1, 8, 22, 29 (No class on June 15 - Father's Day)
    • July: 13, 20, 27 (No class on July 6)
    • August:  3, 10, 17

    BEGINNER ADULTS LEVEL 2


    Classes run for 10 weeks on Sundays from June 1 through August 17, 2025, from 10:30 AM to 11:50 AM

    • June: 
    • 1, 8, 22, 29 (No class on June 15 - Father's Day)
    • July: 13, 20, 27 (No class on July 6)
    • August:  3, 10, 17

    INTERMEDIATE ADULTS


    Classes run for 10 weeks on Sundays from June 1 through August 17, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 2:20 PM

    • June: 
    • 1, 8, 22, 29 (No class on June 15 - Father's Day)
    • July: 13, 20, 27 (No class on July 6)
    • August:  3, 10, 17

    ADVANCED ADULTS


    Classes run for 10 weeks on Sundays from June 1 through August 17 2025, from 2:30 PM to 3:50 PM

    • June: 
    • 1, 8, 22, 29 (No class on June 15 - Father's Day)
    • July: 13, 20, 27 (No class on July 6)
    • August:  3, 10, 17

    Tuition

    Non-Member: $300

    Member: $275*
    *An active IDESST membership is REQUIRED in advance to qualify for the discount. If you would like to submit a new member application, and further support IDESST Sausalito Portuguese Cultural Center, click here. Applications must be approved by our Board of Directors BEFORE you can be an active member and qualify for the member discount. The Board approves membership applications monthly.

    Late registration will be allowed only through the 3rd classMake-up classes or credit are not available if a student misses a class. In the event the instructor misses a class, a make-up class will be scheduled or a recorded class may be provided. 


    Visit our Classes webpage for detailed class descriptions and

    to submit any inquiries to the Language Program.

    • June 08, 2025
    • 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
    • IDESST Sausalito Portuguese Cultural Center
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    Since 1886, even before Sausalito was incorporated, Sausalito’s Portuguese-American community has held an annual Festa do Divino Espírito Santo (Festival of the Holy Spiriton Pentecost Sunday. The Festival honors both the Holy Spirit and the memory of Portugal’s Queen Isabel, who was known for her generosity and devotion to the poor.

    The day includes a parade, complete with Queens from the IDESST Sausalito Portuguese Cultural Center and sister Halls in the Bay Area, a special mass, a traditional lunch of “Sopas e Carne” – a traditional, aromatic soup with beef, cabbage and broth, served over bread.

    To help us with planning, please register if you plan to attend.

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    Sunday, June 8th, 2025


    FESTA SCHEDULE

    9:30 am — Arrive at Sausalito Hall (Queens are welcome to take photos in our Chapel during this time)

    10:00 am — Parade assembly in front of the Hall 

    10:15 am — Parade departs for march to St. Mary Star of the Sea Church (180 Harrison Ave.) 

    11:00 am — Mass starts

    12:00 pm — Parade assembles to return to IDESST Hall, marching along Bridgeway and pausing briefly at the Praça de Cascais to play the national anthems of the United States and Portugal. 

    1:00 pm — Ceremony assembles in front of the IDESST Hall to release the white dove, representing the Holy Spirit, and band to play the Festa hymn, “Alva Pomba” (“White Dove”). Afterwards, doors will be opened for lunch seating.

    1:15 pm — Lunch will be served. 

    Queens and parade participants will be given identifying wristbands and receive preferential seating. Those without wristbands will be seated on a space-available basis after all parade participants are accommodated.

    3:00 pm — Lusitania Band of the North Bay performs.

    We hope to see you there!

    Warm regards,

    I.D.E.S.S.T. Directors

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Photo | © Diane Dias

The Story of
Queen Isabel

In the late 13th century during a severe famine throughout Portugal, a compassionate Queen Isabel was determined to help her starving subjects. Legend has it that during her efforts she was confronted by the very harsh King Diniz while crossing the royal courtyard with crown jewels (in some versions of the story it was bread) hidden in her apron.

The King asked the Queen what she was carrying in her apron, and she responded “roses” although it was mid-winter and none were blooming. But when her apron was opened for the king’s inspection, the jewels had been miraculously converted to roses. The miracle allowed the Queen to continue to sell her jewelry to feed the starving Portuguese population.

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