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Contents
Febbraio - February
p. 5
p. 8
p. 14
p. 15
p.26
p.29
p.33
Regular Features
Due Parole
The Hill
La Successione
Cronaca della Comun"ita'
p. 4
p. 10
p. 15
p. 16
Associazione Trinacria
Anno della Famiglia
Bazaar
Amici di Verdi Chorus
ConsoreIle del Sacro Cuore
Dall'Italia
In Cammino con Carmelo
Pausa Poetica
For a Rainy Day
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p.22
p.28
p.32
Entertainment7 Leisure & Sport
Sportlight
Italsport
Anglo Italian Football League
Tempo Libero
Mamma's Ricetta
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p. 38
p. 41
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Due Parole
Padre Roberto Russo
Cari Amici,
eterni. La parola non e" proprio esalla,
ma il significato e' quello: siamo
Mamma mia come passa iI tempo! eterni. Passeremo per la porta della
Si puo' dire che ancora non abbiamo morte ed entreremo nella vita eterna.
messo a posto iI Prcscpio e gia': Veramente questo e' proprio diffieile
cominciamo a parlare della per me capirlo. Lo credo nella prcghiQuaresima. Ci pens.1te che mercoledi': em con cui chiedo a Dio la fede,
16 febbraio e" iI giorno delle Ceneri: pero' e' proprio un mistero questo
comineia la quaresima. Mamma, mia nostro tempo. Non moriremo piu""
vivremo per sempre.
come passa iI tempo!!
Certo iI tempo e" proprio un
mistero, un, mistero di fede se
vogliamo, perche" tullo quello che
succede e' un dono di Dio per la
nostra vita e perche' niente di quello
che succede ci puo' separare dall'amorc di Cristo; anzi ei unisce
all'amorc di Cristo. E tullO questo
avviene per noi nel nostro tempo della
vita.
Guardate, e' proprio bello pensarCi. Pcnsnre a quando siamo cnlrnli
nel mondo con la gioia della f.1miglia,
la gioia di Dio~ cd c" comincialo·
iI nostro tempo: iI do no di Dio. Anche
Gesu', e' entrato nel mondo in un
certo tempo della storia del mondo, e
cosP e' cominciata la sua vita. Anchc
per lui sono pass.1ti gli anni, e'
pass.1to iI tempo. 'Haf.1110 la volonta'
di Dio, e': morto sulla Croce ed e'
risorto. Cosi' iI tempo e' divelllato
La Quaresima ci chiama un po' a
pens.1re a questa nostra vita che non
finira' piu'. Che faremo? Saremo
profondamcnte uniti all'amore di Dio
e nell'amore fra di noi: la ricchezza
del nostro cuore e della nostra anima
etcrno: pcrche': Gcsu' e" Clcrno. Vera...
s.,'ua' tuUa la nostra vita con Dio.
mente e' sempre stato etcrno perche'
e'Dio.
Possiamo pregare, pregare tanto per
sentire questa vita di Dio in noi. E'
comineiata con iI ballesimo e poi con
~n
Ma ora
tO~1
a
noi divcnlarc
Jllempo passa
101 Ways to Pray
Lord, it is about prayer. Well, it is just I don'. know
how to....well, you know, pray.
What is it, Lord? How do you start? What do you pray
about? Who do you pray to? God? Jesus? Father? Mother?
Lord? Dad? It's not c.1SY, you know. There's never been
any r<:<11 guide to follow... 101 ' Ways to Pray!!" Not a bad
idc.1 r<:<1l1y is it?
It's all very well this Christian stuff, but how do you
go about it? C1n't you give us even a tiny hint? You S.1Y
we should listen. How do we do that when our minds are
so full up we just forget to pray? Never mind listen! How
do we know if you've heard- us? How do we know if
we've been answered? Do you understand, Lord?
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la prima comunione e poi con la
cresima; e iI tempo passa. C'e' iI
matrimonio, ci sono figli e nipoti e ci
sono anche sofferenze, prove, erisi,
gioie e speranze. Ma tullO nel momento favorcvole per noi, nel momento in cui Dio ei ha voluto con Lui
in questo ,mondo.
La Quarcsima ci aiuta a pensare a
questo. Dio ei ha voluto ~n Lui in
questo momento della storia del
mondo. Quello che noi facciamo e'
gradito a Dio perche' noi vogliamo
bene a Dio.
Pensiamoci nella Quarcsirna. Raecomandiamoci k1nto alia Madonna
che ci aiuti a volere bene a Gesu',
come -Gesu' ha voluto bene a noi, e'
con orgoglio che ognuno di noi deve
dire: "sono stato scelto da Dio".
Siamo stati scelti da Dio: coraggiol
C1mminiamo in questa nostra vita.
PaSs.1 iI tempo. Passiamo iI nostro
tempo uniti al Signore Dio. 11 tempo
che pasS.1 e' un dono di Dio presente.
11 tempo che paSs.1 sono le vie del
Signore, quelle vie in cui noi cam-
miniamo con tanla spcranza, con 130la
fede, con tanta umilta': perehe'
I'amorc di Dio ci ha creato e I'amore
di Dio ci ricevera' nel suo Regno.
Quindi andiamo avanti, facciamo iI
bene.
_Dio ci ha voluto insieme in qucsto
tempo. Aiutiamoci' in questo tempo
della nostra vita.
It isn't just me is it? I often wonder if I'm the only
Christian doing everything the wrong wayll But is there a
wrong way, Lord? Is there any way? Bcar with me, Lord.
It's tough but plc.1se keep helping me. Even though I find
it all so hard I know I'd be lost without you.
You know what I rc.111y mc.1n, even if my prayers don't
say it. You know what I need, not what I think I need.
Help me to trust your -decision, Lord, even though it
might hurt. Pick me up when I f.11l down. Hc.11 my broken
fhith when I begin to doubt.
Tc.1eh me to pray, Lord. Please!!
(Extraclftom "Can we 'd/k. Lord?··
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Si ,vota il 27 marzo
11 Presidente della Repubblie.1, Ose.1r Luigi Scalf.1ro, ha finallllente
annunciato la data delle elezioni poIitiche: il 27 Illarzo (ed anche il 28
Illarzo per rispettare i rituali della
pasqua ebraica che cade proprio it
giomo 27).
Che queste elezioni avvengono in
un Illolllento Illolto signifie.1tivo della
storia italiana del dopoguerra e' QV-,
vio; che le elezioni porteranno' la
nazione a call1biamenti fondalllentali
nel carattere del paese e' Illeno scon-,
Into: sono gli attegialllenti e le abiludini della gente che devono cambiare. Ciononostanle si spera almcno di
essere sulla stnlda giusta.
Una buona parte dei candidati alle
prossillle elezioni proviene dell'altuale partitocrazia: allri no.
Da una parte vediamo il Partilo
Democratico della Sinistra (gli excomunisti che sono meno comunisti di
una voila) beneficiario '-' come del
resto anche la Lega - della delusione
della gente nei confrollli di mi corpo
politico italiano, guidato da anni prin-,
cipalmente dalla DC e dai socialisti e
colpito dal cancro degli scandali"
corruzione e tangenti.
C'e' da ricordarsi infalti che it
PDS ha avuto un notevole successo
alle clezioni amministralive tenutesi
verso la fine del 1993.
Dall'altra parte vediamo alcuni
elementi (Illeno "macchiali 0 piu'
pulili) della (ex) Democrazia Cris-,
tiana che si presentano nella nuova
veste di "Partilo Popolare Ilaliano" il
qualc sembra avere ancora un'ampio
sostegno nel Illeridione.
elettorale (da interamente proporzionale a principalmcnte maggiorilario pur
conservando il 25% dei seggi con il
sistema proporzionale).
Egli ha fondato il movimento
"Patto per (,Ilalia'" che cerea di
mettere in eampo una larga
alleanza liberaIdemocratiea a
sostegno della sua eandidatura a Prcsidente del Consiglio. A lale scopo sta provando ad awicinarc Martinazzoli del Partito Popolare
Ilaliano e Bossi della Lega.
Ci sono all'intemo del PPI
alcuni che sono a favore;
altri, per esempio Rosy
Bindi e Sergio Mattarella,
che sono contrari. L'intenzione e' quella di realizzare
una mini-cooperazione di
partili che condividono idee
si mili, richiamandosi a
quella che ha portato talllo
suceesso al PDS nelle ultime
elezioni amministrative.
La Lega di Umberto
Bossi sembra diventare sem-'
pre piu' forte. Ma nonostante
le lamcntele delle gente nei
confronti di un govemo
"Iaggiu"': aRoma, lravolto
di seandali, di corruzione, di
tangenti - una siluazione
questa dovuta, dicono, ai politici e alia criminalita' del meridione
- c'e' da chicdersi se la gran parte del
popolo dell'llalia settentrionale
quando si lrovera' alle ume, voterebbe infillli per un panito scismalico,
opportuno e Senl.1 un programma
Scnltando ancora nel panorama concreto c serio
polilico italiano possialllo trovare
Mario Segni, figlio di uno degli
ex-presidenti della Repubblie.1, grande
promotore dei rcferendnm che hanno.
portalo ai call1biamenti del sistema
Ricordiamoci delle ultime clezioni
brilanniche: secondo molta gente, il
govemo conservatore era colpevole
della grave situazione economiea in
cui il paese si lrovava, impotente
dinanzi all'aumenlo notevole e con-
tinuo della criminalita' e aveva sman..
tellalO essenziali strutture e servizi
pubblici. Pcro', quando il popolo si e'
trovato COSlrctto a decidersi sui serio.
ha elelto di nuovo un governo conservatorc che gll parcva essere delle
due alternative il meno peggio.
ChisS<1' quanti ilaliani si troveranno in
una situazione simile? Volare per
un'Ualia unila - anche se con il
Umberlo Bassi
Febbraio 94
F. Spirito
meridione - 0 per un'llalia spaccala a
mela'?
Forse meno seriamente, menzioniamo anche "Forza llalia". In questo
contesto non e' 10 slogan dei tifosi
azzurri ma il movimento creato da,
Oscar LUIgI Scalfaro
Folo: Mancuso
Silvio Berlusconi che comprcnde, tra
gli allri, personaggi (naturalmente) del
mondo del e.1lcio e della TV.
Inoltre c'e' la Rete di Leoluea
Orlando il quale e' convinlo di poter
conquistare almeno i due terzi dei
seggi in Sicilia e rappresenta quindi
un possibilie a1lealo per un a1lro
partito (il PDS?),
Se aggiungiamo Rifondazione
Comunisla che sembra anch'essa aver
falto qualche passo in avanti, i socialisti (che hanno fatto grandi passi
indietro) e il Movimenlo Sociale llaliano troviamo quindi un bel miscuglio
di colori, la possibilita' di grande
confusione all'ilaliana il 27 marzo e
alia fine nessun partito 0 ragruppa·
mento con deputati sufficienti a formarc un governo senl.1 dover riccorerc all'ennesima coalizione di inleressi, compromessi e 10ltizzazione.
Speriamo che all'inizio di aprile
non dovrcnuno dire: "Plus .,a change,
plus c'est la meme chose",
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The Grand Canal
Canaletto was born in Venice, in
the parish of S.Lio, in 1697; his house,
which is quite near the Rialto Bridge,
can still be seen. His father was Bernardo C1nal, a scene painter, and the
son was baptized Giovanni Antonio
Canal. Later on, he sometimes signed
himself Canale or' da Ca'nal but from an
early age he was c.111ed Cml3letto, 'the
little C1nal', no doubt to distinguish
him from his father. Nothing is known
about his youth until, about 1719, both
father and son went to Rome to work in
the theatre. He returned to Venice,
perhaps with his father, in 1721 or
1722.
Canaletto's first known commission
came from Owen McSwiney, ,and involved playing a small part in a highly
imaginative project. There were to be
twenty-four allegoric.11 paintings commemorating celebrated figures. in recent English history and Canaletto was
to collaborate with Piazzetta and Cimaroli in one of them and with Pittoni and
Cimaroli in miother.
This, then, is all the evidence by
which we may jlidge the kind of work
on which C1naletto was employed until
his first view paintingis recorded
. It was not to be long, however,.
before a definite style for Canalel!o's
c.1rlY painting could be identified. By
applying these somewhat tenuous clues
to paintings whose authorship is uncertain, modern scholarship has been able
to attribute to Canaletto a group of
imaginary landscapes, or cupricei, with
varying degrecs of conviction. In the
c.1se of the Capriccio with Classical
Ruins the attribution carries the weight
of an inscription, 10 ANTONIO CANAL. 1723. There urc in fact some two
dozen puintings in ull, of which it may
be 5.1id that, although no single one c.1n
bc attributed with certainty to Cmmletto.
C1nuletto's c.1rly work had certain
characteristics. They were large,
painted in warm colours on u reddish·
brown ground, often with exaggerated
perspective and spectacular cloud effects to emphasise the theatrical nature
of the scenes. In these qualities, us also
in the freedom of the bmsh strokes,
they contrast strikingly with the smull"
bright,. topographiC:11 pictures in cool
colours, precisely painted" which wc
associate with Cunulel!o's luter work,
of which so many moreexumples exist.
Yet there is much 10 be found'in
common among pi~tures of both peri.
ods. Above all, Cunaletto was through·
out his car~r preoccupied with the filII
of sunlight on Ihe varying textures of
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buiiding materials,.
By 1730, Canaletto had formed an
association with Joseph Smith:an English man of business who was resident
in Venice. Smith was both a dealer and
a collector. He dealt in almost any kind
of C9mmodity which promised to show
.hint a legitimate. profit, including, for
the ten years 1730 to 1740, Canaletto's
paintings. From-about 1726 until C"·
nalel!o's dC<1th in .1768, he also collected all the paintings, drawings and
etchings by C1nalel!0 which he was
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unable
to sell or
w h i c h.
he loved
too
much to
sell. To·
wa rds
the end
of his
I i f e
Smith
sold the
greater
Giovanni Canal
part of
his vast
collection to King George Ill.
Smith's first commission· to Canaletto was for a set of six paintings of the
Piazzctta and the area close by. They
were very large, c; ,133 x 170 cm. They
show Venice as those who lived in the
cily knew it, with all its shabbiness and
untidiness and often with cloudy skies,
ralher Ihan the e1C<1n, sunny Venice the
tourists would want 10 remember.
Smith had a great persistence. For
ten years it would seem that no Englishman who visited Venice and could
alford a Canalel!o left without onc, or
at any rate without commissioning one
or more to be sent home after him. The
Duke of Bedford bought no fewer than
twenty-two, showing almost every aspect of Venice.Another Englishman,
possibly the Duke of Buckingham
bought hvcnly-oue views, half of the
Graud Canal and the remainder of
c.1mpi. and churches. Known as the
'Hurvey' group, these were dispersed
in the 1950s but u number of them
remain together in a private collection
in Milan.
It was customary for Canaletto's
festival scenes to be painted on a larger
sc:lIe than his other pictures, occasionally on a very large sc.11.e, such as the
pair now in the' Aldo Crespi collection
which arc more than 2.5' metres wide.
Like the ceremonies themselves, the
festival paintings were essentially de·
j.G. Links
signed for the visitor rather than the
.resident of Venice and in his recording
of them the artist seems more concerned with marshalling a complex
series of groups and' incidents into a
coherent whole than with probing and
exposing the intimate detail of Venetian life, as in his more personal views.
In spite of the large scale on which
Canaletto's .paintings were produced,
and the fact that in many cases only
slightly varying versions of the same
subject appear, tlleir qualily should not
be underrated. They show the tourist's
Venice just as he wished to. remember
it,. "drenched in sunshine but with a
luminosily. that follows rain, the light
and shade. manipulated with immense
skill to produce a balanced and harmonious design and, above all, a handling
of the fabric of buildings· that could
'stem only from acute observation and
alfection.
It may be 5.1fely assumed that between 1730 and 1740 the larger part of
Canaletto's work passed through the
hands of Joseph Smith. Curiously
enough, though, it seems to have been
his finest work which eluded Smith.
The collection of the Earls of Carlisle,
for example, included a number of
Venetian vicws of a qualily well below
Smith'sstandard.
Apart from The Bacino, Canaletto's
two grC<1t masterpieces of the 'Smith'
period, 1730-40, arc The Stonemason's
Yard and The Doge visiting San Rocco.
Both arc in the National Gallery, London, ·togcther with the Grand Canal:
with S. Simone Piccolo, a haunting
evoc.1tion of a part of Venice which has
long lost its bC<1uty. The Stonemason's
Yard is unique for Canaletto in its
mobility of conception, presenting in
the 5.1me picture the best of his early,
rhapsodic Slyle and his mature sense of
realism. The S.Rocco painting breathes
life into a rypic.11 Venetian ceremony in
a way Gentile Bcllini would indced
have envied.
A turning point in Canaletto's career c.1me in the c.1rly 1740s when the
War of the Austrian Succession reduced drastically the flow of visitors to
Venice, and consequently the demand
for his pictures. Smith remained a
faithful patron but virtually his only
onc. Every device was tried to stimulate the demand or to divert the artist's
talents into new channels.
Five paintings of Roman subjects
c.1n be identified with certainty as of
1742 since C1naletto now, almost for
the first time, began signing and dating
his work. There followed in 1743-4 a
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grouP. of four paintings of the Piazza, being appointed British Consul in Ven- he was no longer able to find an outlet
the Plazzetla a'.'d the Molo, his only ice, wrote to MeSwiney, who had been for everything the artist cOuld produce.
known Vemce vIews of the period.
back in London for some ten years, Canaletto was therefore reduced to
The unusually \vide angle of vision asking him to introduce Canaletto per- drawing capricci for engravers to reof these Venice views, and of drmvings sonally to the Duke of Richmond. It produce and to painting small pictures
o.f the period, has prompted the sugges- was therefore with good prospects that for the few tounsts who were still able
tIOn that they were executed with the the artist set off for England, where he to visit Venice. But the imagination
aid of the cmnera obscura, an instru- was already so well known.
which had for so long enabled him to
!IIent likc.the ca'!1era whic.h superseded
Canaletto at first received a warm sum up the pictorial qualities of any
.t, but whIch projected its unage on to a reception in London and found a new subject was now deserting him. He was
sheet of ground glass instC<1d of sensi- patron in Sir Hugh Smithson; who was far from idle, but he seldom composed
tized film. The association of Canalet- later to become Duke of Northumber- an original picture. Nevertheless, every
to's name with thec.1mera obscura is land. The artist's e.1rliest interest was noiv and then there were flashes of the
by no means confined to these particu- naturally drawn to the Thames and to old originalitY,of.mind and the acutelar views and it follows the remark of Westminster Bridge which had hardly ness of observation.
A. M. Zanetti who, in 1771, wrote that· been completed when he arrived.
In 1763 Canaletto was elected a
"By his example Canal taught the cor~
Canaletto never produced anything member of the new Academy: He had
rect way of using the c.1mera obscura." finer than the superb pictures during not been one of the original thirty-six
The subject is one which can never be the nine or ten years he was to spend in members at its founding in 1756. Cerresolved \vith certainty but there is no England, allhough the mannerism tainly the most celebrated Venetian
rC<1S0n to believe that optical aids which had already marked his later artist alive at the time, he was nevertheplayed any signific.1nt part in C.1nalet- work in Venice was not sadly apparent. less a view painter and as such scarcely
to's art.· C.1naletto did not paint what Many of his figures had become little worthy ofthe status of an Academician.
appC<1rs in a camera lens: he painted more than mechanical strokes of the For hIS reception piece, which he dewhat.is ey~ reported to his supremely brush and too often the architecture layed presenting for t,vo years, he
crC<1t.ve bram.
was conveyed by the hard lines' of a naturally presented not one of the
From the beginning of his c.1rcer the ruler rather than the loving response of views that had made him famous, but
pep I~ad played a large part in Canalet- the hand to its many subtleties.
an architectural capricco such as halfa
to s hfe as well as the brush. He used it
After his initial success the demand dozen other painters would have been
for sket~h~s wh,ieh ~vere later built up for his work began to fall off and after capable of producing. Two years later,
mto pallltmgs m IllS studio and for four ye.1rs in England Canaletto de- on 19 April 1768, he died, and today
finished drawirigs which we~e almost cided to return to Venice. Then within this capriccio is the only painting by
all t~en by Smith and kept in his less than a'year he was back in London, Canaletto on public exhibition in the
collectIOn. In these C<1rly 1740s, when it resorting for the second. time to an city whose beauty and fame he had
scem~ to !ta~e been hard to find buyers advertisement inviting prospective cli-' done so much to spread abroad.
for Ius pamtlllgs, Canaletto turned with ents to visit his studio. The following
There are many unanswered quesapparent plc.1sure to drawing scenes on year he received a commission for six tions. We know little or nothing about
lhe C<1st of Venice, at that time separate paintings of various subjects. Soon Canaletto as a man. He never married
.slands. He then made a visit to the after these were finished it must have and no letter of his survives. On the
l1!ainland. and in this he was accompa- become apparent to Canaletto that Eng- other hand, we know a great deal more
med by IllS nephew Bellotto, now in his land had little more to offer him and by about mid-Gcorgian London and eightearly twenties.
1755 or 1756 he had finally returned to eenth-eentUlY Venice than we should
The tour on the mainland, lip the the city of his birth where he remained ever have known if he had not made
Brenta canal and to Padua, resulted in a until his death.
these the subjects of his art.
number of drawings, all of which went
Joseph Smith remained a friend and
to Smith, but hardly any paintings. It took a few drawings and paintings but
was from the same tour
that many of his etchings
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sprang and, allhough
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there were only thirty ex-'
amplcs, and they were
his first experiments in
the art, they show Cmmletto as one of the most
skilful and imaginative
exponents the medium
has ever inspired.
It can only have been
because of the continued
absence of support that
Canalello decided, in
1746, to 1C<1Ve Venice
and to try his fortune in
the country to which so
much of his work had
alrC<1dy cone. The loyal
Smith, who had recently
achieved his ambition of
Piazza San Marco: looking east
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The 'Hill
January 1994. I find it hard to
believe that a year has gone by; I wrote
my introductory article for 'The Hill'
page, back in November' 1992. I must
say that I've enjoyed researching the
history of '11 Quartiere' and interviewing the people who remember the times
when the historic triangle was alive
with Italian Immigrants and their offspring.
Today Bruno and I went down to
Mount Pleasant to have a look at what,
if anything, remains of the little row of
houses and shops that ',adjoined The
Apple Tree public house on the corner
of Warner Street and Mount 1'1c.1S<1nt.
Therc were Italian immigrants housed
here and in another row of houses and
shops across the road, leading up to
what is now part of Mount Plc.1S<1nt
Sorting Area and Post Office Building.
What we found was, The Apple Tree
and Nos. 47-57 still well preserved, a
little way along past what is now a
relatively small block' of new flats.
L3ystall Court and a small cul-de-S<1c
called Pooles Buildings. All that is left
ofa small block of buildings which in
days gone had been the home of many
transient Italian families. All that was
left of the houses on the other side of
the road was a part of a railing that had
obviously been the 'frontage of one of
the houses.
Maria Di LuCCl\, who spent her
early years in Pooles Buildings until
1931, when they moved inlo the'rooms
above Comitti's workshops (No 53),
sent me this extremely old etching of
Comiiti's premises. We are not sure if
the etching is in fact so ancient that it is
a true picture of the way the building
looked at the time it was drmvn, or if
the artist left out the upper floors of 49
to display further the signs depicted on
the walls and roofs.
For generations of Italians the
rooms above the Comitti workshops
were home. You had to be recommen'ded to the landlord by a relative or
friend to get rooms here. The Comitti's
were lair'to their tenants and certain
standards had to be met, in order to stay
in what must have been a step up from
the overcrowding that exis£ed in many
of the houses in the hc.1rt of '11 Quartiere'.
I managed to find out a little of the
history of the Comitti's from Maria and
one of the descendents, at present car-
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Olive Besagni
rying on the business which is, now in a glass blower who progressed to baSouthgate.
rometers at a time when the Industrial
Onerato Comitti the founder of the Revolution was taking place and habusiness arrived in England in or rometers had become a popular feature
around 1845. It is believed that he came in the homes of the English middle
from Como in Northern Italy. The e1asses. It must have been a case of
Comitti name has been associated with being in the right place at the right
barometers for many generations. The time. The family still have examples of
company, which is still trading today, is barometers with the Comitti name on
,more associated with clocks, but in the them dating as far back as 1825 -1830.
Onerato had a son Luigi and a
old days, as you can sce by the etching, •
it was barometers that were the main daughter Bianca. Luigi joined his facore of the
"
,
business. There
is in existence a
catalogne dated
1910 which offered over 75
different clock
designs, more
than 100 different barometers,
barographs,
thermographs
and a vast
range of thermometers.
Onerato
was originally
Right - etching
of the Comitti
Building.
Below '- the
"modern" ver..
sion as it ap-'
peared in
1947.
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Can you name the gang?
There is deffinilely a Molinari, Grandi
and Roberto. Is the boy far right Italo
Servini?
there in'the business and it was Luigi
who fonned the company of '0 Comitti
and Son Limited' in the ye.1r 1898.
Bianca married George Barker an Englishman who worked for the company.
On the death of Luigi, the Barker
family carried on the business. One of
their sons Ronald James Barker married Beryl RaymOlid; they had 7 children William, Clare, Susan, Thomas,
Simon, Jonathan and Angela. The four
boys and their descendants arc still
running the successful business today. I
don't know if the Comitti's owned any
of the adjoining properties.
I have managcd to trace, with the
help of Maria and others, some information about some of our families who
lived on this Iiltle patch. Apart from the
Molinaris, who moved into No 49 in
the year 1904 and one or two others I
haven't been able to establish the exact
dates when the families actually lived
in this are.1.
.
No. 47: Santina & Giovanni Bcrtani
(1920's)
Childrcn: Maria, Gina, Pepe" Silvio
and Linda.
Luigi & Kathleen Morra
(1920's)
No 49:Jenni & Amadeo Mclordini
Sons .. Eddi and Olli (emigrated to
Australia)
Gina & Pcter Gasparelli
Marinctta & Tadeo Molinari
(1904)
Children: Tony, Annie, Dmnaso &
Luisa.
Elisn & Giachino Menozzi
(1930's)
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Sons Rcnato (Ronnie) Giuseppe
(pippie) Vittorio (Victor)
At one period Ida Finella had a
small cafe on the ground floor,. but she
never actually lived there.
No 53:Famiglia Di Lucca
Children: Maria, Mario and Primo
(accordionist)
Lena & John Grandi
Children:Charlie, Mary, Frankie,
Ricki, Carlo, R.1phael
Frances & Lorenzo Capoeci
Famiglia Stone (English)
Pasquale & Co. Piano and pianoia makers. They also hired out
barrel organs. The local children
used to wait upon a group of
"transvestites" who came regularly
to hire one of the organs. The children were faseinated by the arrival
of this group, who would enter the
premises' as men, and appear later
dressed as women. No doubt our
little Paes,1ni dished out a comment
or two as this rare phenomenam
trundled their organ off inlo the
streets.
No 55:Rnchel & Giovanni Pisani
Children: Frank (rich), hairdresser, violinist. Johnny (Cartoonist
for the DailySkelch).Carmela, whose
son Mario Fabrizi was a well
known comedian seen regularly in
films and on the television in "The
Benny Hill Show" and the "The
Army Game" a popular series in the early 1960's.
No 57:Giovanna & Peter
Servini (Wine Importers)
Children: Lena, Marco,
Adele (Delina), Giovanni
(Johnnie), Marco, Pierina,
Giuseppe (Pip) and Domenko.
Maria & Domenico Servini
Children: halo, Marinetta
and Giovanna '
Pooles Buildings: Adelina
& Jack Azzali
Children: Giuseppe (Joo)
Giovanni (Johnny Cowboy)
Francesco (Frank), Yvonne,
Maria.
Famiglia Sidoli
Sons: Luigino (Gino), Gio·
vanni (Johnny, Cisco Kid)
Famiglia Assarati (1930's)
The only family who had a ear and
a garagel
Famiglia Piemonte
The row of houses and shops opposite Comittis
No 8: Maria & Peter Zanelli
(1930's)
,
Children: Ettore (Eeci) Rene &
Bruna.
No 18:Mary & Giovanni Rabaiotti
Children: Alberto (Belt, Rabbits),
G10ria
No 16:Daisy and Giovanni Miglio
Children: Peter, Gino, Tina, Ecci,
Bruna, Elena. ' '
The little· shoe menders, Monas,
whose story I related in an earlier issue,
was also situated along this row.
The Apple Tree public house was
already well established in 1904, the
landlord's name was Dove. The children in the early years remember that it
was the place to find Papa', because it
was here that the Italian men went to
relax in their leisure hours. Apparently,
Mrs Dove was always kind to the
children and would regularly give them
sweets. (Children, p:irtieularly in those
days, do not forget givers of sweets).
I will be telling you more about the
residents of No 49, Famiglia Menozzi
in next month's BACKHILL. Goodbye
for now ... Olive.
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Bruno Manolini (visiting
from Italy), Marinel/a Gi·.
aeon nee Servini~ Bruna Ter..
roni nee Zanelli, Luisa Malinar!, El/ore (Eeky) Zanelli.
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L'apostolato di san
Vincenzo Pallotti
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RIVlSl'A DELLA COMUNlTA' ITAUANA.
Francesco Amoroso SAC
con i· quali svolgeva un capillare
apostolato, tra i ragazzi dellc scuolc
dci Castclli Romani, diffondcndo carPresupposto di unvero cd cffic.1.cc toni edificanti, introducendo preghapostolato e' la volonla' di vivcre e icrc, distruggendo libri e immagini
profcssarsi strumcnto di Dio distinta- scandalosc. Prcsc la direzionc di
mente. La forza evoc.1.1iva e aggre- Adunanze e Congregazioni giovanili,
gante dell'atiivila' apostolic.1. sta esat- pcr .educarnc piu' profondamentc i
tamentc nella evidenza di qucsta stm- soci.
mentalita' e nella sua distinzione.
Appena sacerdotc' si allco" a san
Cioc', quanto piu' uno e' capace di Gasparc .dcl Bufalo pcr propagare il
esscre segno· visibilc della slla· ap- eulto dcl preziosissimo Sanguc, ma
partcncnza a Gesu' Cristo, lanto piu' piu" ancora' per t"1fC insicmc CO~l lui
cfficacc sara'· la sua evangclizzazionc gucrra al malcdcllo pcccato.
e diventcra' polo di allrazionc pcr
Nel 1832 ebbe dallaMadonna iI
nuoyi evangclizzatori.
done privilegiato di essere ammcsso
Era questo iI mcssaggio del prec- allo Spolmlizio Spiritualc con lei, la
edente artieolo Sll san Vincenzo Palloiti, il qllale si feee integralmentc
strumcnto di Dio neL SilO csscrc e nd
suo opcrare, e racchillse iI SilO programma di vita in questc parole: '.'Sia
distrulla llllla la mia vita e la vila di
Gesu~ Crista sia tuua la vita mia''.,
oPPllre in qucste altre: '·'11 nulla e il
pe!Mlt~ ,c' t~t!.a la mia vita. if nulla c
iI peccato e' tuna la mia richczza., mu
pcr la Miscricordia infinita di Dio. la
vila di GCSII' Cristo. ,!,io Signore, e'
tuUa la mia vita".
TendcrC siucer:ul,ente, in/hili, a
farsi puro strumcnlo di Dio c lrasformarsi in Gcsu' Cristo, e' iI reqnis;lo
essenziale pcr divenire davvcro Apostolo dcll'Elcrno Padre, poichc', se non
e' questa I'ispirazione dclla propria
vita e la guida dclle propric azioni.
incvilabilmcnte, I'allivita' si mutera'
in apostolato dcl proprio .io, anchc sc
e' fhlla sollo la copcratura dcl nomc
di Dio. Cosa chc avvicnc scnza
1l1alizia, s'intcnde, copcrtura del nome
di Dio. Cosa chc avVicnc scnza Madre di Dio; e grazic a qucsto
malizia, s'intende, mu avvicnc. per Spos.1.lizio Ici, la Picna di Grazic, gli
I'irrucnza dcll'io ·psicologico chI? d11' portava in dotc tullO qucllo che avcva.
origine a tulle Ic nostre azioni c, se gli portava iI Figlio, pcrehc' cgli 10
non c'e' un'altra for/':I prcvalcnlc, Ic riconosccssc come SlIO, c, poichc" cUa
dirigc a suo proprio vantaggio. .
cra SPOS:I dcllo Spiriio, s'impcgnava
San Vincenzo, gia' ncl 1815. trc far si ehc cgli fossc luno trasformalo
anni prima che divcnisse saccrdole, ncllo Spirilo Santo.
appllnto' iI progcllo di f.1.re un'associL'affcno immcdiato dcllo SpoS:ll.
azionc di saccrdoti santi, pcr potcr izio fu la composizionc di un lriplice
ricmpire di santi Ic casc dci .sccolari. Mcsc di Maggio, uno pcr i Rcligiosi"
Era gia' chiaro pcr lui chc la s:mtita' un altro pcr i Fcdcli Laid, e iI tcrzo
non puo' esscre promossa chc da pcr i Sacerdoti. Chi li Icggc capisce
un'altra, piu' grandc. &,ntita". E com- cite il Santo avcva in mcntc una
incio" a .raccoglicrc intorno a se" un crociata, o·.iiissfonc gcncmle, di s.1.nlipugno di sacerdoti SOllo iI tilolo fic;lzionc per tulta la ChicS:l. Tulti
signific.1.tivo di Icga Antidcmoniac;l. Sami,' prcsto Snnli, grandi SmitH
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Qucsto e' il pinno di Di.o, del quale si
fcce portabandiera san Vincenzo Pallotti. La santita' dci Fedeli non
dev'cssere minore di quella dei Religiosi e dci Sacerdoti, pcrche' anche
pcr essi il modello e' Gesu' Cristo e
anche· cssi, sc avrilllno fame e sete di
s.1.ntita',nc Saranno Saziati.
Fondo' poi, nel 1835, l'Unione 0
Societa' dell'Apostolato Caltolico,
alln qualc invilo' tUlti: Saecrdoti
Sccolari, Religi(lsi, Suore e Laici,
pcrche~ con tUlli mczzi n loro disposizione: ministero eeclcsiaslico,
prcghiera, s.1.crificio e bcni materiali,
contribuisscro a ravvivarc la Fede e la
C1.rita' e a diffondcrc il Regno di Dio
in tulto iI mondo.
Ma chc cosa era I'apostolato per
san VincenzoZ
Ecco la sua dcfinizionc. L'apostolato e'· la continuazionc dclla stcssa
opcra che Gesu' Cristo vcnnc a
traltare sulla tcrra, cioc' la Redcnzionc. Cioe': I'Apostolato e' la'Redcnzione di Gcsu' Cristo. Non si tratta,
'allorn" di far discorsi 0 azioni; ma di
rcdimere Ic animc, santificarle.· Dice
anchc. Gcsu' Cristo vcnne aportarc il
fuoco sulla 'terra C VIlolc che qucsto
fuoco venga acceso; qucsto cs.1.11a~
mCllte c'· 10 scopo della Socicta',
diffondcrc il fuoco di Gcsu' Cristo.
Mi spicgo mcglio. Gcsu' Cristo
pcr insegnarci i pregare, composc il
Padre, Noslro. Ma, pcr prcgare, non
basla rccilarc le parole del Padre
Nostro. Non sono le parolc che fanno
la prcghicra; la preghicrl! la fa
I'aspirazionc intima dcll'animn. Cosi'
I'aposiolato lion lo,fa un'azionc Iiturgic.1., nc' una formula di preghicra
missionaria nc~ un'ofTcrt3 ,di danaro,
ma la sele dcl Rcgno di Dio. La vita
di Gcsu' Cristo fu apostolato, pcrchc'
fu tUlta una obbedicrizi al Padrc,
pcrchc' il suo cibo l:ra la \folonta' dcl
Padre.
11 modo dcll'apostolato pallotliano
c' anchc molto significativo, Egli
volcva fare tanlo pcr la gloria di Dio,
ma scnza che nessuIlo·' se ·-accorgcssc. Solo, solo, solo pcr la gloria di
Dio e pcr la s.1.lvczz.1. dclle animc.
Anzi, pcr evitare che in una sua
azione si nascondcssc qualeosa di
lcrrcno, egli chicdcva che Ic suc
ne
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La Successione
\
Vorrei iniziare questo nuovo anno
1994 (ehe auguro pieno di ogni
felicita' a tUlli i lellori) con qualcosa
di' nuovo rispello all'argomento delle
pensioni che sono usuale trallare.
Voriei parlarvi brevemente della Suecessione.
Ora, voi' s.1pete che Io non sono un
notaio, peicui le informazioni che sto
per dare sono, per necessita" di natura
generale e quindi consiglio coloro che
si trovano in questa situazione di
contattare chi' del caso per avere
maggiori dellagli che si applic.1no al
SIlO caso.
Cosa succede se una persona muore senza aver fallo testamento e
lascia un palrimonio?
In questo caso. it ,patrimonio'va
diviso tra i' familiari supcrstiti in basc
alia legge che prevede delle priorita'.
Innanzi tUllo, se gli eredi sono ;1
coniuge cd i figli, un terzo dei beni va
al coniugc (marilo 0 moglie) cd i duc
tcrzi ai figli leggillimi, naturali 0
adottivi.
In prescnza di un solo ,figlio il
patrimonio va diviso a mela' con it
coniuge che ha anche it dirillo del-
Avviso·
La boccialura parlamentarc del
disegno di Lcggc costituzionale di
modifica degli articoli 48, 56 c 57
della costiluzione ha provocato, come
e' noto, amarezza c· delusione nclle
collcllivita' italiane all'estero.
L'alluazione dcll'cscrcizio ali'cstcro del dirillo.di volo c', infalli, una
aspirazione delle comunita' .italiane
vecchia di molti decenni c" dalc Ic
premcsse e Ic posizioni concretc assunte dai vari partiti polilici, cra
Icgillimo allendcrsi che la scconda
Icllura parlamentarc avrcbbe confcrmato I'csito della prima,
Purtroppo, cosi' non e' stalo cd i
motivi dcl cmnbiamento di rOlla di
alcuni schieramcnti politici - chc pur
scmbrano contrastare le Icgillimc aspCllative dcgli italian; all'estcro " non
sono di agevole comprcnsione ed
interprelazione pcr la comunita' ilaliana residcnte nella circoscrizione
consolare di Londra.
'
Oa parte del Governo - che si e'
ballulo per I'approvazione del discgno
Febbr~lo 94
Pietro Molle
I'uso deU'abitazione familiare.
Se non ci sono figli, i due terzi
vanno al coniuge mentre I'altro terzo
va diviso Ira i fratelli cd ascendenti.
Se manca iI coniuge 0 i parenti
fino 111 selto grado, I'eredita' passa
allo Stato.
Quanto si paga? L'imposta della
SIIcccssione si calcola in base aI
va!ore del patrimonio:. al di sotto di
un valore di 250 milioni )'imposta di
successione non si paga eccetto iI 2%
suI solo'valore degli immobili. Oltre i
250 milioni di valore del patrimonio
si applicano delle imposte it percenluali:'3% da 250 a 350 milioni; 7% da
351 a 560 milioni; iO% da 50],a 800
milioni,'ecc.
Dal'I994 ·entrano in vigore nuove
regole per la liquidazione deU'imposta di successione. In precedenza, la
procedura per la SIIccessione era la
seguente: I'ercde 0 gli eredi dovevano
presentare aU'Ufficio del Registro la
dichiarazione di successione entro sei
mesi dal deceso di:colui, cha lascia
I'eredita'. L'Ufficio di Registo caloolava I'importo da pagare e notificava
il contribuente. L'imposta doveva es-
sere pagata entro 90 giorni.
A partire da\ 1.1.1994 it tennine
della presentazione della dichiarazione di successione e' sempre ill sei
mesi, ma se l'Ufficio del Registro non
risponde, Spelta a1.contibuente ill farsi
i conti per' C?nto proprio c pagare
entro i 90 giorni.
Ora I'operazione del calcolo delI'imposta non e.' facile cd i tecnici del
Ministero delle. Finanze stanno meltendo a punto un apposilo modulo che
e' fonnalo da ben 16 pagine, faccndo
concorrenza aI" famigerato Modulo
740. Cosi' dopo esserci "illvertiti"
con I'ISI, I'ICI cd iI 740, iI Ministero
ci sta prcparando un altro rebus.
II guaio e' che in questo caso si
rischia di raggiungere I'imverrosimile
perche' una persona che ha appema
perso un familiare non puo' avere la
tranquillita' d'animo per compilare
questo ulteriore modnlo che gia' si
preannuncia difficile.
E come al SOlilO, le complicazioni
saranno ancora maggiori per gli ita!iani che muoiono 0 che vIvono aU'estero.
Console Generale Luca Brofferio
di Legge • si desiderano, pertanto,
sottolineare i seguenti aspetti.
Nnmerose prese di posizione a
diversi Iivelli, compresa quella autorevolissima del 'Capo delle Stato,
hanno portato in primo piano nella
politica nazionale la presenza degli
ilaliani aU'estero, iI loro lavoro, i loro
rapporti con la madre patria cd iI loro
contributo aU'economia nazionale.
Cosi', nonostante i' numerosi e gravI
problemi attuali della politica intema
italiaila, la tematica degli italiani
all'estero e' assunta per la prima volta
da mollissimi anni al massimo Iivello
di risonanza nazionale.
Cio' e' dimostralo anche dal fatto
che negli ultimi giomi gli schieramenti polilici si sono espressi in
favore deU'adozione di provvcdimenti
legislativi che consentano I'esercizio
del diritto di voto attivo dcgli italiani
all'estero gia' in oecasione delle prossime consultazioni politiche, abbandonando nccessariamente per iI momento il progetto delle circosclrizioni
estere che richicde una modifica
coslituzionale.
Pertanlo, iI govemo desidera rassi·
curare le comunila' all'estero che non
vi e' alcuna diminuzione del SIlO
interesse verso le loro problematiche.
La madre pa/rla delude I suol figli?
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Il party natalizio delle Consorelle del Sacro Cuore ci
ha' portato tanto 'buon umore. Anehe i, momenti. della
'festa fanno parte della vita di Dio.
Vi ricordate che 'Gesu' alle nozze di Cana' ha
cambiato I'acqua in vino?
'
'Meno male~dle Gesti' ilonha fatto questo,miracolo
alle Consorelle,: altriiiienti shibriacilVario iutti!"
'tombola,' abbiarno mimgiato
Abbiamo ,giocato
bene, abbiamo:parlato' e abbiamo ,cant:IlO tanto,bene con
iI nostro Marcello VolaTite' alia fisarmonica;
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As with.anyone who attended ,the Amici di Verdi Chonts' perfoTtnance'of 1 Lombardi della Prima Crociata, I could
not wait for their next offering. This was lield on 'Wednesday 8th December at St. ,Peter:s Italian Churchjust opposite
Hattclll' Garden. The'inauspicious,entrance to the Church belies the grandeur of its interior. .
As wc would expect from' the Amici Chonts it was ail all Verdi programme: from Verdi's first opera, Oberto,
through to the Requiem" with a br,ief biography before each section read by Richard Hazel.
Nl?t \vishing to start of the \viong note 1 must, .however, , say that 1 did, not f<;el the Chonts was particularly
comfortable \vith'the first piece '''Di vermiglia, amabilluce" from,Oberto,and the "Va Pensiero" from Nabuceo which
followed.. It did not see'll to have the passi(lIl'the pfece demands; Words like "0 mia patria si bella e perduta" were (no
pun intended) lost. Bul then Came 1 Lombardi. Four wonderful pieces, all,b~1utifully handled from Ole '''Salve Maria"
with Kntia Nikolic (soprano); ",Gent5.1Iem", "0 Signore del tetto natio" and the "Te lodiamo"" with all four soloists it reached a climax. Tntly wonderful stum
This was followed by three pieces from Macbeth: "Patria OpreS5.1'" of
1847, and 18.65,(1 enjoyed both, very much) and ",' Ah, la paterna mano".
This was sung by the tenor Julian Gavin with whom, I must adinit, 1 was
not so impressed. He has a good voice :but I felt he ,lacked the delicate
touch and a more velvety voice: aOer ali, il is Verdi and with Verdi
nothing should be forced.
Next cmne the impressive "11 Santo nome di Diol' from Forl.a del
Destino wilh soprano, bass (Jonathim Barry), and the Men's chonts. I was
'
particularly impressed \vith Mr Barry.
The'Requiem dominated the lasl seetion of the programme and \vas a
tTC<1t ilidecd. With "Confutatis maledietus", "Dies lrae"" "Lacrymosa",
"Agnus Dei'" and "Lux aeterna". Although 1 felt this section might have
needed a little !uore rehe.1r~11 from the Chonts it was, '
nevertheless, wonderful with' all the soloists -at their PhOlos:StudioMedici
best. The mezzo-sopmno of Margarel Maguire niost & Stephel' Gill
especially cm,ght the ear.
The audience rightly showed lheir appreciation and
much deserved it was too. We were treated to an encore
a'nd the audience was invited to join lhe choir in a
further rendition of Va Pensiero: Va Pensiero, the
unofficial anthem of all emigrants but most especially
the'Italians. Va Pensiero~ sung in,the magnificent setting
of the ,Ilalian Church, the first· Church buill for, Italians
oUlside Ilaly. Therefore, as one e.1n imagine, it was a Va
,Pensiero full of passion, energy aild "cuore".
Praise from those with who attended' lhe concert, and
praise indeed to the director of lhe Choir, !'{ina Walker.
Praise 10 Ihe piano aecompianment of Dennis Knight
and Denise Pallon. Praise to the four. soloists. But most
,of' all praise to the Amici di Verdi Chonts. I look
forward 10 the next.
Peter Bertoncini
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RlVISl'A DELLA COMIJNITA'ITAlJANA
)
Scriviamo qualchc pensicro per due awenimenti
della Chiesa di San Pietro e del Club che riguardano i
nostri giovani.
* Abbiamo avuto il party nal.~lizio dei bambini e
delle bambine che si preparano alia Prima Comunio~e.
Vi e: stata prima una bella eelebrazione religiosa nelle
sale parrocchiali della Chies.~, queste sale erano tuUe
decorate e piene di luee. Abbiamo cantata e poi
abbiamo mangiato e bevuto quello che le famiglie
hanno portato.
* Una settimana dopo nella sala rossa del Social
Club, anche qucsta preparata tanto bene, vi e' stato il
party natalizio dei nostri giovani che si preparano per le
OG!. Anche questo e' stato simpaticissimo e allegro.
* E adesso qualche considerazione. Tanti di questi
nostri giovani fanno parte di tante altivita': cantano in
Chiesa, oppure leggono in Chiesa. oppure sono Chierichetti. Ci sono tante buone persone che pensano a loro: i
catechisti, gli allenatori, i comitati del Club e delle
Associazioni,noi Preti; insomma tante persone.
Ma qnello che e' tanto bello agli ocehi di Dio e agli
ocehi di tutti, sono le Famiglie. Le famiglie che li
seguono: nel Catechismo e negli allenamenti. Si vede
quanto a/fetto c'e' nelle famiglie. Quando non possono
venire le mamme,vengollo i papa'. Quando non puo'
venir nessuno, vcngono i nonni. Ed e' bello vedere tuui
questi bambini, moUosponlanei e naturali, moUojnteressati a tutto, moHo hiipegnati.
Li vediamo sercni. ma non dimentichiamoci mai che
hanno anehe loro i loro problemi e le loro sofferenze.
Non dimentichiamo speciahnente in queslo anno che e'
stato dichiarato dalla Cliiesa e dalle Nazioni come
I'Anno dell:i-Fainiglia. Organizzercmo anche tante cose,
ma intanlo mandiam'o avanti quello che c'e': catechismo, Prima Comunione, Cresima, Bauesimo, l'OGl
Cc doe' i giochi dei nostri giovani).
11 nostro Dio e' un Dio che clllra in tUlta la nostra
vil.~ c ,non solo in Chicsa e quindi offriamo a Dio tuua
la nostra vita, quella della Chiesa con la nostra Famiglia
e quella fuori della Chiesa con la nostra Famiglia. Ma
ricordiamoci. non ci SO-110 due vile, re ne e' una soJa, la
nostra, quella di ogni giorno, quella che fa la volonta' di
Dio selnpre e in ogni posto. Care Famiglie, coraggiol!
Padre Russo e' a vostra disposizione.
Sopra: La reSla nala/izla del candlal/ Prima Comunione
Sollo: Gruppo OGI
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Sinislra: 1/ coro del glovanl
Foto:.BettyDriver
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Bazaar a CasaS, Vincenzo
)
Dobbiamo ringraziare tulti coloro che Il3nno partecipalo al nostro Bazaar. Le
care Signore che da anni 10 preparano. con tanlo atrello; ogni anno diventano
sempre piu'· giovani, piu' brave, piu' allegre. Si vede proprio ch~ chi vive la vila
di Dio non invecchia .mai.
Poi dobbiamo ringraziare lulli voi che sicte venuii a comprare: e'· un periodo
in cui ci sono Baz.1ar in IUltc le parti. di Londra. La vostra partceipazione e'
sempre lanto generosa e Ci aiuta a realizz.1re tante cose.
Tanti cari riligraziinncnti anche al nostro Club che "113 preparato le starize per
i1 Bazaar; e' vera .che i1 Club appariicne alia Chicsa, ma i rapporti alfclluosi tra
i1 Club e
Chiesa. appartengono solo alle relazioni sincere e amiehevoli fra la
Chiesa. e i1 Club.
P. Russo
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Eceo i1 nuovo eomitato dell'Associazione che si e reccntemente
rridunato a Londra
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Sale della Chiesa
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Nelle nostre Sale Sociali dclla Chiesa di San
Piclro si sono svolti dei momenti·sereni. Abbiamo
fcstcggiato i1 complc.1nno· di Fabio (centro sinistra)
nclla Comunita' neo-eatceumenale. Dopo la eelchrazionc cu·caristic.~ ci siamo riuniti per continuarc
a vivcre momenli di fralcrnita' anehe intorno al
mangiare e al bere. Fnbio, tanti 3uguri.
In un'altra occ.1sione la nostra sala e' slala·
addobbata e prcparata molto bene da lante brave e
care pcrsone: cosi' anche abbiamo preparato i1
mflngiare e i soO-drinks: non abbiamo fotografato Ic
pcrsone: sono dci nostri c.1ri amici che ancora
dcvono lrovine il giuslO cammino dclla vila e che
Iloi prcti, insicmc con voi. 'ccr~hiamo di aiutarc.
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Italy's Christian Democrats
(DCs) transformed themselves into the
Popular party, in an effort to distance
the party from the discredit of years of
corrupt rule under successive Christian
Democrat governments. The bulk of
the party follo\ved
Mr Mino
Martinazzoli, the outgoing Christian
Democrat lC<1der. in forming the new
political group. However. a small
minority decided against the move and
set up on their own calling themselves
the Centre Christian Democrats. in a
split related more to personalities than
to ideology.
COMUNITA' ITAlJANA
news from Italy yqu may havr~ missed'
Luciano Liggio, the jailed former
head of Sicily's Corleone Mafia clan,
had died in hospital. Sentenced to life
imprisonment in 1974 for murdering a
Mafia rival, Liggio (below); 68. had
been suffering from heart trouble. He
was rushed to hospital from his
top-secUrity Sardinian prison. In the
1980s, the Corleonesi - headed by
Liggio's former~lieutenant,' Salvatore
"Toto· Riina - emerged as Sicily's
most powerful clan during a bloody
Mafia \var.'
A new face apPC<1red beside Jesus
and the shepherds in taditi,onal
Christmas cribs in Naples this YC<1r:
Antonio Di Pietro. the crime-smashing
judge .who has~become one of Italy's
,most popular heroes thanks to his
relentless investigation of political
crimes. Angelo Loffredo, a ,Neapolitan
crafisman"lms created: two' figurines of
the judge. one in hisofljcalb!ack robes
and one in civilian clothes. There is
l!lso a range of [)i Pietro gadgets for the
less devout: His chubby face can be
seen beaming on anything from "I love
Di Pietro" T-shirtsto carriage clocks.
Bored with being told that monks
arc square and un(:ool, Fr Modesto. 35.
from Genoa has produced an 40-minnte
video describing life "inside~'. He said
"This video 'will, hopefully. show that
,ve, arc normal men, neither nuts nor
nerds." Monkish activities in the 1990s
,include football~matches in the
,afkrnoons between prayer sessions and
editing
the monastery's
ilewspapcr.
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Archibiigi's "11
grande eocomero"'(fhe, Great
Punipkin) about a girl's reCovery from
supposed epilepsy; is Italy's nominee
for a foreign language Oscar. The
33'year-old director is preparing her
fourth film, ','Con gli oCehi chiusi"
(With Eyes t:::1osed) about a landowner
who falls in love with a country girl but
cannot
tell her.
Radio Radicale, the mouthpiece of
Italy's Ridic.11 Party, has revC<1led that
the" Italian north-south divide remains Italian car giant Fiat is 10 layoff
,as wide as ever. Having decided to up to 10,000 white-collar workers next
tran'smit uncensored messages from its YC<1r in an effort to save costs during the
listeners 24 .ho.urs a "day. the radio current dis.1strous slump within
station was surprised to find that the European car. market. National aulo
most vociferous opinions centred on unions in Rome say details of the plan
north-south, hatred. "You' pC<1sants will involve placing their members on
from the south." deClared' an temporary redundancy fo, up, to seven
anonymous 15-YC<1r-old c.111er, "are a months on 80% of basic salaries. The
mass of unwashed sons'
bitches". unions estimate that between 5,000 and
Form the south someone else warned: 8,000 \\1lrkers will be affected at Fiat's
"Fascist comrades: the stmggle against Mirafiori and Rivalta plants, while
the Milanese and the Jews has around 2,000 will be hit at the finn's
officially started."
Alfa Romco plant in Arese.
of
Italy's populist Northern League,
which surged to prominence with
vociferous condemnation of endemic
corruption in the country has become
embroiled in scandal following the
arrest of a top party official.
Alessandro Patelli, the league's
national organiser, was arrested on
suspicion of corruption and illegal
party financing and taken to Milan's
San Villore jail. League activists
rallied to the defence of 43-year-old
Patelli. The group's outspoken leader
Uffiberto Bossi insisted Patelli was
innocent. "They'Ve got the \Vfong
person and the \vrong movement," he
said. Patelli was ariested on suspicion
of accepting some 200 million lire
from the struggling Feiruzzi group as a
contribution to campaign costs in the
April 1992 general eleCtion.
Fitness analyst Michele Frenelli
has revealed that~ "people get shorter
when they are on holiday". Frenelli
says that this is especially true for
women, who "lose as much as three
quarters of an inch during holidays",
due to long trips in cars and
skin-tightening caused by sunbathing.
AspokesPerson for the British Medical
Association described the findings as a
Ubit odd.'-'
Italian farrrier Luigi DaIone didn't
have the heart to discourage his bam
tomCat when it developed a crush on a
neartiy rabbit. Daloneallowed the two
to brCed, and now claims 10 have
developed new animal - the "cabbit".
"They ean meow, jump long distances
and see in the dark" said the Atessa
farm~r:
Some areas of'Rome may soon be
Occ~pied by troops at the request of
city authorities. According to Rome's
'police chief. Vincenzo Parisi, an
agreement had been reached to send in
about 500 soldiers to guardembassies,
airports, home of prominent figures and
other, places deemed high risk from
bomb attacks. Parisi said the troops
were needed because police units
normally used in- anti-terrorist roles
were
required
for
criminal
investigations. The idea was inspired
by,the use of the armed forces in Sieily
to deter Mafia-related violence.
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In Cammino Con Carmelo
This month, I would liI<e you to
read the article written by Edward
Platt and published in the Guardian
of Wednesday 27 October 1993
....I used to think I knew all the
Italian heroin addicts in London, but
not 'any' more. In the last coupl~ of
years, the numbers have become very
alarmiIig," says Father Carmelo di
Giovanni, the padsh priest' of St
Peter's Italian Church, in London. The
city, is now home to an estimated
2,000, Italian drug users - the overspill
of a drug population that has become
"Urlcolltainable" in Italy, according
to Gianni Diannin, a drug counscllor
who works for the govcrnment-funded
Standing COlUerence, on Drug Abuse
(Scoda).
'
In 1990, the Anglo-Italial} Dmgs
and HIV,Network was set up to help
and counsel Itali3lis in, London, an
alliance co-ordinated by Scoda. As far
as Father Carmelo was concerned, it
,Vas overdue. '''For about 15 years, he
was the only person helping' Italians
willi their problems," says Diannin.
It was ,not a' role "that Father
Cllrmelo had envi5<1ged for himself
when he was seill to London in 1970.
He regardcd it as a punishnlent. In
Italy he, had been a niilitant communist and a supporter of Ihe armed
struggle. "'Even 'as a seminarian. I
thought that you would ac;hieve
change, through, violen9C,'" he 5<1yS,
remembering his yOUlhful excesses
\vith a certain meful 5<1iisfhction. 'He
took part' in public, deinonstralions,
and hunger strik'es; if ile had ended up
with a machine-gun in his haild, hc
hc would 'have nsed'i1.
'
..., didn't' ,do It,. because God
protected mc," he says, silling bcnC<1th a print of the Virgin Mary Ihat
hangs on the \vall ·of his office in
Clerkenwell. Exaspcratcd by ,his
"revolutionary menlalily,'" his 'superiors sent him to London.
Here, to his surPrise, he found a
different focus for' his intense'longing
for justice' when he becmue involved
in visiting Italian prisoners in British
jails. For' the last, 20 yC<1rs, he has
continued to tend to his "parish
behind bars".
Prison work inlroduced him to the
growing population of Italian heroin
addicts; it also rc-inlroduced him to
terrorisnl. when Mario Fcrrandi. a
membcr of the comlllunist organi5<1-
tion Primea Linea - The Front Line was arrested in London in 1980, and
sent to Brixton prison. Father Carmelo
struck up a friendship 'vilh him and
when he· was' extradited to prison in
Italy, he,began to visit him there. He
found t1lal Ferrandi, and his fellow
inmates. had little to show for, a
decade of politiC<11 violence. "They
killed, they planted bombs, but they
~vere left ,vith nothing, except blood
on their hands. Wc accepted they
were sinners, they were murderers,
and from there something really beau. tiful began. I wrote to them over, the
YC<1rs, many discovered Ihe Church. It
,vas a lIIiracle;""he 5<1yS;
It was also part of a wider process
that 5<1W many former terrorists - the
pent;'ti -. co-operate with the auihorities. Laws were passed allowing special leniency for repentant terrorists
and Father Carmelo took advantage of
this ne,v freedom. He 'used to organise
meelings in Italy where he would 'put
two former terrorists - a" Communist
and a Fascisi - on stage together. The
audiences, up to a thousand people,
did not always apprcciate his efforts.
One nOlorious terrorist, Marco Bar-
says,
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one, received snch a hostile reception
from the press and Ihe pnblic that
Carmelo was forced 10 ICllve him out
of future meetings. Bul he was undeterred. "'1 wantcd them 10 sec that
these people had changed. Nobody is
evil - everyone has, their story and
you have to love them as lhey'are, noi
judge them," he 5<1YS.
In London. he applied the 5<11riC
principle to his work with dmg addicts."He is very popnlar, bcc.1nsc
his approach is so uilllsnal. !;le· is very
up· front, very dirccl" lInd he doesn't
try to force a .mOraIiSlie' view of dmg
use on pcople," says Di:lnnin. Falher
Carmelo puts it differently: "I trust
them and they trust me. I never· throw
crap in their faces."
After more than 20 years in London, he says he feels more English
than Italian and, though he secs a
beller future for Italy now, he would
not live. there any more. "I love the
English way of doing things."
He ,says: "You are very tolerant you welcome people from other cuItures, from abroad." But English
tolerance has its limits; there has been
a spate of stories in ,the tabloids
recently accusing, Italians, of coming
to London to indulge their heroin
habits and live on welfare handoQuts.
~everly Poison, of the AngloItalian Network, dismisses this.
'''They're not coming here because
,they think they can get benefits. They
hC<1r, by word of mouth in Italy, that
you C<1n get Confidential advice in
'-'London,'" she says.· By common con'sent, the dmg services in London are
beller and less "punitive" than' in
Italy. Gillnni, a regular visitor to, the
HC<1llhy Options Team, a drug agency
in the East End where a quarter of the
clients are Italian, believes' the appeal
of London is· the frcedom it offers.
"Everything is more democratic here.
If you are using, you can still live
your life. You can find a job, ' l!nda
place to S(,1Y," he 5<1YS.
Father Carmelo concedes ,there
may Ilave been occasional abuses of
the benefits, system, but rather than
berating the Italians as "scroungers",
lie, points out thai ,the reports demonstrate the strengths ,of the welfa~e
state. He is full of praise f,?r the
doctors and nurses who have worked
witil Italians affected. by HlV' and
Aids. "Quite a lot of them have died,
and I have known most of them 'and
they have all been trC<1ted with great
love \and ~1.rc. n he says.
.
Yet. he warns that our social
security. sYstem may, come under incrC<1sing strain, for it is not just the
Italfan drug-using population that has
bccn on the incrC<1se. "There are a lot
of Portuguese and Spanish already,
and sooner or later, there ,viII be other
nationalities; Europe is onc country,
and borders are coming down. We
will have to face the problem of how
to help them.....
Un'abbraccio a lulll.
February 94·
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COMUNITA' ITALlANA
La Vita dellano'stra Parrocchia
Sono nati alia vitadi Dio con iI Santo Battesirno
Olivia Hannah MeNulty: James e Antonietla MeNulty
Cinzia Luisa Lconard: Graham Lconard e Claudia Pellicci
Sofia Orsini: Salvatore Orsini e Giuseppina Gaiteri
Francesea Nardone: Remo Nardone e Ivy Tse
Stefan Andrca Carlo Papini: Sergio Papini e Marina Theophanous
Julia Panasoutis: Georgious Panasoutis e GeraIdina Jannele
Sonya Mae Serafill: Jerry SeraIin e Janet UIelt
Emanucla Gadaleta: Enrieo GadaIeta e Caterina Licursi
Dino Mensano: Antonio Mensano c Antonietla Brancale
Fahia Marghcrita Liliana Dcl Ncvo: Flavio Del Ncvo e Agostina Gregori
Rosina Ruggcri: Emilio Ruggeri e Anna BarllUto
Robcrto Giovanni Battista: Pictro Ballisla e Dcborah Standish
Tora ,Dallhnc Wcymari: Christopher.Weyman Donna Smith
Johnny Micheal Wcyman: Christopher Weyman c Donna Smith
Gabriclla Marcclla Barbarino: Sabatino BaIbarino c Rossana Panice
AnnaLiza Nazzaroli: Valter Nazz.1roli e Jacqueline Godfrcy
Dari~ z.wagno: Dino z.wagno c Nicola Gualdi.
Sofia Bceearclli: John Beecarclli e Carolinc Mornzzi
Gianhica GiuscppcLuisi: Vito Luisi c Alfonsina Maffeo
Claudio Abagnalc:Erncsto Abagnale e Sabrina Brac3Jiello
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Another Victim
Fr. Gaetano Fracassi was among
the 4,000 Italians domiciled in Britain
detained 'and interned follo\ving
Italy's entry into World' War H. After
a brief. spell' in a Manchester police
station, he' was ,'taken to a' camp ,near
Edinburgh which, held a thousand of
his fello\v countrymen. From there he
was transferred to BUry, L:inc3shire,
and after a few days along with others
he was moved 'to Liverpool and
placed on board the SS Arandora Star
which" with German and Austrian
internees set sail for Canada on I
July. Early the follo\ving morning,
after being torpedoed in the north
Atlantic, the ship sank and Fr.
Fracassi was among the 446, Italians
who lost their lives.
Until 'the summer of 1940 there
had been 'liitle remarkable about tlie
life and career ;of Gaetano Fracassi.
Born, 'in Pescorolo, near Cremona,
Italy, in 1876, he determined while
young.to be a priest. As a seminarian,
at Lucerne, S\vitzerland, he applied 10
join the Salford diocese. Ordained in
185)8 he arrived in this ,conntry not
knowing
a word
.
. of English. He
commenced studying the language at
St. Bede's College, Manchester, while
his pastoral du'ties 'concentrated on the
Italian colony at Ancoats. Later he
served as assistant at. St. B~igid's,
Manchester;
Failsworth;
and
Greenacres, Oldham. In 1913 he was
a'ppointed rector of St. Joseph's,
Stockste.'1ds,
Rossendale.
This
struggling mission, made up of two
school-chapels, served a ,videly
scattered population.' During Fr.
Fracassi's rectorship it was decided to
divide the mission, Newchurch being
detached
to
form
a separate
congregation. Fr. Frac.'1ssi thus played
an important role in advancing
Catholicism in Rossendale. The years
in the valley proved to be the most
happy and successful in Fr. Fracassi's
priestly career. When he leftRossendale in 1922 civic' leaders
joined with the congregation in
testifying
to
his
outstanding
contribution to religion and the
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community generally. His incumbency
at Stacksteads, editorialises the local
paper, had been marked by "steady
devotion to duty, praisewortllY fervour
and broadmindedncss".
Fr. Fraeassi~s 'next post was as'
parish priest of St. Alban'sAricoatS,
'Manchester. Apart from his immediate
parish duties he was regarded as being,
unofficial chaplain to the Italian
community in the city and its
environs. In 1922 St. Albaii's
population was put at 1,800: within a
few years this had dwindled to' 600
due largely, to the city's rehousing
programme. An even bigger concern
Fr. Gaefano Fracassi
•...a Christian charily that no national
jeeling could 'oblilerate...•
was the demand of the loc.'1l education
committee entailing alterations to !he
school, When the work was finished
St. Alban's had a better school with a
parish club which could double as a
classroom, but the parish was &'1ddled
with a debt of £7,000. The twin
anxieties of a huge debt and a
declining parish no doubt contribiJted
to the breakdown in Fr. Fracassi's
hc.'1lth, and he was absent from St.
Alban's for most of 1933.
Fr. Fracassi, it Can be surmised,
was aware of Italy's entry into the'
war when he retired for the night on
10 June. Early the following day the
police called and roused him from his
bed, ordering him to aecompany thcm
John Dunleavy
to the station. After being held with
others he was taken 200 miles to :1
tented encampment at Milton Bridge,
near Edinburgh, containing Italians
drawn from all over Britain. While
there he p,encilled a message to Dr.
Henry Vincent Marshall, Bishop of
Salford, in which he seemed anxious
to minimise 'the privations of camp
life and requesting permission to offer
Mass. Bishop Marshall responded, to
this letter, though a second note Was
returned to Bishop~s House stating
that Fr. Fraeassi had been moved to
what the camp authorities termed 'an
unknown destination'.'
,
Evidence that the authorities had
given' Iittie ot no forethought to
implementing the internment plan is
borne out by the fact, that along with
many other Fr. Fraeassi was next
returned !o England, to Warth Mill at
Bury,
Laneashire:
by
strange
coincidence a place almost ,halfway
between his old parish of Stacksteads
and his current· post at AneoatS! A,
derelict cotton factory, Warth Mill
had been 'brought into service as a
trarisit camp from which inmates were
assigned to other centres. In'the case
of the Italians - unlike the 'Germans
and Austrians who had already been
classified - a selection proced~e of
sorts was hastily devised for the next
stage. Some were to be deported to
British possessions overseas, the
remainder sent to the Isle of Man.
The, first party of Italians to leave
Warth Mill was sent,to Douglas: the
seCond group, which included Fr.
Fracassi, was placed on the Arandora
St.'1r. '
While he \vas at Bury Fr. Fraeassi
may' possibly havc made further
contact with his bishop: a local priest,
Fr. Joseph Rector, had insisted on
being allowed into tlie camp onCe he
learned of the large Italian presence.
As priests of. the Salford diocese it is
probable that he ani! Fr. Fracassi were
acquainted: Apother priest, Fr. (now
Mgr) Gaetano Rossi of the Glasgow
diocese was already at Bury when Fr.
Fracassi arrived. He recalls vividly Fr.
!
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Frac."lssi being withdrawn and little
inclined to converse in Italian. The
experience was obviously telling on
his poor physical and mental
condition.
On the outbreak of war between
Italy and Britain, an exchange of
embassy
staff,
businessmen,
journalists, and thcir dependcnts was
cffectcd. A number of this party ,were
siCk and elderly. Dr. Marshall wrotc
to Cmdinal Hinsley at Westminstcr
suggesting Fr. Frac."lssibe allowcd to
join this group, sincc he was 64 and
in poor hc.1Ith. 'The Cardinal ,replied
nothing could, bc done in this mattcr.
On board the' Arandora Star,
meanwhile, thc Warth Mill contingcnt
werc joined by othcr Italians from
different c."lmps and· also by .Gcrman
and Austrian internees. Apart frOlil the
ship's crew there was a military
guard. When the ship sailcd' on thc
evening of I July somcthing likc
1,500 mcn wcre aboard: about thrcc
timcs the uumber' the owuers c.1rried
on pc."lcctimc cmises. Following the
torpedoing and, sinking of the ship on
ihe following morning hundreds of
lives were lost" though the largest
number of c."lsualties was from the
Italians, some 446 accordiug to one
authority, and among these was Fr.
Frac."lssi.
Fr. Fracassi survived the initial
explosion c."lused by the shell" and
was helped from his cabin to rcach
the deck. Eye witncsses later told of'
the utmost confusion, no safcty drill
haviug bccn givcn to the intcrnees,
while the crew seem to have bcen lax
in many aspects. Whai is more, the
ship was deficient offifeboats aud
rafts, those lauuched were ,soon full.
Aloug with some of the othcrs Fr.
Frac."lssi apparelllly decided to stay
with the ship to, the end. Survivors
testified later that Fr. Fnlc."lssi was
c1c."lrly visible among the small party
surrounding the ship's'captain on the
bridge, his arm raised hl benediction
as the ship S<"lnk, some thirty minutes
after the torpedo had stmck.
It .was not until the following year
that Bishop Marshall and the
congregation at St. Alban's finally
Ic."lrned of the death ;of Fr. Fmcassi.
The news \V:1S conveyed in the cold
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language of officialdom: ... .1 regret to
have to 'infonnthat Gaetano Fracassi
S<1i1ed on the Arandora Star and was
not among the survivors following the
sinking of the ship by enemy
action..." Rumours that Fr. Fracassi,
along with other local men, had lost
Bishop Marshall
Beyond the conventional approach
his life had circulated in Manchester
in the prcvious July when news of the
sinking of the Arandorn Star was
made public. Initially" due to
mismanagement by the authorities, it
was difficult 10 discovcr who had died
and who had survived while even now
it is not possible to be precise about
the actual number or'those who S<1i1ed
on the ship. Although a number of
rescue craft did reach the scene of the
sinking on'2 July;,there were so nmny
bodies that orders were givcn 10
abandon them. '
Reports of bodies being washed
up on the shores of Ireland and
Scotland were frequent during that
CeS<1re
Camozzi,
of
summcr.
Manchcstcr's Monogram Cafe for
inst:lIlce, was discovered on thc coat
of Doncgal, and was' subsequcntly
,buried at Carndonagh, a small
memorial inscribed "CCS<1re C1mozzi,
Arandora Star; 1940", marking thc
gravc. The body of Naples·born
Enrico Muzio,' the London·bascd
tenor, was found on the Hebridean
island of Barra and his rcmains were
interred in the local Catholic
cemetery. No trace of Fr. Fracassi Was
ever found.
Once
confinnation
of
Fr.
Fracassi's death had arrived, Bishop
Marshall and many of the diocesan
clergy assembled at SI. A1ban's on 20
March 1941 for a Requiem Mass.
Panegyries given on sueh occasions
usually consist of a resume of the
deceased's career," the outstanding
spiritual attributes 'of the dead priest
are highlighted and he is commended
to the prayerS of ,the congregation.
Bishop Marshilll went far beyond this
conventional approaeh taking the
opportunity to censure the authorities
for failing to notify, him before taking
into custody one of his senior priests,
ignoring the age and condition of Fr.
Fracassi, and deploring the indignities
visited upon the dc3d priest (and by
implication, other internees), during
captivity where he had displayed such
heroism in the discharge of his
.priestly duties to numerous fellow
victims.
While Fr. Fracassi never became a
British subject, and belonged' to a
nation now at war with us (Bishop
Marshall explained) he had never
been connected with any organisation
working against Britain and had never
done anything to the detriment of this
country. There was, the Bishop said,
"a Christian charity that no national
feeling could obliterate. It was that
charity that we extended to our
Catholic enemy and that charity
which we would expect our Catholic
enemy to extend to thosc of our sons
\vho might fall into their hands".
The Bishop suggested that SI.
Alban's church should be regarded as
the memorial to Fr. Fracassi, a
scntiment no doubt welcomed by the
clcrgy and congregation at the
Requiem. But time has not been kind
to St. Alban's; the dispersal of the
population during the war and· since
meant that the decline continued and
in 1968 the chureh was' closed and
has since' been demolished. Yet the
fate of Fr. Fracassi and all other
victims of the Anindora Star are still
recalled eaeh year at a memorial Mass
held at nearby St. Michael's.
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Pausa Poetica
Gizzi e Puglisi Gissara
,A poem submitted by Enzo Gizzi: it is one of his favourites
There's A Reason
For evcry pain that wc must bear,
For evcry burdcn, cvcry care,
There is a reason.
.
For cvcry gricf that bows thc head,
For evcry tear-drop that is shed.
There is a reason
For cvcry hurt, for cvcry plight,
For cvcry loncly, pain-rackcdnight,
There is a reason.
But if we trust God as we should,
'It all will work out for our good:
He knows Ihe reason.
Poems from Elisabetta Puglisi Gissara
Non dobbiamo dimenlicarcl di 'coloro che soJfrono e che non hanno lanlo
quanlo abbiamo noil Gesu ~ e' venulo al mondo facendoci iI regalo piu' bello
e piu' incommensurabile poiche' ha fallo parlecipe I'umanila i dei suoi
senlimenli e del suo amore infinilo. In ogni poverello c 'e' nascoslo iI suo
voila che ci chiede amore,' rispondiamo. a queslo richiamo' con lullO iI noslro
,
cuore, cosr come ha fallo egli con n o i . '
11 Poverello
Un vicolo buio,
un raggio di sole penetra,
piccolc vccchie casc
quasi serrate tra ,di loro
in uno scontro grottcsco
e in quel vieolo angusto,
picno di voci argentinc,
di vispi monelli,
in un cantuccio racchiuso,
ci sei tu poverello.
Sei vecchio e tremoJante,
hai due occhi d'inlensa tristezza
spenti, picno di cterna amarezza,
hai iI vcstilo sdrucilo, vccchio, sbiadito,
un capello suI capo bianco,sformalo,
un lunge bastoncirio
a cui sci perennemcntc appoggiato
in una continua trepida allesa.
Tendi la mano ai passmiti,
e' v ecchia anche quclla,
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stanca; tremoJante,
vedo in que\' gcsto iI Signore,
povercllo
quando ci chiede amore,
quando ci chiede calore.
E' uno scalpitio di passi,
un corrcre di gcntc frcttoJosa
che non ha tempo di dare amore,
di darc calore,
ha troppa frella, capisci
per guardarti,
per aiularti,
per incoraggiarti,
non c'c' tcmpopcr I'amore,
la vila continua e iI lor lavoro Ii
aspetta.
Le lenebre si diradano con i raggi di
luce che luminosi squarciano iI cielo
e /'amore puo' compiere iI miracolo
piu' grande: spazzare iI buio della
,noslra a,!ima. quando e' priva di
omore. Facciamo sI" che cio'
QVV,!nga...
Buio
E' buia la notte
come un cuore senza amon:,
c· buia la tua anima incancrenita
daJl'odio
comc un cavallo ncro imbizzarrilo
chc corrc briglia sciOlta.
E' buio iI dopo se non si credc
aJl'amorc comc gli occhi di un cicco
chc non vedc,
c' buio dentro I'ariima di un bimbo
'solo,
affamato di calorc,
comc una grotta profonda c senza
finc.
E' buio quasi tutto iI mondo,
privo di lucc,
copcrto dal malc,
ammantalo di tencbrc spesse, Sconfi-
a
nate,
c· buio comc un quadro perfctto;
ma nero, perchc' sporco,
invccchiato dal tcmpo c dalla trascuratezza umana.
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Veritatis Splendor
In the last edition I spoke about
the introduction of the new encyclical
that the Pope has recently written.
Our Holy Father announccd that he
took six years to finally complete.
Also, he wanted to wait for the ,Nelv
Catholic Catechism to be issued before he released this new encyclical.
Wc kno\v that "Veritatis Splendor'"
de.1ls \Vith fundamental questions regarding the Church's moral teaching
and its purpose, is to address·.and,
clearly set forth '''ccrtain aspects of
doctrine which arc of crucial importance in facing what is certainly a
genuine crisis". Here, it is ele.ir that
Pope John Paul wants to make sure
that all the children of Our Holy
Mother' the Church adhere to what 's
truly based in sound doctrine' in the
light of scripture and tradition.
Il ,is no accident' that the first
chapter oL the encyclical begins with
thc incident of the- rich young man
who came to .Jesus and said,
"Te.1C Iler,what good must I do to'
have eternal life?" This man was
genuinely interested in the salvation
of his own soul. It is a question that
e.1eh one of us asks Christ. We know
that this world is not the cnd of all
things. Wc arc all endowed with ,an
eternal soul that cannot be taken away
from liS. This soul will" one day, also
be responsible before God to answcr
for all the good that wc have done
and for all of our evil deeds as well.
No one 'will be exempt from this
judgement. It is Christ who emlle to
s,1ve us and, who, evel)"day beckons
us to follow His example.' We must"
therefore, listen to Him and put into
practice all that he has taught us to
do. We must turn our he.1rts and
minds completely to God. If wc are
willing to do this, wc' havc alre.1dy
turned our will to God and we will be
open to always do His Will.
God is the ultimate good, He is the
source .of all of our happiness. Indecd,
we w,ll always find' our ultimate
happiuess in Him. Throughout scripture He has given us the information
that we uced. He has given us the Ten
Commandments and in the New Testament. He has laId us to, "Love one
another as I have lovcd you". He also
gave us Ihe Be.1Iitudcs.
The Church 1e.1ches us that Ihere
is a vel)" close conneclion bctween
eternal life and obediencc to God's
Commandments. If we live "by the
flesh", we will fiud t1mt God's law
for us will become a burden. To live
according to the world, is to live as
though nothing existed aner this life.
Il is a vel)" selfish ideology that tells
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us t11at what is here is it and that we
have to live life her to the full
aecording to wordly standards. I once
he.1rd an expression that said, "He.
who has the most toys ,when he dies,
winsl~' To this I personally respond,
"C1n you take ·the!ll' with you?" If
this is it, then life 'is nothing more
than a hellish existence thafleads one
to' nothing more than futility, JesUs
also. responded onoo . to this ideology
,by stating, "What does it profit a man
to gain the whole world and'to loose
his very soul?". This life will pass for'
all of us quickly. It is the life to come
thatmalters for that one will last for
eternity. We all need. God.
,So. we must all take, this to' heart
and begin our joumeys ,toward our
sanctification: This is not an easy task
since'lvc all,tend to do, what is evil.
We must ask God to help us since we
One ofMan's greal advances?
cannot do it alone: It is His grace that
will enable' us to become holy. God is
ready la give us this grace· and give
it to us in abundance - as He loves us
very much and wants us to be united
to Him in he-wen for all elernity. To
help us He has sent the Holy Spirit. It
is the Spirit who guides us and makes
us able to live this life of grace. One
example of this is the gin of celibacy
Ihat God, gives to people who are
callcd to Iivc in close imitation of
Him as Priests and Religious.
As I said e.1rlier, we havc all been
endowed with a free will. God respects this will that we have and lets
us do as.m, want. He has also called
us to livc' in unity and communion
with one another. Therefore. we must
avoid all forms of division and dishar-
MicheleScotto SAC
many with one another. A very sad
example of this is the division we
have today belween various Christians..By alloWing this division to
continue; we give scandal to the
world. Here ends Chapter I of the
three chapters of the encyclical.
I would like to reflect now upon
the divisions that exist so sadly
between Christians. We have an obligation to unite, once again into "One
Lord, one Faith. and.one Baptism"..
St. Paul, in 'his first lelter to the
'
Corinthians writes:
"All the same; I do appeaito you,
brothers, for the sake of our Lord
Jesus Christ, to make up the differences between you, and instead. of
disagreeing among yourselves; .to be
united again in your belief and:practice".·
Hnmanity, 'in all· of its' years of
existence has not,changed. We have
oonainly advanced in all of the seiences; We<have sent men'into,space
and yet we cannot bring Peace to the
Eanh. We still hear of repressive
governments and starvation in other
countries. How can we call ourselves
"followers of Christ" if we do not
stand up and all try to do our part to
help one another? If we look a Iiltle
closer la home. we sce divisions
among our own families. What are we
doing to end these divisions? We
must ask ourselves "What would
Jesus S<1Y and do if he \vcre here right
nowT' It is lrue that this world is not
perfcet - and il well never be. However, \VC as Christians have a responsibility to give witness in our own
personal lives. We must live the
Gospel. We must be filled with the
love of God. When we are filled with
this love, we must givc it to others. If
someone asks me for £50 and I only
have £20 in my j>ocket, can I give
Ihal person £50? The same is true for
us as Christians. Therefore, we must
pray and live in close union with God:
Then God will give us what we need
10 do what we must.
We must pray alien. We must also
call on the Blessed Virgin Mary to
intercede for us. Through her, God
grants many very special graces. She
is our intercessor and our Mother in
Heaven. During this month. I ask all
of your to pray the Rosary and
include in it Ihe very special intention
that "all may be one".
Next time, I will deal \vith Chapter
2 of this encyclical. It is my sincere
wish that all of you will continue in
your walk wilh me Ihrough "Veritatis
Splendor". God bless all of you.
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least two of the above categories to
be 'used in order to provide
required funds. This article ,briefly
'outlines the various 'investment
Next to purchasing a house,' the vehicles available in each Category in
cost of educating ehildren,privalely is order to highlight the options
likely to be a family's largest available.
finaneial commiiment. If it is iniended
that the children are to attend,
A: Funding from Income
university or other further education,
Unless parents can afford, to pay
provision should also -be made for the fees directly out of their income,
parental contributions to student as and when they fall due, it is
maintenance granls to cover living important ,that an investment' plan is
costs during term time.
actioned as early as possible in order
There are a, number of sources of to provide the funds needed at a
finance available, to suit varying fulure ,date. This will require
personal circumstances, all of \vhich prcmiums to be paid, on a regular
ultimately seek to ensure that the basis.
(or
ulilising anyone
combination 01) the
following investment
vehicles:(AI) QualifYing
Life
Assurance
Policies: enable the
proceeds
to
be
received with no
personal liability to
Income Tax and
C.1pit.11 Gains Tax·
provided that the
premiums
are
payable
for
a
minimum period of
ten 'years. They are,
in
'effect,
life
assurance contracts
which incorporate a
savings element.
(A2) Unit Trust
and Investment Trust
Regular
SaVings
Plans: tend to be
more flexible than
necessary monies become available (AI) above (which need to be
on the required dates some time in the invested for 10 years) as they C<1n be
fulure to pay the fees.
terminated at any time without
These sources can be generally penalty. They are also likely to
classified as falling into one of the produce results superior to those of a
,
following three c<1legories:life policy invested in the S<1me unit
a) financing from parcnts" existing trust. However, allowance should be
income in the form of regular monthly made for Capital Gains Tax which
contributions;
may arise on S<11e of the units or
b) financing from parents' existing investment trust shares where the
capital in the form of lump sum gains re.1lised exceed £5,800 during
contributions; and
the (current) tax ye.1r.
c)
financing from
"other"
(A3) A Series of Personal Equity
sources,
Plans: ,is a very tax efficient method
In practice, it will probably be of providing'for school fees as there
necessary 'for a combination of at is no tax to pay either on any capital
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be effected by a U.K resident aged
18 or over, who niay invest up to
£6.000 in any tax year into a general
P.E.P. consisting of direct holdings in
various U.K. shares, unit trusts or
investment trust. In addition, a further
£3,000 can be investCd each year in a
single company P.E.P.
Consequently, if a person decides
to arrange a unit trust ,or investment
trust regular savings plan as in (A2)
above, it is, likely to be more
advantageous within (rather than
outside) a P.E.P. However, a P.E.P.
should be 'regarded' as a medium to
long term investment.
(A4) School Fees Educational
Tnist: is a way of paying school fees
in advance. Regular premiums (or,
indeed, lump sums) are paid into a
trust for a child, which pays part or
all the fees when they are needed.
Payments arc made until, literally, the
final term in which the fces are
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purchasing a guaranteed level of fees
,provided by way of'il deferred annuitY
arranged through the 'educalional
trust. This method may be of
particular significance to higher rate
taxpayers, where there is only a short
period remaining before the school
fees commence.
, In ,cases' where school fees falling
due some' time in the ,future' are
financed from parents disposable
income, it is important to consider the
position that may arise if the main
source of income ceaSes, due, for
example,
to such .factors as:
premature death, illness; disability or
redundancy. Consideration should be
given to effecting an appropriale
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Eras Ramazzotti
,,
Yves Hello, Pierre. Fancy meeting
you here! I thought your record
buying days were over. what with the
family commitments, and all that.
Pierre Well, that's right, in a way:
I buy compact discs mainly these
days. Anyway you can still find me in
a record shop now and again, if I'm
after something in particular. As a
maller of fact, I've got an album
today that a young chap like you
might like.
.
Yves Oh, yenh...and whnt's that?
"Fmnk Sinatm sings Bnuhaus"?!?
Pierre You cun mock, but I think
you should give it a whirl. It's thilt
new one from that ltali3l1 singer Eros
R.1mazzolli. Not he:ird' of
him?
Yves Nope. Sounds like a
Footballer from Serie B.
Pierre You read the
wrong music reviews,' male.
This chap is hot stuff. He's
renlly famous in Italy, you
know, he's in the process of
emcking the Ameriean'market and just about ready io
take a pop at the OK charts.
Yves Hang on. Isn't he
the onc with the video on
MfV,. you know, the onc
directed by Spike Lee?
What's that song cullcd...
I remember:' "Cose Dclla
Via". Tasty Vid!
Pierre That's the onc.
He's renlly well known in
Italy and Europe. D'you
know, they reckon he's
knocked up &~Ies of over six
million albums and 25 platinum discs worldwide' in the
last five yems. R3IlIazzoui
has got to be onc of the most
suceessful contemporary
It.~lian canlaulori. And.,.
Yves ...yc.~h, well, that's
all very wcll, bnt what is the llIusie'
like? After all Joe Dolce did pretty
well, worldwide, didn't he?
Pierre 'I've only heard a fe'"
tmcks, llIyself, but the productiOlI is
superb. And he uses rc.~1 musicians,
none of your computer tick-toek here.
If you had a Discman on you,. you
could have a listen to it now. Bnt I
don't suppose...
Yves ... it's fnnny yon' should &~y
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but it's not a pure clear voice...
that, 'cos I have!
Pime ...that never stopped ZucchPierre Ohl Well •... in that
ero, did it?
case...perhaps...
Yves Ab, well Zucchero has a
, Yves ... greall Give us it here, then.
(Yves inserts CD) It starts like Pearl much more soulful voice. Anyway,
it's a maller of taste. Talking of iI
Jam, and then turns inlo Twin Peaksl
·,PierrelPcan·t be judged on the Fornaciari, 'these songs by Ramazzotti
first few seConds! You need to give it arc unmistakeabiy Italian, aren't theY?
a felY good hearings. I reckon it's the I mean power ballads, with washes of
sort of record that grows on you. Sure keyboards, ehhning guitars, and
a couple of the traeks start to slide topped off with,a sweet sax solo towards that cesspit that is europap, we've heard it all'before!
Pie"e As you say, it's all a maller
bul no record ,is going 10 be perfect..
Yves Sorry, ,vhar did you say? .. of taste. I happen to like this sort of
thing. Anyway he. can't be doing
he's gelling quile earned away, now.
Pierre I said no record is going to everything wrong: Eros started his
Career' in a New Voices competition,
be perfect!
,
progressing, after securing a
record contract, to singing at
the Sanremo Festival in
1984, 1985, and winning
outright in 1986. H,e!d
notched _up four suoo;ssful
albums by '1988, a year ,in
which he did a 'massive tour
-----in Europe to a total audienCe
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of more than a million people. In 1990 he released "In
1 Ogni Senso", whose
-I 3,000,000 worldwide sales
'~_,!j catapulted Eros Ramazzoiti
into the stadium league. I
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supPose it's not surprising
that they then released
"Eros In Concert". And
now "Tulle Slorie".
Yves I'm sorry but I havcn'theard a word you
said... too busy listening...
this is prcuy good isn't ill
Thcre's a rocky onc called
"In Compagnia"...hey. I
know what: how about you
lending me this CD for a
few days?
Pierre Er. well...
Yves ... great, thanks!
Pierre I suppose it just
goes to show: you con be taught some
Eras Ramazalli
new tricks by an old dog.
Yves OK. OK! No necd 10 shout! I
don't know about' not being perfect:
sounds prelly good to me. I've fast
forwarded, and Iislened 10 a few of "Tulle Slarie" is available on BMG,
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Very sadly, 1994 has begun ii-Uhe
most tragic way possible with the
death of two of sports greatest gentlemen, Brian Johnston and Sir Mall
Busby. We must ensure that with their
passing, it is not the end of an era but
rather a new epoch where we adopt
the standards by which they lived
their lives.
As men who always saw the best
in their sports, it is pleasing 10 report
that I have a very optimistic opinion
about 1994. You could, of course, say
that mallers can only improve after
1993.
At the time of writing, it is. far
from c1C<1r whelher Terry Venables
will or will not be the next England
Manager. I find it quite remarkable
that the Football Association c.1n
manage to create such a farce. Will
they never learn?
Regular readers of this column
will know that I have been advoc.1ting.
"El Tel"· as England's saviour since
well before the 1990 World Cup. 11 is
unlikely, .therefore, that you will be
hearing from me that he is not the
most suit.1ble coach.
What I do not understand is why
therc is now so much haste to appoint
him when just under four YC<1rs ago,
at a time when his credentials were
unimpeachable, the Football Associa.lion effectively brushed him out of
the way in their rush to appoint
Graham Taylor. So have thc po\vers
that be finally sccn the light?
Cert.1inly they appear via Jimmy
Armfleld to have taken professional
soundings. But even the choice of the
ex-Blackpool and England full back
to assist them was a strange one. He
has bcen out of professional management for well over ten YC<1rs and as a
'commentator had publicly announced
his support for Keegan only a maller
of days before his appointmenl.
After the debacle last summer in
Norway, I advocated in these pages
the immediate dismissal of Taylor and
the appoinlment of Trevor Francis or
Kevin Keegan bec.1use I felt wilh a
new manager there was still a chance
that England might win in Holland
and qualify for Americ.1. I explained
that the only reason for the transfer of
my allegiance was that Venables was
under investigation following allegations made by Alan Sugar over the
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financial running of TOllenham Hotspur FC. The FA duly set up an
inquiry and so could hardly make an
immediate appointment of a man who
in forthcoming months may find himself on the end of disciplinary
charges. The same considerations are
still applicable now. Only two days
ago Alan Sugar was called 10 the FA
to give evidence to their inquiry and
allempted a shr!lwd piece of public
negotiation by saying t1ml if Venables
was appointed. England Manager, the
FA must, in" turn, acquit TOllenlmm
Hotspnr of any financial impropriety.
Good for Sugar. Bert Millichip, a
solicilor by profession, had walked
straighl into that one by sayiug a few
days c<1rlier that he thought it would
be marvellous publicity to have Venables installed as the England Manager
for the draw for the European Nations
Cup Ihe following weekend.
We all know now thal Terry
Venables is Ihe preferred choice but
what we do not know, for certain, is
whether anything is going 10 come oul
of the woodwork aboul his finailcial
dC<1lings which may prejudice' his
standing in the game.
In my opinion none of these
deliberations should have been made
public. Venables should' not be prevented from being the nexl England
Manager if he is entirely innocent of
any irregularity in his business dealings. By the same token, with an FA
inquiry having been commenced, he
cannot be appointed UJltil if has been
completed and the authorities are
100% .satisfied all the mud slinging
has finished and none has stuck.
Ultimately, if Venables is not given
the job then it appears that Gerry
Francis is the most likely person to be
given the nod. I think that would be
unfortunate. He is clearly a promising
manager but has not yet been exposed
to the European stage nor, in spite of
being England Captain, did he really
enjoy much international experience
as a player. I remain of the view that
Keegan or the other Francis should be
given the job. Certainly the prospect
of Venables as Manager perhaps with
Keegan being appointed as his
number two in 1996 with a view to
taking over after the 1998 World Cup
is a thrilling prospect for the future of
English football.
The more I· think about the World
Cup in '94, the more angry I become
about Graham Taylor. With Seaman
in goal, Parker at full back, Plall,
Gascoigne, Waddle and Ince' in midfield, and any two from Ferdinand,
Wright, Shearer and Cole up front,
how can England possibly have failed
to qualify? Watch out in years to
come for Flitcroft, Anderton and Lee
Clarke and you will sec why I believe
there are real grounds for optimism.
As for the summer, I hope I am
not going to upset anyone by tipping
an Italian victory - the only trouble is
the World Cup Final falls on the day
of the Procession.
I happen to believe that July could
be a very exciting time for us all
because it also sees the return of
South Africa to the English Cricketing
scene. Wilh a new Captain in Mike
Atherton, bowling attack led by Fraser with Robin Smith giving mature
support to the middle order, England's
cause in the West Indies this winter is
not necessarily a lost one. Crawley
has had a marvellous A tour and I
will be astonished if along with
Dominic Cork he does not break into
the Test side at some stage during the
summer.
The talent is there it just needs
time to develop.
See you next month.
February 94
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Italsport
Volley: La Federvolley ha Ollenuto
un mutua di 5 miliardi e un contributo
dal Coni di 1300 milioni per azzerare
le pendenze di bilancio.
Sci Nordico: Azzurri del fondo in
ombra a Kavgolovo (Russia) dove si
e' svolla la IS km classica di Coppa
del mondo: ha vinto Smirnov (Kaz) Sll
Dahlie (Nor) e Mllllula (Fin); dal
naufragio si e' in parte salvato
Fauncr, scsto.
Boxe: Sara' Giorgio Petriccioli iI
nuovo allenalore di Gianfranco Rosi,
dopo che Giovanni Bocciolini ha
prefcrito dcdicarsi csclusivmncl\lc a
Giovanni Parisi. I due ilaliani combatteranno, mondiale in palio, il 4 marzo
rispellivamene contro Pellway e
Chavez.
Sandro Pratoli
Ciclismo: A Citta' di Messieo
Franccsco Moser (SOllO), iI grande
signore dell'ora ehevoleva iscrivere
ancora una volta iI proprio nome
nel'albo d'oro, mellendosi in cima
alia graduatoria capeggiata da Chris
Boardman, ha fallito I'uliimo assallo
in quota: cielo nuvoloso e vento sono
risullati imballibili. Ha eomineiato
""sparalo", per sedici giri e' rimaslo
abbondantemenle sotto iI Iimile dei
23", poi sui taellone luminoso sono
comineiali ad apparire numeri preoc'cupanli: 23"40, 23"46, 23"24,
23"14,23"39, la pedalata si e' falla
pes.~nte prima ancora ehe iI venlO
seuOlesse una bandiera messa sui
rettilineo .0pPoSlo a modi anemomelro.
Pagliuc.~
Difensori
Formula Uno: La Ferrari ha uffiI'assunzione dell'ingcgnere
giapponcse Osamu Goto, ehe scguira'
I'allivita' di progettazione, ricerea e
sviluppo.
cializz,~to
CalCio: 11 petrolicre Dino Armani,
gia' vice-prcsidente del Milan, che
nell'S6 s.~lvo' dal fallimnto prima
dcll'arrivo di Bcrlusconi, ha aequislato il pacchcllo di maggioranza
dcl Novam.
Sci: Con 110 milioni di lire, Alberto
Tomba guida la classifiea dei Vela: Uffieialc: la Coppa America
guadagni slagionali dei campioni dello non avm' sfidanti italiani. La ha reso
sei. Precede Mader (SS milioni) e noto il comitato organizzalore.
Locher (65).
Calcio: Stefan Elfcnbcrg non nc
puo' piu' di Firenze: "Voglio andare
Nuoto: A Hong Kong nella scconda al Re:ll Madrid - ha alfcnnato il
giornata della World Cup in vasca da presidcntc' Cecchi Gori mi ha dcllO
25m, caratlcrizZc11a dalla confcrma che sc giochcro' bene. sc la Fiorcndclle nuotatrici einesi, I'llalia ha con- tina verm' promossa in serie A e se ci
quistato un doppio secondo' posto. sa ra' una buona offcrt3. potro'
Luca Sacchi c' giunto alle spalle del andarmcnc. Prima ehc mi loglicsscro
tcdcsco Keller nei 200 misti; Luis la fascia di capitano avevo gia'
L.~cra nei 100 farfillla s'e' inchinato pcnsato di restituirla"
solo al msso Pankr:ltov. Entr:lmbi gli
azzurri erano saliti sui podio nella Calcio: L'assemble.1 degli azionisti
prima giornatn: Sacchi avcvn pcrso da ha elcllo Enrico Mantovani. 31 anni,
Keller :\IIche i -lOO misli, mcntrc nuovo presidcntc della Sampdoria.
L.~era era stato ter/.o nei SO farfillla.
Succcdc al padre, Paolo.
Febbraio 94
Calcio: Nclla partita Reggiana-Milan (risultato 0-1) i rossoncri sono
slati costretti a soffrire in dieci per
un'ora causa I'ultima follia di Papin.
11 francese si e' fatto cacciare infatti
su segnalazione del guardalinee Ramicone quando maneavano dieci minuti
all'intervallo. Una testata al difcnsore
reggiano !,a~ato, (prcmeditala e
quindi doppiamenle.grave) daI quale
in prccedcnza aveva rimediato un
caleione durante un ordinario contrasto di gioeo.'
Atletica: 11 mezzofondista sieiliano
Salvatore Anlibo, argento all'Olimpiade di Scul nei 10 mila e doppio
campione europco nci 5 e 10 mila nel
'90 a Spalalo, sta sOlloponendosi a
una scrie di visile per risolvere il
problema alia caviglia sinistra che gli
impedisce di allenarsi. Se la situazionc non sara' ehiara, e' previsla una
tmsferta finlandese per un consulto
con il professor Orava.
Calcio: Da Sacchi; cceo le iSlmzioni
per l'Usa 1994. Nella Iista di ventidue
ci sono gia' dieiaselle posti occupali.
La siluazione 01010 per 01010 e' iI
seguenle:
Giocatori
SicUT;
Portieri
Marchegiani
F. Barcsi
Bcnarrivo
Costacurta
Maldini
Panucei
Cenlrocampisti Albertini
D. Baggio
Donadoni
Er:\IIio
Evani
Signori
Stroppa
Attaccanti
R. Baggio
Casiraglli
R. Maneini
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Calcio: In Samp-Napoli, Vierchowod, 35 anni, ha festeggialo le
400 partite in scrie A. Esordio' iI 14
sellembre 'SO. In A ha giocato con
Como, Fiorentina, Roma e Samp: due
seudetti.
Basket: Due giorni di sciopero
nicnle allcnamenti e, per iI futuro,
nuove forme di 101la. I ceslisti della
New Print di Napol; (A2) hanno
dcciso di aprire un fronte di lolla nci
confronti dl presidcnlc De Piano, rco
di non pagare gli stipendi dal 10
agosto scorso.
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VALTARO ALIVINI
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DE MENNATO TAILORS
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ClBORIO F.C.
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A.C.PIACENZA
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ITALIA UNITA
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Vincenzo Pallotti
azioni dessero, allo Slesso lempo.
infinila gloria a Dio e .infinila umiliazjone a lui.
continua da pagina 14
apostolo, c' un dovcrc della cre<1lura
di Dio, menare una vita che sia di
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edificazione agli nltri Societa'.
Che cosa puoi fnre come apostolo?
San Vincenzo ehiamo' tutti all'apoSlolalo. ma iI' discorso era rivolto Prima di lullo cerca di formnrti un
particolarmente ai Laici. Anche essi gruppello che condivida il luo propsono falli a immagine di Dio. che osilo. perche' iI bcnc che si fn da solo
VlIole lulli 5.1lvi, E questo dcsiderio di c' poco; se 5.1rele in due, le mani
~uanno quaUra
salvezza 'di lulli
C ..,
se sarete
deve essere emquallro le mani
cace. per /hr onore
alia somiglianza
sarnnno aUo. e
I'opera non finche hanno con Dio
ira- se tu ti amPadre.
Che cosa c'
mali. Poi guar·neeess.1rio per fnr
dali inlorno e
parte di qucslo Sovedi.. se .c·c'
cicla'? Rendersi
porlareunsorriso
conto che esscrc
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qualcuno inlorno a. le che ha una
neeessil:{ che lu puoi alleviare, se
puoi portare un sorriso dove e'e' un
dolorc, sc puoi portare la luce di
Gcsu' Crislo a qualcuno che non I'ha,
se puoi cssere slrumento di pace per
qualcuno.
Va' prima, dove piu'· acuto e'· iI
bisogno, dovc pensi che Dio possa
essere maggiormenle onoralo, 0 dove
c'c' bisogno che iI suo onore venga
rislabililo. Dove non puoi arrivare da
le. cerea un amico che 10 faccia per
le, 0 con le.
Non avere paura della lua inadegualezza; se ti muovi davvero per
amorc di Gesu' Crislo, lui sara' con
le.
February 94
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COMUNlTA' ITAlJANA
Tempo Libero
WHAT IS IT?
DAVVERO? NON Cl CREDOl
Betlemme, la citta' in cui
nacque Gesu', ha nelle Iingue
ebraica cd araba nomi simili nella
forma ma singolarmente diversi
nella sostanza: iI prima e' Bet
Lchem, che significa «La casa
del pane», e Ialtro e' Baitlahm,
che signifiea « La casa della
came».
Il cinghiale comune e' alto
un'ottantina di centimetri e pesa
quasi dueeento chill. Ma nelle
foreste alle pendici de/l'Himalaia
vive un cinghiale nano (Sus sislvania), che non raggiunge i
trenta centimetri d'altezza.
Nel 1861, vivevano in Italia
circa un milione di persone di
oltre 65 anni. Dopo un solo
secolo, net 1971, erano 6 milioni
le persone comprese in tale fascia
d'eta'. 11 numero degli anziani e'
destinato ad aumentarc sempre
piu': gia' nel 1987, infatti, essi
erano oltre.7.5 milioni.
Nell'antichlta', erano detti
<<pianeti>> il Sole. la Luna,
Glove,. Mar/e,. Mercurlo, Saturno
e Venere, ossia tUlti I corpl della
sfera celeste allora conosciuti
che non occupavano una poslzlone flssa. In greeo, il vocabala « pianeta» slgnifiea
infatti «errabondo•. vagante».
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Get down from that horse - I'll
show you how to meke him jump!
LE ASSICELLE
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Solution to last month's
"Spot the difference"
Febbrai094
Due cani che hanno fatto conoscenza in un parco, si scambiano
confidenze.
- E' slrano - dice uno. Anche iI mio nome e' «Vai a
cuccia»!
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·Un falegname ha praticato nell'assicella "N' un solo laglio,
ottenendo tre pezzi con i quali ha fonnato quella "B". Come ha fatlo?
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Mamma's Ricetta
Fritelle di Ricotta
Mrs M~G.
"Fritelle" or Fritters of Ricotta
PastelIa
Batter
Ingredienti:
150gr farina
2 uova
I cucehiaino di Iievito per dolci
100ml di latte 0 circa 10 cucehiai
I cucehiaino di essenza di vaniglia
pizziceo di sale
Ingredients:
60z flour
2 eggs
I leaspoon baking powder
4 fl oz of milk or 10 tbspns
I tspn vanilla essence
pinch of salt
Metodo: Sbattcte le uova. Aggiungete iI latte, la farina, iI
Iievito, variiglia e sale. Sbattete tutli gli ingredienti insieme
finche' avrete una pastella liscia. Lasciate riposare la
pastella per un paio di ore.
Method: Beat the eggs. Add the milk, flour, baking
powder, vanilla essence and sail. Beat all the ingredients together to obtain a lump-free cream. Allow to rest
for about 2 hours.
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Ripieno di Ricotta
Ricotta Filling
Ingredienti:
350gr di. ricotla
2 tuorli d'uova
50gr di zucehero semolalo
I cucehiaio di cannella in polvere
Un po' di farina e zucehero semolalo
Ingredients:
140z ricotta
2 egg yolks
20z castcr sugar
Itbspn of cinnamon
little flour and caster sugar
Metodo: Lavorate insieme la ricotta. i tuorli. 10 zucehero e
la cannella. Con queslo composto fale delle palle grosse
circa come una noce. Infarinatele. Immergetele nella
pastella. Friggetele nella padella .dei fritli in olio abbondante.
Quando saranno dorate. scolatele e mettetele su carta di
cucina. Cospargetele con zucehero semolato e servilele.
Method: Mix the rieotla. egg yolks. sugar and
cinnamon together. With this mixture make balls about
the size of a walnul. Coat the ricotla balls with flour
and then with battcr. Deep fry in plenty of hot oil.
Whcn they are golden drain them then place them on
kitchen paper. Sprinkle with caster sugar and serve.
Fritelle di Frutta
Fruit Fritters
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FritelIe di Mele
Apple Fritter
Ingredienti:
4 mele renette
I Iimone 0 3 cucchiai di rum
3 cucehiai di zucchero semolato
zucehero a parte
Ingredients:
-4 eming apples
I lemon or· 3'lablesp of rum
3 tbspns of caster sugar
extra sugar
1. Metodo: Sbuceiate le mele. Togliele iI torsolo. Taglialele
a dischi di circa I cm di spessore. Coprite con rum e
zucehero e lascialeli macerare.
2. Metodo: Strofinate le fette di mele con iI Iimone.
Cospargetele con 10 zucehero. Immergete le fette di mele
nella pastella. Friggetele nella padella dei fritli. Quando
saranno dorate sgocciolalele e melletelc su carta di cucina.
Cospargelele con 10 zucehero semolalo c servitele.
1. Method: Peel the apples. Remove the core. Cut thcm
into slices about 1/4in thick. Pour the nun over thcm
and sprinklc with sugar. Let them soak for a while.
2. Method: Rub the slices of apple with the Icmon.
Sprinkle the sugar ovcr thcm. Dip the slices of apple in
thc batter. Fry them in the chip pan until golden. Drain
thcm. Pul them on kitchen paper to remove any excess
oil. Sprinkle wilh caster sugar and serve.
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,FritelIe di Pere
Pear Fritters
Sbuggiate 4' pcre. Tagliatele in quattro pcr iI lungo. Togliete
iI torsolo. Taglialele in spicehi. Imniergelele nclla paslella.
Friggelele comc quelle di mela.
Take 4 pears. Peel the pears. Cut thcm into quarters,
lengthwise. Remove core. Cut into slices. Dip into the
batter. Fry them as with applc fritters.
FritelIe di Ananas
Pineapple Fritters
Sbuggiate 6 fctte di ananas di circa Icm di spessore. Taglialc
le fettc a mela'. Immcrgete nclla pastclla e falc friggcre
come quelle di mela.
Take 6 slices of pinc.~pple. about 1/2 inch thick. Cut thc
sliccs in half. Dip into the batter and continue as with
applc fritters.
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12 Pedina Val d'Arda Dinner and Dance
7.00pm, Casa Vincenzo Pallotti, 136 Clerkenwell Road EC1
Tel: Mr Perotti 081-769 8497
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2.30pm, Casa Vhicenzo Pallotti, 136 Clerkenwell Road EC1
Tel: Mr Sistina 081-961 4019
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Ore 15.30, Centro Scalabrini, Brixton Road
Sabato
26 Catholic Women Association Dinner and Dance
7.30pm, Casa Vincenzo Pallotti, 136 Clerkenwell Road EC1
Tel: Vic 071-278 9402
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26 Parmlgiani Val Taro Dinner and Dance
Tel: Mr Fugaccla 081·981 7955 for details
f~ Sabato
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Festa della Primavera Circolo Veneto
Centro Scalabrini, Brixton Road,
Tel: G. Giacon'071-8371966
Domenica
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Madonna della Neve Lunch
2.30pm, Casa Vincenzo Pallotti, 136 Clerkenwell Road EC1
Tel: Paolo Ficchi 081-458 3834 .
Sabato
12 Associazione Trentini Dinner and Dance
7.30pm, Casa Vincenzo Pallotti, 136 Clerkenwell Road EC1
Tel: Paolo Tralnotti 081·804 8730
"'" Domenica
13 Mothering Sunday Lunch Associazione Toscanl
7.30pm, Casa Vincenzo Pallotti, 136 Clerkenwell Road EC1
Tel: Frank Santini 071-739 9104
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7.30pm, Casa Vincenzo Pallotti, 136 Clerkenwell Road EC1
Tel: Sig. Badini 071·272 4432
Domenica 20 AGM dell'Associazione Trentini
7.30pm, Casa Vincenzo Pallotti, 136 Clerkenwell Road EC1
Tel: .Paolo Tralnotti 081·804 8730
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V:IVALDI
Directed by Federico FeIlini
Friday 11th February at 7.30pm
Natiohal Film Theatre, South Bank
Tel: 071-928 3232 .
Four SeasoiIs.& Gloria
Thursday 3rd March at 7.45pm
Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank
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Tel: 071~928 8800
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RENAISSANCE FLORENCE
by Giusepp~ Verdi
12,15,18,21 March
Royal Opera House, Coven~' Garden
Tel: 071-240 1066,
The Age of Lorenzo De'Medici
Extended to 28th February
"Accademia Italiami
,24.Rutlanq Gate
RADIO 3 BROADCASTS ~
Thursday 3rd March RIGOLETIO
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VIVALDI
Concertos forA & 2 Violiris
Cello Concerto in C minor'
'Sllnday, 20th 'I'ebru'aryitt8~00pm
Ptircell Room, South'Bank.
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'Excerp!s.fromPuccini; Bellini, Verdi,
Mascagni & RossiniSaturday 26th February at 7.30
.Royal'Festival Hall, S.outhB~nk
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'Lecture given by Prof.· Achille Tartaro'
Tuesday .lsrMarch at6.39pm
Italiari CulturalInstitute
39 Belgrave Square, SWl
L'ELISIR D'AMORE
. «b'y'Oaetano Donizetti
Englisli TouriIig,Opera
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. 21 to 26 February ..
, 'Sadler's Wells'Th~atre"Rosebery Avenue, E<;::l
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A photographic exhibitipn
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'Cultural ties and. traditions"of Italian
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the sinking <?f the SS Allflora Star
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4th February to 19th March
Tuesdays'to StaurdayslI.OOam -7.00pm
Photographers Gallery
5-8 Gt. Newport Street
'(Leicesier Square)
LondonWC2
Tei: 071-379 6057
DANTE'S ULYSSES
'his predecessors'l\ud successor
Lectu~e given by Prof. Piero Boitani
Tuesday 27nd F.ebruary at 6.30pm
Italian Cultural Institute
39 Bi:lgrave Square, SW1,
RIGOLETIO
by Giuseppe Verdi .
22,25,28·February, 3,5,9,11' March
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Tel: 071-240 1066
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