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Become a member of the Filarmónica União Portuguesa de San Diego today! We continue to reach out to the youth and adults in our community with a love for music
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As Portuguese, we have a natural pride in our traditions and in the global accomplishments of our ancestors.
United Portuguese S.E.S.
San Diego’s Portuguese community today is made up of immigrants from the Azores, Madeira, and mainland Portugal going back five generations in some cases. As Portuguese, we have a natural pride in our traditions and in the global accomplishments of our ancestors.
We strive to honor those who have come before us, preserve our traditions and customs, and instill in our youth the spirit of devotion to the Espirito Santo, so our community will go forward in faith and tradition, generation after generation.
Our Mission
Encourage religious and civic activities.
Promote, further, and support the welfare of the community.
Foster sociability and develop a united spirit among the people of the community.
2025 Festa Presidents' Message
Jason & Darlene Byrne
It is with great honor and pride that my husband Jason & I take on the role of the 2025 Festa Presidents. If you had told me a year ago that our family would be hosting the 2025 Festa do Espirito Santo, I would have said you were crazy! However, so much can happen in a year’s time. When my beloved mother, Yvonne Domingos entered hospice in the summer of 2024, I promised the Holy Spirit that I would put my name in to be the host family in her honor. And as fate would have it, with a literal draw of the hat, the Holy Spirit took me up on that promise.
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We strive to honor those who have come before us, preserve our traditions and customs, and instill in our youth the spirit of devotion to the Espirito Santo, so our community will go forward in faith and tradition, generation after generation.
- 2818 Avenida De Portugal, San Diego, CA 92106, United States
- contact@upses.com