Prepaid Reservations Required: Contact the IACS o�ce at (586) 228-3030

Or mail check to: IACS, 43843 Romeo Plank Road, Clinton Twp., MI 48038

$30/IACS Members - $35/Nonmembers Use the form below for reservations by mail or visit us

online @ www.iacsonline.com

Dinner MenuTable Service

Rosemary Roasted Chicken w/Cranberry Apple Chutney

Anna Potatoes

Vegetable

Soup & Salad Dessert Mini Pastries

Complimentary Glass of Wine Cash Bar Available

Carson’s

Traci Lynn Jewelry

Kalypso Kandy

Egyptian Linens

Il Fornaio BakeryAdvantage Apparel

Astute Artistry

Additional Vendors will be attending

Annabella’s Closet

Calendar Girl Jewelry

The Spoiled Girl

Cache’

Scentsy

Tupperware

EVENT SPONSORED BY

Name _________________________________________Address ________________________________________City, State, Zip _______________________________ Phone Number ____________________________

# Attending __________ $ Enclosed_______________

We accept Visa, Mastercard, and Discover/Cash or Checks Payable to the IACS.

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8th Annual Ladies Night Out�u�day, Mar� 5Ho�ed by �e Italian American Cultural Society D�� O�n - 6:00pmDinner Served - 7:00pm

sponsored by giuseppe’s international oil & vinegars,

resurrection cemetery & randaZZo FresH marKet

Fashion styles come and go, and beauty trends fade in and out. One thing that’s always in style: Quality time with yOur Family aND Gal FrieNDs. Join us for ladies Night Out on thursday, march 5, 2015, 6:00 p.m., 43843 Romeo Plank Road in Clinton Township, and enjoy shopping, beauty ideas, fit-ness insight, health tips, and more! shop for cool accessories, fun fashions, and unique gifts. take some time for you – to relax, enjoy, and unwind.to welcome our lady guests, a complimentary glass of wine will be offered to each of you. a delicious plated dinner at 7:00 p.m., prepared by executive Chef alex lozovoj, will be served, along with, scrumptious mini pastry des-serts, fresh fruit platters, and, of course, there is the all-important shopping. Our friends from Carson’s over at the mall at Partridge Creek and Cache’ at lakeside mall will be here along with many other innovative vendors: advan-tage apparel, annabella’s Closet, astute artistry, Calendar Girl Jewelry, egyp-tian linens, Jackie Nash sports Jewelry, Jamberry Nail wraps, Beijo bags and accessories, Kalypso Kandy, laura montalbano candles, scentsy, the spoiled Girl, traci lynn Jewelry, tupperware, and many more!

ticket prices range from $30 for iaCs members and $35 for nonmembers. there is a cash bar. to make your prepay reservations, please contact the iaCs office at 586/228-3030 or purchase tickets online, www.iacsonline.com.

It’s tIme for the GIrls tolIGhteN UP AND hAVe some fUN!

ItAlIAN AmerIcAN cUltUrAl socIety hosts 8th ANNUAl lADIes NIGht oUt

GIfts – DINNer – shoPPING

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marcH 2015 publisHed by tHe italian american cultural society volume, XXXvi no 3 43843 romeo plank road - clinton township, mi 48038 - phone (586) 228-3030 ext 15 - FaX(586) 228-1678 - email - iacs@iacsonline.com

A venue for all of life’s special momentsThe Italian American Cultural Society Banquet & Conference Center

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melissa, noah, and nate from shelby twp

melissa from almont

bill from sterling Heights

magno from macomb

voula from macomb

nicole from bruce twp

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IACS Members Night - Ev-ery Wednesday

March 6 – Friday thru Good Friday – Lenten fish dinners at the Italian Cul-tural Center and take out; (see flyer in newspaper)

March 3 – Tuesday – Fadm general membership meeting – 7:00 p.m. – italian cultural center

March 4 – Wednesday – IACS Senior Membership meeting – 10:00 a.m. – Ital-ian Cultural Center

March 4 – Wednesday - santa Fara meeting – 7:00 p.m. at the italian cultural center

March 4 – Wednesday – conca d’oro meeting – 7:00 p.m. at the italian cultural center

March 4 – Wednesday - italian american chamber of commerce at san marino club,1685 e. big beaver in troy; board meeting 6:00 p.m. – general membership meeting – 6:30 p.m.

March 5 – Thursday – La-dies Only Night – (see flyer in newspaper.)

March 7 – Saturday – Fadm annual gala night. san marino club. 6:00 pm. tickets are $70, $35 for children under 20. contact Frank serraiocco for tickets at 313-527-6193

March 9 – Monday – club mazara meeting – 7:00 p.m. at the cultural center

March 10 – Tuesday – IACS Board of Directors Meeting, 6:00 p.m. – Ital-ian Cultural Center

March 17 – Tuesday – Fadm board of directors meeting – 7:00 p.m.- italian cultural center

March 18 – Wednesday – iacs book club meeting at iacs at 1:00 pm. We will be discussing The Husband’s Secret by liane moriarity. call sandy tornberg at 586-907-6631 for information.

March 19 – Thursday – Feast of St. Joseph, at the Italian Cultural Center – Mass 6:00 p.m., dinner im-mediately following; (see flyer in newspaper)

March 21 – Saturday – Easter Egg Scramble Host-ed by the Italian American Cultural Society; Break-fast, 9:30 a.m. Easter Egg Hunt 11 a.m. – Bring your own basket. (See flyer for details.)

March 22 – Sunday - san Francesco church will be hosting their annual dinner dance at penna’s of ster-ling. entertainment will be by pino marelli with a sit-down dinner; tickets are $50 per person; doors will open promptly at 3:00 p.m. at this special fundraising event, we will be honoring richard (rick) burrell and

ann scianna-burrell, gor-don mccarty and stanley santilla. all proceeds from this event go directly to the maintenance of the church. For tickets or additional in-formation, call geraldine calderone at 586-294-8698 or sharon ruggiroli at 313-882-5132.

March 26 – Thursday – san Francesco church meeting, 7:30 p.m. – For more infor-mation, call president salva-tore previti (586) 566-3843.

April 5 – Sunday – Easter Brunch at the Italian Cul-tural Center (see flyer in newspaper)

April 30 – Thursday – san Francesco church meeting, 7:30 p.m. – For more infor-mation, call president salva-tore previti (586) 566-3843.

May 10 – Sunday – Moth-er’s Day Brunch at the Italian Cultural Center (details forthcoming)

May 18 – Monday – Senior Wine Tasting at the Italian Cultural Center (details forthcoming)

July 17 – 19 – Italian Fes-tival at Freedom Hill Park – (details forthcoming)

SAN FRANCESCO CHURCH HOLY WEEK SERVICES

PALM SUNDAY, MARCH 29 8:00AM BLESSING OF PALMS AND PROCESSION

HOLY THURSDAY, APRIL 2NDMASS AT 7:30 PM-LITURGY OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT-ALL NIGHT

GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD1:00 PM LITURGY OF THE LORD’S PASSION & DEATH

HOLY COMMUNION, THE WAY OF THE CROSS & divine mercy novena

HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 4THDIVINE MERCY NOVENA- 3PM EASTER VIGIL MASS- 7:30PM

EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 5THMASSES: 8:00AM 10:00AM (ITALIAN) 12:00 NOON

conFessions-beFore & aFter services & masses

divine mercy sunday services, april 12conFessions-2:00pm mass and devotions-3:00pm

divine mercy novena daily: aFter 8:00am mass

FEAST OF ST. JOSEPH DINNER

Thursday, March 19, 2015Italian American Cultural Society Banquet & Conference Center

43843 Romeo Plank Road, Clinton Township, MI 48038586-228-3030

Mass at 6:00 PMCelebrant Father Enzo Addari

Dinner immediately followingSpecial Blessing for all men named “Joseph”

Everyone will leave with a loaf of blessed bread, an orange

And a St. Joseph Holy Card$30.00 per person ~ $55.00 per couple ~ Children 12

& Under $10.00

Prepaid Reservations/Tickets

Number of tickets Total Amount $

Enclosed is my check payable to Italian American Cultural Society

Please bill my: VISA MasterCard Discover

Name

Address:

City Zip

Phone No. Email.

Credit Card No. Exp. Date Code# Signature

Feast of St. Joseph Dinner Family Style MenuFrittatas * Pasta Com Sardi * Fried Cod

St. Joseph Pasta * Fresh Stuffed ArtichokesSt. Joseph Salad (spinach/vinaigrette)

Dessert * Spingi St. Joseph

Tickets printed and donated by Bagnasco & Calcaterra Funeral HomesSt. Joseph Holy Cards printed and donated by Lee-Ellena Funeral Home

iaCs is a 501 (c) 3 organization and is eligible to receive charitable contributions.

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Calendar of Events

Holy Family Church 641 Chrysler Drive – Detroit, Michigan Lenten Schedule 2015 Ash Wednesday - February 16th at 7:00 p.m. Holy Thursday – April 2nd at 7:30 p.m. (Washing of the Feet & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament) Good Friday – April 3rd at 6:30 p.m. (Celebration of the Passion of the Lord followed by Stations of the Cross followed by the Deposition of “Cristo Morto.”) Holy Saturday – April 4th at 8:30 p.m. (Easter Vigil with Blessing of Baskets) Easter Sunday – April 5th at 11:30 a.m. (No 9:30 a.m. Mass)

Padre Giuseppe Licciardi

Holy Family Church 641 Chrysler Drive – Detroit, Michigan Lenten Schedule 2015 Ash Wednesday - February 16th at 7:00 p.m. Holy Thursday – April 2nd at 7:30 p.m. (Washing of the Feet & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament) Good Friday – April 3rd at 6:30 p.m. (Celebration of the Passion of the Lord followed by Stations of the Cross followed by the Deposition of “Cristo Morto.”) Holy Saturday – April 4th at 8:30 p.m. (Easter Vigil with Blessing of Baskets) Easter Sunday – April 5th at 11:30 a.m. (No 9:30 a.m. Mass)

Padre Giuseppe Licciardi

Stations of the Cross Friday March 6, 13, 20, 27 at 7:00 pm

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after a month off, it will be good to see all of you again on march 4th. another good thing is we have so many great events in march.

laDies NiGht Out – march 5th

DayliGht saViNGs – march 8th

st. PatriCK’s Day – march 17th

Feast OF st. JOsePh – march 19th (see article for details)

sPriNG BeGiNs – march 20th

And all the great fish fry Fri-days – Be sure to mark your calendars and enjoy all these upcoming events.

april 15th – will be a great day to get away and be with a great group of people on a day trip to visit a beauti-ful old church, immaculate Conception, in ira, michigan – afterwards on to the beau-tiful edsel and eleanor Ford home. we will enjoy lunch and guided tour of the home, which is located in Grosse Pointe shores, michigan. an elevator is available; tour

books to view for anyone who wishes to limit walking! Cost for the trip is $52; our bus will leave the Cultural Center at 8:45 a.m.

Call esther at (586) 286-2597 to make your reservation.

uPCOmiNG eVeNts – saVe the Date:senior wine tasting is monday, may 18th – 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. – many delicious wines and

IACS SenIorS ChAIrperSon MeSSAge

eSther BeAudette

Spring Raffle You Could Be A Winner!

Sponsored by the Italian American Cultural Society First Prize - $1,000, Second Prize - $500, Third Prize - $250

Drawing on April 3, 2015 Lenten Friday Fish Feast

At The Italian American Cultural Society Banquet & Conference Center

Take part in the annual Spring Raffle for a chance to win cash prizes and support the Italian American Cultural Society. The ticket donation is $10/one ticket or 4 tickets/$25. You can buy your own tickets or sell them to your friends, family, neighbors, colleagues... the list goes on. You need not be present to win. To request additional Spring Raffle tickets, contact us now at 586-228-3030, or complete the online form www.iacsonline.com. Yours could be the winning ticket! (Please return bottom portion with payment to receive your raffle tickets) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- � Number of tickets Total Amount $ � Enclosed is my check payable to Italian American Cultural Society $ � Please bill my: � VISA � MasterCard � Discover Name Address City State Zip Phone No. Email Credit Card No. Exp. Date Code Signature The IACS is a registered 501 (c) (3) organization and is eligible to receive charitable contributions. If 250 tickets are not sold, the drawing will revert to a 50/50 raffle.

Join Us For AnEaster Egg Scramble

Hosted by the Italian American Cultural Society

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Easter Egg Scramble Breakfast At 9:30 A.M.

Easter Egg Hunt At 11:00 A.M.Bring Your Own Basket!

Ages Toddlers – 11 year olds$6/IACS Members - $8/Non-Members

Adults - $10/IACS Members - $12/Non-Members

Please dress warm for the weather because the Easter Egg Scramble will be outdoors.

Italian American Cultural & Conference Center43843 Romeo Plank Road, Clinton Township, MI 48038 (586) 228-3030 – reserve on line: www.iacsonline.com

Prepaid Reservations: Number of reservations Total Amount $

Enclosed is my check payable to Italian American Cultural Society Please bill my: VISA MasterCard Discover

Name Address City State Zip Phone No. Email

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Signature

The Italian American Cultural Society is a 501 (c) 3 organization and is eligible to receive charitable contributions.

great food followed by cof-fee and dessert. tickets are $25/members and $30/non-members. Prepaid reserva-tions are requested. Please call the IACS office, (586) 228-3030, or esther at (586) 286-2597. Come and enjoy a great event.

enjoy each day – for each day is a gift!

Esther

announcement

patronato ital-uil @ the italian american

cultural centercontinues on thursdays

new Hours - 10:00 a.m. - 12 noon

For further information, please call ms. barile

734-421-3460.

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return the completed form along with essay, biographical sketch, and photo to the iaCs

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reason For wanting to receive the award

the italian american Cul-tural society is offering a wonderful opportunity to high school students to ob-tain two semesters of ital-ian language at the italian american Cultural Center in Clinton township, michi-gan.

award information:

scholarships awarded: Five iaCs scholarships consisting of two semesters of italian education at the italian american Cultural Center (september – april). the winners of scholarships will receive a Certificate

italian education scholarships sponsored by italian american Cultural society

towards continuing the italian education classes at the italian american Cultural Center and a letter of recommendation for college.

application Deadline: may 13, 2015 – all scholarship applications will be reviewed by the italian american Cultural society. winners will be announced at the iaCs General membership meeting in June of 2015. requirements: applicant must submit an essay: “why i would like to study italian”,

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the italian american Cultural society was established in 1957 by a small group of dedicated visionaries. they dreamed of developing a meeting place where italian americans could gather to preserve their traditions, values, and customs. these concerned few planned a community-oriented structure in which to develop cultural programs and educational services attuned to enhancing the lifestyles of all italian americans, indeed the entire community. the iaCs became a tax-exempt foundation in 1962.

Our italian culture abounds in a rich heritage: from our earliest ancestry in and around the ancient hills of rome, through the building and restructuring of the

Our History renaissance Period, to the evolution of the modern world in our land across the sea and in america, our new home, land of our hopes and dreams. we are the guardians and protectors of this culture. we are today’s italian americans, a creative and productive people, filled with the life and energy that exemplify vibrant and deep-rooted traditions, nourished and preserved over the years, which are our legacy today.

Operated by the italian american Cultural society, the Center is governed by a Board of Directors elected by the membership. Directors serve voluntarily and receive no compensation. an advisory board of directors, comprised of representatives from various clubs and associations, and advisors from the academic community freely

donate their knowledge and expertise. a full-time staff of administrative, clerical, and maintenance personnel is employed by the society. the Center’s primary sources of revenue are received from membership dues, fees for the use of the facilities, payments for educational courses and programs, and contributions from individuals, organizations, and foundations.

it is the Center’s privilege to host many diverse community activities throughout the year, such as the Festa italiana in summer and the annual Columbus Day Celebration. we proudly share our culture through musical programs, cultural/heritage lecture series, film festivals, art exhibits and displays, and patriotic observations, such as the Festa della Repubblica

Italiana in June. many social events are sponsored by either the society or by other groups and associations. these projects and events supply resources necessary to maintain the facility and supplement revenues produced by the Center.

the Center sponsors one of the largest senior Citizens groups in the metro Detroit area. members attend monthly meetings, which feature interesting and informative speakers and entertainment. a busy schedule of trips and activities is maintained, such as outings to restaurants, casinos, theaters, historic churches. the seniors are an integral part of the iaCs, volunteering at events and supporting the Center.

in the summer months members can gather at the

Center to play bocce on our two outdoor bocce courts. in the fall and winter months, member’s Night attracts them to the Center to play games and cards or just socialize.

the Italian American newspaper, underwritten by the Center, is a monthly, bilingual publication that provides italian americans and others in the metro area with information about the Center and its events, in addition to news and views about italy. in addition, it features events happening out in the community. the paper also serves as a public relations tool for many smaller italian organizations to help promote activities and programs.

italian language classes are offered at the Center through the education Department. This is a five year program covering all four language skills, listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Our instructors are highly qualified in teaching philosophy, methods, and proper use of materials. italian education scholarships sponsored by the italian american Cultural society offer a wonderful opportunity to high school students (9th through 12th grade) to obtain two semesters of italian language at the italian american Cultural Center in Clinton township. Five iaCs scholarships consisting of two semesters of italian education are awarded (september – april). the winners of scholarships receive a certificate towards continuing the italian education classes at the italian american Cultural Center and a letter of recommendation for college.

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the 4th annual Captain Jack’s seafood table was created as a fundraiser ben-efiting the IACS Italian Edu-cation scholarship program. the response from attendees of the event over the years has grown considerably – at-tracting passionate lobster and other seafood lovers.

On Friday, February 6, the seafood gala featured a menu put together by execu-tive chef and banquet gen-eral manager alex lozovoj. highlights included a choice of seafood appetizers, chilled peel-and-eat gulf shrimp; fresh shucked oysters and claims, crab legs; steamed one pound whole maine lobster; smoked salmon; seafood salad, and so much

more…Followed by a variety of desserts, decadent chocolate fountain; espresso and cappuccino. in addition to enjoying delicious seafood, there was dancing to the live music per-formed by the very popular One man Band.

the seafood gala is just the beginning of the many ex-clusive events scheduled in 2015 that the iaCs will host at the italian american Cultural society Banquet & Conference Center.

Visit our website, www.iac-sonline.com, to learn more

about the italian amer-ican Cultural society; the iaCs ban-quet center, and upcom-ing events.

my, my, my! Captain Jack’s seafood table

makes a Big splash!

Fourth annual Captain Jack’s seafood table

hosted By the italian american Cultural society

Friday, February 6, 2015

special thanks to

americans of italian Origin

il Fornaio Bakery

resurrection Cemetery

Java Java

Vince & Joe’s Gourmet markets

For sponsoring the fundraising event benefiting

the iaCs scholarship program

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at the January 7, 2015 iaCCm general membership meeting held at Palazzo Grande, the new Officers and Board of Directors were sworn in for 2015.

2015 Italian American Chamber of Commerce Officers/Board of Directors/Past Presi-dents

seated l-r President David F. Galli, Paul Calcaterra, salvatore P. Ventimiglia, Gus russo, mark Valente immediate Past President andrew agosta, thomas lanni, Joseph toia, Chairman ronald a. DiBartolomeo, Joseph P. Ventimiglia

standing l-r Financial secretary michael locricchio, Charles G. shermetaro, Nunzio Provenzano, 2nd Vice President David a. lazzara, treasurer antonio Deluca, Charles F. Colombo, angela Pippi, Frank J. Palazzolo, 1st Vice President Vito Pianello, Daniel Galli, mark D. Garagiola, anthony r. Giordano

The italian americanwritiNG staFF Esther Beaudette

Antonio DiGiorgioBarbara Smith

Sandra Tornberg

CONtriButiNG PhOtOGraPher

Elio RipariSandra Tornberg

586/228-3030 ext 15iacs@iacsonline.com www.iacsonline.com

Deadline for submitting material is the 15th of the month. we reserve the right to edit all copy.

obituaries

FaDm member and longtime Gagliano aterno Club member angelo Pasqualone passed away on January 28, 2015 at the age of 87. angelo was the beloved husband of 58 years to ann and devoted father of Anthony (Josefina) and susan. he was the dear brother of louis (maria luisa). angelo was the cherished grandfather of Caitlin, ian, angelica, amelia, Gregory, sophia,

CaraDONNa, Giuseppe, January 29, 2015 age 94. Beloved husband of the late antonia. loving father of Alfio (Louise), alfonso (Cheryl), and maria (antonino) agosta. Proud grandfather of 6 and great-grandfather of 3. Visitation was at wujek-Calcaterra & sons in shelby township. interment in san Vito, lo Capo (tP), sicily.

elizabeth, and Christopher, and great-grandfather of emma ann. Visitation was at heeney-sundquist Funeral home in Farmington. Funeral mass was at Our lady of sorrows Catholic Church. interment holy sepulchre, Southfield.

SAVE THE DATE October 25, 2015

the Coro italiano will be celebrating their 30th anniversary with a dinner at the italian american Cultural society Banquet and Conference Center on October 25, 2015. Details will be available soon. this will be a great opportunity to show the Coro italiano how grateful we are for their service to our community!

marisa ybarra, representing the mazara Del Vallo Club in the Christopher Colum-bus Celebration Day Queen contest, is the granddaugh-ter of matteo and Girola-ma Ferro. they have been members of mazara Del Vallo Club for many years. marisa is in her second year of college and hopes to have her degree in liberal arts within two years. she is studying nutrition in hopes to have her own fitness center one day. marisa’s interests include physical therapy, photography, and snowboarding.

only $14.00 per Adult$10.00 per Member

(with valid IACS membership card)$5.00 Children 10 and Under

Children Under 5 Eat Free

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! SENIOR $40 ~ INDIVIDUAL (Under age 60) $55 ~ Membership includes: One (1) guest at member’s price for Nonna’s Nite – Discounts on special events over $25, including Ladies Only Night; Holiday Wine Tasting; discount Italian Language Class; Italian American newspaper; special 10% discount off published menu prices for any event over $500 booked at the IACS Banquet & Conference Center – minimum of 3-year membership.

! SENIORS $80 ~ FAMILY (Under age 60) $100 ~ Two adult members in same household and all children 18 years and younger. Membership includes: Discounts on special events over $25, including Ladies Only Night; Holiday Wine Tasting; discount Italian Language Class; Italian American newspaper; special 10% discount off published menu prices for any event over $500 booked at the IACS Banquet & Conference Center – minimum of 3-year membership.

! FAMILY & FRIENDS ~ $150 ~ Two adult members in same household and all children or grandchildren 18 years and younger. Membership includes two (2) guests at member’s price for Nonna Nite - Discounts on special events over $25, including Ladies Only Night; Holiday Wine Tasting; discount Italian Language Class; Italian American newspaper; special 10% discount off published menu prices for any event over $500 booked at the IACS Banquet & Conference Center – minimum of 3-year membership.

! PATRON ~ $300 ~ Two adult members in same household and all children or grandchildren 18 years and younger. Membership includes

four (4) guests at member’s prices for Nonna’s Nite - Discounts on special events over $25, including Ladies Only Night; Holiday Wine Tasting; discount Italian Language Class; Italian American newspaper; special 12% discount off published menu prices for any event over $500 booked at the IACS Banquet & Conference Center, including outside catering.

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san Francesco Church in Clinton township will host its annual Dinner Dance sunday, march 22, 2015 at Penna’s of sterling.

this event features a sit-down dinner and enter-tainment by Pino marelli. Doors open promptly at 3:00 p.m. tickets are $50 in ad-vance; no tickets will be sold at the door. For tickets/information call Geraldine Calderone 586-294-8698 or sharon ruggiroli 313-882-5132.

this event is a fundraiser all proceeds go directly to the maintenance and preserva-tion of the church. at this year’s Dinner Dance, san Francesco Church will be honoring richard Burrell and ann scianna-Burrell, Gordon mcCarty, and stan-ley santilla.

Richard (Rick) Burrell and Ann Scianna-Burrell have been friends to san Fran-cesco Parish for many years. rick has a strong commit-ment to family, faith and re-spect. he is hard working, faithful, respectful, gener-ous, and honest. you can always find him at church when there is a plumbing problem that needs to be re-paired, or to simply help out in whatever way he can. he is also very active in the san Francesco Food Drive.

richard and ann have been married 34 years and have one daughter maria alexan-dra age 19, who is currently attending College. ann helps in many areas at san Francesco Church. you can find her on Tuesday evenings

san Francesco Church honors

richard & ann Burrell, Gordon mcCarty and stanley santillaat church in the position of CCD Coordinator handling all aspects of the CCD Pro-gram. this involves making sure the children/adults in the program are instructed traditional doctrine accord-ing to the teachings of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. she also heads the Food for the Poor Project, Giving tree Project, is a member of the Parish Coun-cil, Dinner Dance Commit-tee, Feast of san Francesco Committee, assists with First Communions, Confirma-tions and marriages within the Parish, and handles di-rectives consistent with the archdiocese of Detroit.

richard and ann have a strong devotion to the theo-logical virtues of faith, hope and charity and enjoy giving back to others who are less fortunate in the community and work diligently in this area. they are supporters of san Francesco Parish and are always willing to assist in any way they can. san Fran-cesco Church honors and thanks them for their com-mitment to their faith and to san Francesco Parish.

Gordon McCarty has been a member of san Francesco Parish since 1999. he has been active in the church for many years, helping in any way he can. he guides and supports the direction of alter servers, and proudly serves mass alongside his two sons.

Gordon is a true example of a family man who leads by his faith. he is married to his wife Jamie mcCarty and together they have five beau-

tiful children. alyssa age 20 attends macomb College, Brenden age 14 attends aus-tin Catholic academy, haley age 11, matthew age 9, and savanna age 8, are all home-schooled.

Gordon works full time as a Director of logistics at Gar-den Fresh salsa and occa-sionally as a Police reserve for the City of hamtramck. in his spare time, he is a committed family man, very active in his sons’ sports and enjoys coaching baseball and basketball games. Gordon has been active at san Fran-cesco Church for many years and is an excellent example of a person’s personal com-mitment to faith and family, and for that reason san Fran-cesco Parish honors him.

Stanley Ronald Santilla was baptized august 3, 1941 at san Francesco Church in Detroit by reverend livius Paoli. stanley went to st.

robert Belarmine Catholic school through grade 4, and the remainder of his education through the redford Public school sys-tem. he spent his teen years away from the church teach-ings trying to find himself.

stanley worked for l’anse Creuse Public school sys-tem as a Bus Driver “for 22 wonderful years.” he lived near st. Jude Catho-lic Church and realized he never forgot his catholic up-bringing and he needed to be closer to God, and the way to do it was to become a mem-ber of st. Jude Parish. with some training and help from Father Colum morgan he be-came a eucharistic minister and a lector - reader, which he truly enjoyed.

after some time passed stan-ley and his mother moved to Clinton township, his life came full circle and he was back at san Francesco

Church as a lector and eu-charistic minister. he now has a permanent job dedicat-ed to san Francesco Church where he truly enjoys the remnants of the original church which was on the corner of Brewster and ri-vard in Detroit. san Fran-cesco Parish honors stanley santilla and would like to sincerely thank him for his commitment to his faith, hard work, and general com-mitment to san Francesco Church.

the number of hours volun-teered by this group of people is immeasurable and we are blessed as a parish to have their leadership and support. Please help us celebrate this special event honoring these upstanding citizens of our community, and to support san Francesco Church as all proceeds go directly to the maintenance and preserva-tion of the church.

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maestra sandra’s preschool italian students celebrated san Valentino and Carnevale in their class on February 14. they wore their favorite costumes like the children in italy do for Carnevale.

the class has been meeting every saturday since January

10. they have been learning the numbers from one to ten, colors, parts of the body, animals, and songs. maestra sandra is very proud of their progress.

Preschool italian Class Celebrates san Valentino and Carnevale

Pauline Barbara wojcik celebrated her 100th birthday at the iaCs on saturday February 7 with ninety-five family members and friends. she was born February 9, 1915 to Polish immigrant parents George and Julia mikulski in Detroit. she had three siblings: her older sister mary, younger brother Joseph and younger sister agnes. Pauline married Philip wojcik on June 2, 1934. They were married for fifty-six years until Philip died in 1990. together they had four children, richard, Bernadine,

Happy 100th birthday pauline Wojcik

abruzzese ladies get together for a special valentine's day lunch at nonna's Kitchen!

marguerite and Phyllis, ten grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren.

Pauline learned to sew at an early age and was sewing wedding gowns by age twelve. she went to cosmetology school and did hair for years. she was also a “rosie the riveter” at the Briggs plant. Pauline lived in Detroit for 65 years and was active at st. stephen Parish and did a lot of volunteer

work. Pauline now resides with her granddaughter michelle and her husband David andre, whose three daughters have all worked at the iaCs Banquet and Conference Center. michelle reports that Pauline is still an avid reader and jigsaw puzzle worker.

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GENNAIO 2013 UNA PUBBLICAZIONE DELL’ “THE ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY “ VOLUME, XXXV Nº1 43843 Romeo Plank Road - Clinton Township, MI 48038 - Phone (586) 228-3030 - FAX(586) 228-1678 - E-mail: iacsnews@iacsonline.net

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Il premier: ma prima si appro-vi la legge di stabilità e bilan-cio Alfano:«Prontissimi ad appro-vare il dl in tempi brevi»Monti lascia. Appena votate le leggi di Stabilità e Bilan-cio. Il frutto dell’incontro al Quirinale tra premier e presidente della Repubblica è una nota soppesata in ogni virgola: «Il presidente del Consiglio non ritiene possi-bile l’ulteriore espletamento del suo mandato e ha di conseguenza manifestato il

suo intento di rassegnare le dimissioni». Ma prima sarà necessario verificare le in-tenzioni delle forze politiche, accertando se intendono «as-sumersi la responsabilità di provocare l’esercizio prov-visorio - rendendo ancora più gravi le conseguenze di Continua a Pag.3VEDI: Monti e Napolitano

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Coro di consensi in Stati Uniti e Germania verso il premier E il Times: Berlusconi, spu-dorato opportunismoNel giorno delle pesanti crit-iche ricevute da Silvio Ber-lusconi il governo di Mario Monti, futuro dimissionario, registra anche gli importanti elogi da parte di esponenti

dei governi americano e te-desco.

MONTI, LEADER COR-AGGIOSO - Nel 2012 «il governo italiano ha avviato

un processo di riforme che ha creato le basi per la cresci-ta economica - ha esaltato l’economista l’ambasciatore degli Stati Uniti a Roma Da-vid Thorne - Il premier Monti ha dimostrato grande leader-ship e coraggio durante il suo mandato, rafforzando la po-sizione dell’Italia in Europa e nel resto del mondo».

CREATE LE BASI PER LA CRESCITA - Durante il ricevimento di Natale a Villa Taverna Thorne ha prima guardato alla sua Patria sot-tolineando l’importanza del-la rielezione del presidente Barack Obama, poi ha speso lodi per un governo che «ha avviato un processo di ri-forme che ha creato le basi per la crescita economica». (Ansa/C.Peri)

LA POSIZIONE TEDESCA - Nell’arco della giornata an-che Angela Merkel aveva rib-adito la sua posizione contro la (ri)discesa in campo - la sesta - di Silvio Berlusconi. Per il secondo giorno con-secutivo, la Cancelliera ted-esca sottolinea che gli italiani «sceglieranno in modo tale da garantire che l’Italia resti sul cammino giusto». Lo fa nel corso di una conferenza

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Monti vede Napolitano, poi annuncia: «Mi dimet-to, impossibile proseguire così»

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Circa cento venticinque c i t t a d i n i i t a l i a n i sono venuti all’italian american C u l t u r a l Center per

sottoscrivere la lista dei candidati per la prossima elezione per il rinnovo del Comites. ringraziamo Vittorio Palladino e simona Baresi dal Consolato d’italia in Detroit che sono venuti per autenticare le firme.

il termine per fare la domanda d’iscrizione è il 17 marzo. il modulo d ’ i s c r i z i o n e n e l l ’ e l e n c o elettorale e riprodotto in questa pagina. si può anche scaricare dal sito web del consolato www.consdetroit.ester.

it, o si può avere dall’ italian american Cultural Center. Le votazioni sono fissate per il 17 aprile 2015.

siamo grati a tutti quelli che stanno lavorando per rendere queste elezioni un successo per il beneficio di tutti noi cittadini italiani nella circoscrizione di Detroit.

elezione Comites 2015

in ogni circoscrizione consolare ove risiedono almeno tremila cittadini italiani sono istituiti un Comitato degli italiani all’estero (COmites). il Comites è l’organo di rappresentanza degli italiani all’estero nei rapporti con le rappresentanze diplomatico-consolari . esso contribuisce ad individuare le esigenze di sviluppo sociale, culturale e civile della propria comunità di riferimento e promuove opportune iniziative nelle materie attinenti alla vita sociale e culturale, con particolare riguardo alla partecipazione dei giovani, alle pari opportunità, all’assistenza sociale e scolastica, alla formazione professionale, al settore ricreativo, allo sport e al tempo libero della comunità italiana residente nella circoscrizione Nel

COsa sONO i COmites?

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addio a michele Ferreroil «papà» della nutella aveva 89 anni

È morto a montecarlo, dopo mesi di malattia, michele Ferrero, 89 anni, proprietario dell’omonimo gruppo dolciario.

nato a dogliani il 26 aprile 1925, michele Ferrero è stato l’artefice dello sviluppo - in italia e all’estero - dell’azienda fondata dal padre pietro nel 1946. sotto la sua direzione

l ’ a z i e n d a della nutella è infatti diventata uno dei principali gruppi dolciari a livello m o n d i a l e , presente in 53 paesi con oltre 34.000 collaboratori e 20 s tab i l iment i produttivi e 9

aziende agricole. e sempre per suo volere nasce, nel 1983, la Fondazione Ferrero, che oltre ad occuparsi degli ex dipendenti promuove

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rispetto delle norme previste dagli ordinamenti locali e delle norme di diritto internazionale e comunitario, al fine di favorire l’integrazione dei cittadini italiani nella società locale e di mantenere i loro legami con la realtà politica e culturale italiana, nonché per promuovere la diffusione della storia, della tradizione e della lingua italiana, il Comitato:a) coopera con l’autorità consolare nella tutela dei diritti e degli interessi dei cittadini italiani residenti nella circoscrizione consolare, con particolare riguardo alla difesa dei diritti civili garantiti ai lavoratori italiani dalle disposizioni legislative vigenti nei singoli Paesi; b) collabora con l’autorità consolare ai fini dell’osservanza dei contratti di lavoro e dell’erogazione delle provvidenze accordate dai Paesi ove il Comitato ha sede a favore dei cittadini italiani; c) segnala all’autorità consolare del Paese ove il Comitato ha sede le eventuali violazioni di norme dell’ordinamento locale, internazionale e comunitario che

COsa sONO i COmites? danneggiano cittadini italiani, eventualmente assumendo, nei limiti consentiti dallo stesso ordinamento, autonome iniziative nei confronti delle parti sociali. l’autorità consolare riferisce al Comitato la natura e l’esito degli interventi esperiti a seguito di tali segnalazioni;d) redige una relazione annuale sulle attività svolte, da allegare al rendiconto consuntivo, e una relazione annuale programmatica, da allegare al blancio preventivo; e) esprime pareri sulle iniziative che l’autorità consolare intende intraprendere nelle materie di sua competenza; f) formula proposte all’autorità consolare nell’ambito delle materie di sua competenza, sia in fase di delibera d’impegno di spesa che di programmazione annuale; g) esprime parere obbligatorio, entro trenta giorni dalla richiesta, sulle documentate richieste di contributo che enti e organismi associativi, che svolgono attività sociali, assistenziali, culturali e ricreative a favore della collettività italiana, rivolgono al Governo, alle regioni ed alle province autonome; h) esprime parere obbligatorio, entro trenta giorni dalla richiesta, sui contributi accordati dalle amministrazioni dello stato ai locali mezzi d’informazione.

http://www.comitesboston.org/benvenuti.htm

per il 3 ° anno stiamo ospitando una cena con lo scopo di onorare e riconoscere le donne. la Festa della donna è stata fondata molti anni fa come un omaggio a tutto il lavoro e i sacrifici da parte del gentil sesso per il miglioramento delle loro famiglie e del mondo. l’udi-e è un’associazione

non a scopo di lucro e siamo orgogliosi di aiutare le donne maltrattate. l’anno scorso abbiamo donato $ 500.00 a turning point di mount clemens e continueremo a farlo. la vostra partecipazione è davvero fondamentale, quindi venite a trascorrere un pomeriggio con noi per festeggiare la Festa della

donna e aiutare coloro che sono nel bisogno.

villa penna – 43985 Hayes rd. – sterling Heights - ci ha gentilmente aiutate ad organizzare una bellissima cena domenica 8 marzo che inizierà alle 4:00 pm – donazione: $ 40. per ulteriore informazione: maria mancini 586 294-4862

unione Donne italiane - estero

iniziative culturali e artistiche. «lavorare, creare, donare», le tre parole che compaiono nel logo della Fondazione del gruppo, nel dna del quale è impressa la responsabilità sociale, un valore su cui michele Ferrero ha insistito per tutta la vita. Fino all’ultimo michele è stato assistito dalla moglie, maria Franca, e dal figlio Giovanni, al vertice del gruppo come unico amministratore delegato dopo la morte nel 2011 del fratello pietro. (Fonte: Ansa)

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buona Festa della donna 8 marzo 2015

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a cura di sandra tornberg

con questa edizione iniziamo una nuova serie rappresentando le regioni d’italia. si comincia con l’abruzzo, non perché è la regione della mia eredità, ma perché è la prima in ordine alfabetico.

abruZZo

stemma della regione abruzzo

l’Abruzzo è una regione italiana a statuto ordinario dell’italia peninsulare, compresa tra l’adriatico e l’appennino centrale,il cui capoluogo è l’aquila. pur essendo geograficamente parte dell’italia centrale, l’abruzzo è

legato storicamente e linguisticamente all’italia meridionale.

dal 1948 al 1963, formava insieme al molise la regione Abruzzi e Molise; ma già nel 1233, con la costituzione del Giustizierato d’Abruzzo ad opera di Federico ii

di svevia, per la prima volta nella storia, venne identificato formalmente quel territorio che da quel momento in avanti verrà conosciuto come abruzzo.

occupa una superficie di 10.862 km² e ha una popolazione di 1.332.689 abitanti. È diviso in quattro province: l’aquila, chieti, pescara e teramo, e in 305 comuni. confina a

nord con le marche, ad est con il mare adriatico, ad ovest con il lazio e a sud con il molise. si divide principalmente in una parte costiera nel versante orientale con le spiagge dell’adriatico e in una parte montuosa dal lato occidentale con il gran sasso d’italia, 2912 m s.l.m., il massiccio più alto degli appennini continentali.

l’abruzzo vanta il titolo di “regione verde d’europa”, dovuto ai suoi 3 parchi nazionali (il Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise, il Parco Nazionale della Majella e il Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga), al Parco Naturale Regionale Sirente-Velino, all’Area Marina Protetta Torre del Cerrano e alle trentotto aree protette che

rappresentano il 36,3% della sua superficie totale, la più alta in europa. a l l ’ i n t e r n o d e l l e n u m e r o s e aree protette, d i s s emina t e non solo sulla dorsale appenninica, ma anche sulle dolci e fertili colline dell’entroterra e lungo i 130 Km di costa, è custodito oltre il 75% delle specie animali e vegetali del continente europeo; sul versante settentrionale del gran sasso si trova il ghiacciaio calderone. e’ tra le regioni italiane con il più alto numero di località, ben 21, presenti nel prestigioso club “i borghi più belli d’italia”.

Quando il giornalista e diplomatico primo levi visitò la regione, colpito dalla sua bellezza e dall’animo dei suoi abitanti, definì l’abruzzo “forte e gentile”, il titolo di un suo racconto di viaggio pubblicato nel 1882 . Quella citazione è da quel momento il motto della regione e dei suoi cittadini.

Fino agli anni ‘50 l’abruzzo era una delle regioni più povere del sud italia, ma dal 1950 l’abruzzo ha avuto una crescita costante del pil (prodotto interno lordo). nel 1951 il reddito pro capite è stato del 53%; nel 1971 del 65%, mentre nel 1994 si è attestato al 76%; nel 2006 è arrivato al 84,4 dando all’abruzzo il

più alto pil pro capite del sud italia, che ha superato il tasso di crescita di ogni altra regione d’italia; la costruzione delle autostrade roma-teramo (autostrada a24) e roma-avezzano-pescara (autostrada a25) ha aperto la regione a nuovi investimenti favorendo una maggiore crescita della produttività della regione, che è diventata così una delle più alte tra le regioni dell’italia meridionale.

secondo eurostat nel 2009 l’abruzzo aveva un reddito pro capite a parità di potere di acquisto pari al 84,0% della media dell’unione europea, il più alto reddito tra le regioni del sud italia; le regione italiane più povere erano la sicilia e la calabria con il 68%, le più ricche erano la provincia autonoma di bolzano con il 148% e valle d’aosta e lombardia con il 133%. il terremoto dell’aquila del 6 aprile 2009 ha determinato una forte frenata dell’economia, la cui ripresa, secondo degli esperti, è ancora piuttosto incerta. tuttavia, secondo le statistiche di fine 2010, sembra che l’economia abruzzese si stia riprendendo, nonostante

i dati negativi per quanto riguarda l’occupazione, facendo sperare in un futuro economico più roseo; infatti a fine anno 2010 l’abruzzo ha fatto registrare una crescita pari al 1,47% ponendo la regione quarta tra le regioni italiane con i maggiori tassi di crescita annuale dopo il lazio, la lombardia e la calabria. anche nel 2011 l’abruzzo conferma la crescita economica, con un +2,3% percentuale più alta tra le regioni dell’italia meridionale; inoltre nell’anno 2013 la regione si conferma la regione più ricca del meridione d’italia con il pil pro capite più alto tra le regioni del sud italia (21.845 euro).

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il “grande amore”, insomma, fuori dal palco sanremese non è ancora arrivato». c’è tempo solo

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