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Sommario
lVover.nbrellVover.nber
Servizi Speciali
Non abbandono il fronte
Quattro Maestri
La Boheme
Wedding
Integrazione al Minimo
Antonietta Gasparro
Una Nuova Storia
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p. 8
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Regular Features
Due Parole
The"Hill
Cronaca
Dall'Italia
In Cammino con Carmelo
For a Rainy Day
Face to Face
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Un saluto da P. Gaetano
Vedete p. 5
Entertainment, Leisure & Sport
Cinema
Sportlight
Italsport
Backhill Golf Tournament
A.I.F.L.
Tempo Libero
Mamma's Ricetta
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Due Parol'e
Mi e' piaciuta tanto la domanda
che nel Vangelo domenicale Gesu" ha
rivolto ai suoi discepoli e che poi e'
rivolta a tutti noi, perche' iI Vangelo
e' sempre per tutti. GcSu' dice:
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"Cosa volete che io faccia per voi?".
E' bella questa frase, vero?'Sentire
proprio che Gesu' dice ad ognuno di
noi: "Cosa vuoi che io faccia per
te?". E' bello sentire queste parole
nel cuore, nell'anima, nella vita. E'
bello erederci. E',bellocredere che in
questo momento Gesu" mi dice: "Cosa vuoi che io faccia per te?".
Guardate, e' un atto di fede. E'
proprio la nostra fede questa. Ma
Perche" Gesu' ci 'dice: "Cosa vuoi
che io faccia per te?"? Cc 10 dice
perche' noi'abbiamo ricevuto i1' battesimo e con iI battesimo siamo
diventatL flgli di Dio e Suoi fratelli.
Siarrio noi che fonniamo la Chiesa,
siamo noi gli eredi del Regno di Dio.
Noi siamo gli uomini nuovi che
portiamo neL mondo la novita', la
Padre Roberto Russo
forza, I'entusiasmo del Vangelo: e'
questo iI pensieio ,del nostro Fondatore San Vincenzo Pallotti e' per
questo Gesu' cidice:, "Cosa vuoi che
io ,faccia'per te" perche' ci vede
iiuovi,ci vcde uomini imovi, ci vede
'pCrSone'che possiamo far eonoscere iI
Vangelo agli altri. '
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La.fiase dl'Gesu': "Cosa vuoi che
io faecia per te", , e' una frase piena
,di speranZa da parte di Gesu'. Gesu'
ha fiducia in noi. Per questo ci vuole
dare,tutto I'aiuto nclla vita perche' sa
eh': noi gliClo chicdiamo. Noi apriamo
g1i "ocehi sulla. nostra vita di ogni
giomo. Guardiamo la nostra vita:
guardiamoci in famiglia, nel lavoro,
nelle feste, nei dolori. E' qui la nostra
vita di ogni giorno, con le stesse
persone, con le stesse cose, ogni
giomo le stesse persone e le stesse
cose.
Tutta questa vita pero' per noi
puo' diventare anche un deserto:
vuota, senza niente. Anche se siamo
pieni di lavoro, puo' essere che nel
nostro cuore e nella nostra anima c'e'
Life!
Hi, Lord, can we talk? Just a little "Thank you". My
life, I'm loving it. (Well, at the moment anyway!) It's
great. There's so much to do, so many things to sec. It's
so exciting.
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I know there are hard times. Times I fecI like giving
up, jacking it all in. Times' when. it Seems the world's
against me, and eve1)'lhing's going wrong. But if I just sit
back, then I sec that things aren't so bad after,all. It's all
had a purpose, helped me to grow up in some small way.
And it even
seems that
there's a direction to it all.
Are you
guiding me,
Lord? Only it
doesn't seem
,very obvious. Is
there a path you
iI deserto. A1lora questo dobbiamo
chicdere, a Gesu: che ci dia una vita
nuova. Noi chicdaiamolo, scnza farci
tanti problemi. E' Gesu' che ci invita:
"Cosa posso fare pCr te?" e allora
chicdiamo 'di predicare iI Vangelo,
,cioe' cbiediamo di essere sereni e di
portare la screnita'. Cbicdiamo ,di
credere in Dio e di aiutare gli altri a
credere. Chiediamo di avere tanto
amore nel cuore e di portare questo
amore agli altri.
Gesu' e' con noi. E' nella nostra
vita di ogni giorno, con le solite cose,
con le solite persone ma Gesu' e' con
noi, con tanta speranza che potremo
fare tanto bene.
n riwroo ~mpre ~e i~ ~
Roberto Russo, sono a disposizione di
chi ha bisogno e di chi vuol parlare.
Vi, conviene sempre telefonare prima
alla chiesa 071-837 1528 0 al mio
telefono portabile 0860 612964. Fatevi venire idee sulla vostra vita, sulla
vita del prossimo. Grazie.
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want me to follow? Is there away I should take? (Could I
have a map, Lord?)
It's like being on a big expedition, the greatest
adventure ever. Round every corner there are new things
to discover, new places to sec, new people to meet, new
things to do. And like every expedition, you need to be
prepared, have the right equipment to survive. And
you've even thought that through, Lord.
The most obvious need is a map, or a guidebook, and
what more could wc ask for - the Bible, the guide bookl
Every page answers questions, poses problems, makes me
think, shows me the Way.
And for any expedition, you also need it guide,
someone to, interpret, to help you understand the map,
someone who knows the Way, a person who's been there
- you Lord, the best guide in the world!
And that's it. What an adventure! You and tile Guide
Book to show us the way!
Let's gol
(Extractftom ""Can we talk. Lord? '-0. Copyright Kevin Meyhew: I;cence
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Sono andalo' ad intelVistare il
Padre Gaetano perehe' partira': ci
lascia, ma come ha delto e come
ripete in questa inlelVista: '''Cambio il
cielo, ma non il cuore" e ancora
"Non abbandono il fronte",
Sappiamo taille cose di Padre
Gaetano, e le cose che s.'1ppiamo sono
tulte belle, Ma questa -intelVista' ha il·
valore di farci scntire tulti affeltuosa:
mente uniti' in un modo moUo familiarc.
Padre Russo: Allora, Padre Gaetano, raceontaei qualehe cosa della
tua vita da quando sei nalO.
Padre Gae/ano: Sono nato a Mussolente, un paesino in provineia di
Viccnza, nelle colline ridenti che
corrono dal Brcnta al Piave. Bei
luoghi che Dio ha regalato ai vencti
di quelle parti, ora anche economicamente prosperi. Non era cosi' 47 anni
fa, quando la gente lavorava a mezzadria la term 0 cmigrava per trovarc
lavoro, in Picmonte 0 all'estcro. Di
familiari,. parenti e pacs.'1ni, ci sono
comunita' intcre in Canada, in Australia cd in Brasile.
10 sono arrivalo uUimo di sclte
fratelli,. come il figlio della promessa.
I genitori erano gia" altempati, la
miseria cm grande, cd una bocca in
piu' crcava problcma. Ma grazie a
Dio, nonostanle gli stenti, la vita
andava avanti. Sono stato pure
gmzialo da San!'Antonio dopo una
malaltia che minacciava la testa cd il
ccrvello. Ben prcslo due sorelle cd un
fratello emigravano in Canad.'1. Piu'
tardi un'aUra mia sorella scguiva il
marito a Torino. L'cmigrazione quindi
c~ stata subito I'cspcricnza piu' immcdiata della mia giovinczza.
Padre Russo: Va bene, ma e'
qucsta espericnza che ti ha falto
nasccrc la voc.'1zione? In parole scmplici: Pcrche' ti sei fhlto prele?
Padre Gae/ano: Quando a scuola,
ero in quarta elcmentare, e' arrivato il
vocazionista dci Padri Scalabriniani di
Bass.'1no, mi sono lasciato convinccre
c sono entrato
in Seminario, per
divenlare missionario degli cmigrati.
Nc conosccvo cosi' tanti! Pcr la
famiglia ovviamente si c' posto subito
il problema. Due braceia in mcno per
la terra quando I'altro fratello, unico
rimaslo a c.'1s.'1, cra addiriltura richiamato al fronte, a Trieste. L'aUra
sorella lavorava ncl cotonificio del
paese per guadagnare qualche soldo.
Ma poi. sopratulto, dove trovarc i
soldi per pagare la relta? Qualche
anima buona ci ha pens.'1to. vcdi la
Novembre94
P. Russo
campi e per la glcse e frcquentavo I'universita' dove
ho preso un MA in Theology. Dopo·
un paio di anni ai' servizio aI Centro
Scalabririi di Londra ne!" 1979 ho
prcso la Voce deglilllaIiani. a seguito
della partenza'del grande Direllore, P.
Umberto Marin.
. Padre Russo:" E' stalo un grande
S3cerdote Padre Marin: certo, dopo
che e' andato via lui, i tuoi rapporti
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che di cose cd avvcnture, sempre aI
servizio della comunita', ne abbiamo
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falle tante insieme.
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Porto con me un ricordo molto
Un ricordo dagli amici di Lo"ndra in bello di Londra e della comunita'
onore della sua ·ultima· messa italiana. 10 e le, poco santo come me,
Padre Russo: E" stalo lungo iI iI Centro Scalabrini e la Chicsa
ltaliana di San Pietro, la Voce degli
cammino per la prima Mcssa?
Padre Gae/ano: A' Bassano ho llaIiani e le Associazioni, siamo
fallo le mcdie cd il ginnasio. Nel crcsciuti insieme.
1963 sono entrato in noviziato a
Quel poco che ho cercalo di fare
Crespano del Grappa, ho falto la I'ho fallo veramente con grande sodveslizione e, nel seltembre del 1964, ,disfazione perche' ho senlito la risla prima profcssione religiosa. Oa posta, la stima e,I'apprezzamento, la
Crespano sono passato in Licco, a collaborazione e la solidarieta' delCermenale in provincia di Como cd ('intera comunita'. Londra e la mia
ho conseguito la maturita' elassica al gente mi maneheranno moltissimo.
Licco Volota di Como. GU studi
ARoma domi lavorare aI nostro
andavano anche bene, nonostanle la Centro Sludi, una istiluzione di un
lesta che. da piccolo. dovcva marcire. certo prestigio, che segue 10 sviluppo
E naturalmenle andava malurando an- dei fenomeni migratori e della mobiliche la sccUa per la v0C3zione sacer- ta' umana. Per un anno almeno domi
dotale e missionaria, che a undici anni pero' avere la possibilita' di fare un
non era poi cosi' coseiente.
po' di aggiomamenlo. di rificssione e
Nel 1967 sono andato a Roma per di studio che faceia tcsoro dell'esfrcquenlare la Ponlificia Universita' perienza vissuta a Londra. Mi interGregoriana dove ho conscguilo la cssa particolarmenle 10 studio della
Licenza in Filosofia cd iI Baccalau- antropologia e dei fenomeni intereulrcalo in Tcologia. Nell'agoslo del turaU cd intcrreligiosi. anche perehe'
1974 sono stato ordinalo sacerdole al questi problemi sono la sfida piu'
mio pacse. Alia grande festa mancava alluale alia nostra missione sealabrinipurtroppo il papa', ritomalo alia casa ana nel mondo.
del Padre nove mesi prima.
Non abbandono quindi iI fronle e
Inutile dire che gli antichi prob- la causa di chi vivc all'estero. Anzi, e
lemi della famiglia erano diventati come ho serillo nell'ultimo cditoriale
orgoglio c grande soddisfhzione.
ehe ho firmalo per la Voce degli
Padre Russo: Divenlato prete, con ltaliani, "Cambi iI cielo, ma non il
la voglia di predic.'1re iI Vangelo, Cuore" che restera' legalo agli emidove ti hanno mandato i Superiori?
grati, sopralullo a quelli che ho
Padre. Gaetano: Dopo I'ordinazi- incontrato e conoseiuti in Gran Breonc, subito la destinazione Londra, tagna."
dove sono arrivato nel seltembre del
Padre Russo: "Grazie, Padre Ga1974. 11 primo anno I'ho passalo etano. Sei Slalo un prele cosi' caro per
interamente a Canterbury, a mangiare tulli noi. Ci hai dalo affello. coraggio,
fish and chips, bacon and eggs. ospile speranza. Che Dio ti accomp.'1gni
al SI. Augustine's College dove i come ti accompagnano le nostre
ministri anglicani. sposati, passano prcghiere e noi sappiamo che lu non ti
I'ultimo anno prima di cssere ordinati dimenticherai mai di noi nelle tue
ministri. A Canterbury studiavo, in- preghierc. Ciao."
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Quattro maestri
L'Accademia ltaJiana trasloca e
inaugura la sua nuova dimora
con la mostra di opere di Mauri,
Lombardo, Mochetti e Cucchi
Chi avesse cercato I'Accadcmia alsontuoso, . indirizzo 'di 24 ,Rutland
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conto"che' I' Accademia ha cambiato di
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vacanza nclla zone piu' trendy di
Londm. DaI 18 ,ottobre si trova alia
Smith's Gallery, 56 Earlham Street,
Covent Garden, con una nuova· mostm.
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cademia si appresta ad ospitare e con
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quamnt'anni della nostra storia.
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la vocc degli artisti in qucstione. Sono
interviste ehe Miriam ha condotto con
loro. L'effetto immcdiato e' la totale
immersione dell'osservatore nel
mondo poctico cd ideologico di questi
macstri.
AlI'entmta, iI visitatore e' subito
colpito da "Africa", un imponente
quadro - olio su tela e griglia di ferro
- del Cuechiche riproduce iI cono del
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dipinte delle mani con iI palmo
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Qucste ultime, applicatc sopm la tela
c sostenute dalla rete sembmno dellc
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loro negato.
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essi Cuechi rapprescnta delle visioni
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propongono geometric pittoriehe che
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Monica PeJlegrini
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10 spettatore si trovera' ad interpretare dica due monocromi (uno bianco e
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,una frnziorie di .secondo e che viene spazio convenzio'nale dell'immagine
utilizzato in psicologia spcriinentale per diventarc urio degli oggelti del
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collezione intitolata "Ebrca", si tmtta costituiscono".
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una mostra delle sue operc dal 1954 invecc I'artista Iirico che maggior:11 1994 con notevolc successo. Per mentc adcrisce alia tradizione pitMauri, I'arte ha la funzione di interp- torica delle origini, di Giotto. Con la
retare c dar forma ad cventi che sono Trnnsavanguardia, I'arte ritorna alle
la nostra storia c che direltamente ci leggi del disegno. GIi oggetti c la
coinvolgono come spettatori. In Mauri realta' sono i veri protagonisti delle
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Weddings
Solari and Nicoli
GiIdo Solari and Rita Nicoli
Anyone who knows Gildo would hardly bat an eyelid at ~e
Arsenal penant he is wearing in the photograph taken on hIs
wedding day.
.
In fact, it took Gildo three months to ask Rita out on thear first
date: after all the 1990 World Cup was on. She was, however, a
more inviting prospect then watching the final between Germany
and Argentinal
Four years later, Rita managed to distract the Arsenal fanatic
away from the Norwich game long enough to say "I do" at St.
Peter's Italian Church on 10th September.
Best Man, and Southampton supporter;. was Gildo's brother
Renato. Maid of Honour was Rita's cousin, Francesea Niccoli.
Bridesmaids were Rita's nieces Emily and Mary Nicoli and Page
Boy was David Nicoli.
The guests, including those from Switzerland, then moved on
to the Fornello for the reception. _~.. ,
Gildo has said that although they enjoyed their honeymoon in
Malta he was sorry he could not have changed it for Cyprus where the Gunners were playing their away leg in the UEFA Cup!
La Boheme
La Scala, Milan
20th September 1994
In my last article, October '94, I
said that I. would like to make an
al\nnal visit to Italy. Thus it was that
on 19th September I went to Milan.
The time chosen was primarily for the
purpose of a visit to La Scala.
When Mirella Freni was here for
Fedora in the spring, I happened to
remark to her that I
had he.1rd her sing
in Verona, Bologna
and London, but
never at la Se.1Ia.
Mirella told me that
she would be singing in three performances of Boheme in September
and I immediately
told her, "I will be
thcrc u
•
As I had expected the performance was mcmora·
ble. As one of the
finest Mimis, if not
Novembre94
RegSuter
the finest, of our time I knew that it
would be something special. So it
proved. Rodolfo was sung by Robcrto
Alagna the tenor who I think is
currently the best young tenor and the
one most likely to inherit the mantle
of the great Luciano Pavarotti. He has
a beautiful lyric voice which he uses
to splendid effeet. A ringing top,
(Squillo as it .is known in Italy) and
he knows how to sing pianissimo! La
Freni was her usual
marvellous self, thoroughly convincing
and very moving, particularly in the third
act when she says
farewell to Rodolfo,
"Addio senza rancor'" and at the cnd
there were many
handkerchiefs in
view, including that
of Mirella's daughter
Michela, with whom I
was silting. The Colline was sung by the
veteran, but still formidable bass, Nicolai
Ghiaurov. Musetta was sung by Daniela Mazzucato who last appeared at
Covent Garden in Donizetti's "L'elisir
d'amore" partnered by Pavarotti. The
conductor was Gianandrea Gavazzcni,
the doyen of today's conductors.
The rest of the cast was made up
of young singers, none of whose
names was familiar to mc, but ail
were more than adequate in their
roles. It was a Franco Zeffirelli production and it was exactly what onc
would expect with a brilliant Act 2
street scene.
It was marvellous to hear members
of the older sehool mixing with the
younger and Freni and Alagna made
an ideal pair of lovers. The secret is,
of course, that despite advancing
years, Mirella is still young at heart
and the music of Pueeini is as fresh
sounding as eVer. As for Roberto
Alagna, having heard him in La
Traviata and La Boheme I am very
much looking forward to hearing him
at Covent Garden in Gounod's
"Romco and Juliel".
9
:tJ;~EU.ACOMUNITA'
ITAUANA
Integrazione al ,~inimo
\
Penso che sonq' poche le persone di un uomo di 54 anni che ha versalo
che non si rendono conto del- mo- 35 anni. di conlributi e si qualifica a
mento particolarrnente diflicile che' lit. 700.000 aI mcsc. La riduzione in
stiamo attraversando in ltalia. Questa questo caSo sara'· del 33% e quindi
situazione di crisi, come al solilo, si .egli ricevera' una pensione non piu'
fa sentire e toe? in modo particolare di Lit. 700.000 bens;' di 469.000.
e piu' direttamente chi ha piu' bi- Questo ·imj)orto verra' pagalo anche
'sogno:.gli anziani, i malati, i disoccu- dopo che I'interessalo superera' I'eta'
patio
','
pensionabile.
In questi, giomi, iI Parlamento sta
.La pensione di vecchiala: vi ridiscutendo la legge. Finanziaria e ~cordo che la pensione ilaliana di
quindi la previdenza. La proposta di vccchiaia si otliene 'al compimento
legge contiene nonne che tendono a deJl'eta' pensionabile.
realizzare rispanni sulla, spesa pubL.'ela' pensionabile in questi ulblica. I risparmi che vengono realiz- timi anni di attivita' legislativa sta
zati <la questa legge eadono in mas- diventando mollo elastica. Mi' ricorda
sima parte con i tgli sulla previdenza. uno· di quei sogni dove tu corri ed
In gencre uno aspetta iI completamento dell'iter deUa legge prima di
esprimere pareri sulla intera monovra,
ma i cambiamenli propoSli sono cos;'
radicali che e' necessario parlame sin
da adesso.
.
Le proposle di cambiamenlo
riguardano in particolare le. pensioni
di anzianita' e .quelle di vccchiaia.
Vediamone insiemc le principali propOSlc.
Le pensioni di anzianita ': la pensione di anzianita' viene concessa
dall'INPS a chi ha maluralO almeno
.35 anni di conlribuli, qualunque sia la
sua eta'. La nuova legge propone che
a partire dal 28.9.94 vengano bloccale
lutte le domande rivoUe ad ottenere la
pensione di anzianita' fine a dicembre
1995.
ogni volta che ti scmbra di aver
Vi sono delle eccezioni a quesla raggiunto .i1, trguardo, ,c'c' iI solito
regola di carattere generale che len- d,ispettoso che sposta)e linea;
done a garanlire che coloro che hanno
eertmente ricordale che tempo fa,
gia' presentalo la domanda non si prima del 19~2, si andava in pesione a
lrovino senza pensione e scnza lavoro. 55 anni se donna ed a 60 anni se
La decorrenza della pensione vi- uomo. Venne iI govcmo "Amalo" e
ene anche cambiata. Menlre ora la I'eta' pensionabile aumentava di, un
pensione decorre <lal mese scguenle a anno ogni due anni a partire dal 1994.
quello di doman<la, la legge in discus- .E' venulo iI govemo "Bcrlusconi" e
sione propone che a partire <lal 1995 I'eta' pensionabile'ora aumenta di un
la decorrenza venga fissata <lal prime anno ogni 18 mesi a panire <lal
gennaio dcll'anno successive a quello 1.7.1995. Se la legge vicne approvata
di domanda. Non ha importanza cioc' cosi' come e' stata proposta questa e'
fare la doman<la di anzianita' a gcn- I'<:ta" pensionabile:
naio 1995 oppure a dicembre 1995
Donne Uomini
perche' iI prime pagamenlo.· potra'
56
61
essere effcttualo solo dil gcnnaio Oggi
daI 1 luglio 1995
62
57
1996.
Comunque, anche quando la do- dal I gennaio 1997 58
63
man<la viene acceltata I'imoporto di dal 1 luglio 1998
59
64
tale prestazione verra' ridotto del 3% <lal 1 gennaio 2000 60
65
per ogrii anno di distanza daU'eta'
pension.1bile.
Le proposte di legge c:imbiano
Per capirci, vi propongo I'esempio anehe le percenluaff di rendimenlo.
10
Pietro Molle
Queste percentuaIi sono iI valore che
ha ogni anno di lavoro per iI calcolo
della pensione. Per la maggior parte
degli assicurati deU'INPS ogni anno
vale iI 2% della media saIariale, cos;'
dopo 40 anni di assicurazione si
ottiene 1'80%.
Con la Finauziaria iI rendimento
annuo vienc abbassato a 1,75% per
tutti coloro che avevano piu" di 15
anni di contributi aI 31.12.1992.
Vi porto anche qui I'cscmpio di
una persona che avendo raggiunlo
I'eta' pesionabile ha versalo 40 anni
di contributi con una media salariale
di lit. 1,000,000 mensili. Prima di
questa proposta di legge la sua pensione
.
sarebbe
stata di
Lit •
9,600,000
annue,
mentre applicando le
nuove regale egli
avia" una
pensione
di Lit.
8,400,000:
una perdita
anniIale di
Lit
1,200,000.
Ma il
prowedimento che piu' direttamente
tocchera' i diritti dei gia' miseri
importi dclle pensioni dei connazionali all'estero e' contenuto nella
modifica dell'Art. 4 della legge 438/
92 dove si sostituisce le parole "a
cinquc anni" con "a died anni".
Sembra una modifica insignificanle, dice una circolare del CEPA,
ma nei fatti comportera' che per i
connazionali aU'estero, al fine di
poter godcre della inlegrazione af
minimo, sara' necessario far valcie in
ltalia almeno 10 anni di contribuzione
effettiva in costanza di lavoro.
Questo significa precludere I'integrazione, al trattamento minimo ad
una intera generaiione di cOnnazionali iI cui diritto a pensione decorrem' in fuluro ma e' anche la 'manifesta volonta' del govemo di non
erogare aUro che spiecioli al connazianale che ha dovulo emigrare.
November 94
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The Glory of Venice
Eightccnth century Venicc has always had a bad press: sandwiched
betwccn the glories of the sixteenth
celllury and the city's ignominious fan
to Napoleon's army 'in 1797, the
eightccnth century has always been
regarded as a period of consistent and
accelerating dccline. On an economic
and political level this may be true; a
city once rated as a world power
coming to terms with the fact that it
was but onc of many Italian city St.1tcs
trying to retain its independence in an
age of international super po\vers.
somewhat introspective painter who
spent most of his working life in
VeniCe and was painstaking in his
efforts to produce the finished painting
which met his own high standards.
Initially influenced by Caravaggio, he
developed the use of ehiaroscuro (use
of light and shadow). "The Supper at
Emmaus" is a good example of this:
the still life especially is marvellous
with its depiction ofasparagus, a spring
vegetable serving as a symbolic allusion to Christ's Resurrection. Piazzctta,
like Rubens who came to influence him
View on the Cannaregio Canal by Francesco Guard;
However" the Exhibition at present
at the Royal Academy, ','The Glory of
Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century" shows that in artistic terms eightccnth century Venice saw a gala>.)' of
talelll, its only rival as artistic capital of
Europe being Paris.
Ushering in the century were such
painters as Sebastiano Ricei and Luea
Carlevaris. Ricei was a prolific artist
who worked happily on any scale: it is
in fact his paintings that flank the stairs
1c.1ding into the exhibition. The cxhibition conlains many examples of his
work including the tender depiction of
"The Flight into Egypt", Luca Cmlevaris specialised in view paintings.
However. the beginning of the
century saw the \maeknowledged rivalry betwccn two olher grc.11 Venetian
painters: GiambaUista Pia7.zeUa and
Giambauista Tiepolo. PiazzeUa was a
Novembre 94
Daniele Servini
aspect of the Exhibition is the ability to
view logether three paintings by Scbastiano Rieci, Piazzctta and Tiepolo
contributed as a part of a series of
paintings on similar themes to S. Stae.
Other painters in the Exhibition
include the light and decorative Antonio Pellegrini ("Venus and Cupid")
and his sister-in,law, Rosalba Carrera.
The Exhibition includes a wonderful
self-potrait by this painter.
CanaJello, as a landscape artist,
stands in a class of his own. As onc
contemporary put it ,"he paints with
such accuracy and cunning that the eye
is deceived and truly believes that it is
reality it secs, not a painting", The use
of a camera obscura helped but il is
Canaleuo's recreation of the atmosphere that has come to be associated
with Venice ("Bacino di S. Maria").
Portrative and genre painting was
popular with Venetian painters and
Pietro Longhi specialised in depicting
the daily round of Venetian society.
("A Painter is his Studio"). Franccsco
Guardi was a painter who combined an
early career as a genre painter ("The
RudoUo") and a later career as a
landscape artist specialising in Venetian views. However, in contrast to
Canalello his painting shows a greater
immediacy and a willingness to explore
the by-ways of Venice. The landscape
tradition was continued by Bernardo
Bellollo (CanaleUo's nephew) who
seemed to eateh all his views at the first
light ofdawn.
The Exhibition is rounded off as
follows first, by examples of the work
of the architecl Piranesi who although
he never built anything had a great
influence on contemporary taste: examples of his work in the Exhibition
include his highly detailed studies of
Rome, Ancient and Modern, and his
rather vertiginous studies of forms and
shadows, '''Prisons''; secondly there
arc examples of the work of the greatest
sculptor of his age, Antonio Canova,
which include the modello for the
"Monument to Titian".
Definitely an exhibition not 10 be
missed!
later in life, developed a love for chalk
drawings: the most f.1mous of these are
his "eharaeler hc.1ds" which arc well
represented in the Exhibition.
Tiepolo. on the other hand, was
known for lhe speed of his work and
lightness of loueh: he built up an
international clientele. Many of his
masterpieces arc awe inspiringfrcscocs
on the ceilings and walls of palaces and
churches. However.: wc arc given a
glimpse of this work through the
modelli used for these projects (including "The Coroll.1tion of lhe Virgin).
Tiepolo in much of his work is able to
Crc.1te a n1.1rvellous sense of theatre,
complete with beautiful women and an
oblique sense of humour (such as the The exhibition continues until J4 December /994
rc-working of the myth of Danae and aJ the Ro)'al Academ)' ofArt. Piccadlli)'. Open
Jupiter). His more sombre and medita- every Jay. JO.OO a.m. to 6,{)() p.m. includmg
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Olive Besagni
As I. remarked in last month's
issue, 'We will certainly be hearing
more from Franccsco Lurati' ....This
wcek I received a leller from Franeesco, he writes. 'Olive, you've really
got me going, this is something that I
thought of doing for years. Perhaps
my grandehildren will be pleased to
read it in years to eome'. He's right of
course; I may have mentioned previously that I too have been Uying to
trace the exaet location of my grandfather's place of birth. I know that it is
in the region of Borgo Val di Taro,
(parma). I have even been told that he
did indeed teaeh in the school there,
prior to his emigration to England but
enough of that .... let us get on with
Franccsco's Stories. Don't forget
readers if you have any memorabilia,
stories or photographs ete of the life
and times enjoyed (or enduredl) in the
old days in '11 Quartiere ltaliano',
indeed any reminiscences of those
times passcd on by parenti or remembered by some of you then please
contaet me on 071-837 4830. I leave
you with Franccsco.
iron handles. It stands on its side and
it is raised on four legs. With a
cushion on top it scrves as a window
scat The lid is adorned with autumnal
leaves and in the centre, the figure of
a girl in traditional dress; the scroll
bCneath tells us that it is the costume
of Lombardia as described by Alessandro Manzoni in his 'Promessi
Sposi'. The painting is the work of
my father and it has always been
known in the family as the 'Lombardia Box'. What a tale it could telll It
has been a part of my life as far baek
as I can remember.
Lurate Abbate is a 'frazione'
(hamlet) above Lago Di Como. At
some time in the distant past a family
from this little haven moved down
into Ponte Chiasso and they bCcome
known as I Lurati. It was here in 11
Patrio Tello (the ancestral home) that
my great-grandfather Giovanni Lurati
was born in the year 1821. He had
two sons and a daughter. One of his
sons, Giuseppe Antonio, my grandfather, was born on the 15th Mareh
1852. The picture of the old house in
Via Brogeda was painted by my
father in 1930. Just behind the house
The Lombardia Box
was '11 Rete'- the chain fence that
defined
the frontier with Switzerland.
Over by the window in our lounge
in the shade of the large leaves of a There was also a 'Iaghello' with an
ten foot high 'Mostera Deliziosa', island in the middle.
This idyllic rural selling was also
there is a box, now painted while. The
the
scene of a tragedy when Zia
eorners are iron bound, and it has two
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Luigia, on 2nd August 1961, went, as
was her custom, to rinse a blanket in
the stream. She was 77 years old. It
seems that she either slipped or lost
her balance, fell forward and was
drowned in the shallow water.
1869. At the age of seventeen my
grandfather arrived in London accompanied by two boxes, one of which
was of course the above mentioned
family heirloom (the Lombardia Box).
Unlike so many of our emigrati,
Giuseppe had a job waiting for him
with Sig. Corti, a family friend who
had emigrated earlier and was already
established as a manufacturer of artificial flO\vers. His next job was with
the Salvia's, in the same trade, at 117
Pitfield St, Hoxton.
Even in those days there was
moonlighting because he also worked
behind the bar in Gatti's Musie Hall
in ViJliers Street, the Strand. It is now
'The Players Theatre'. WaIter Salvia,
the son, told me that he was the bCst
worker ,that they had ever employed.
He was also, he said, 'quite a tough
guy'. If ever there was trouble at
Gatti's he did not waste time going
round the counter, but would jump
over the top, straight into the fray.
It was here that he met Martha
Durham, my grandmother. She had a
small scar ori the bridge of her nose, a
souvenir'of an evening "vhen during a
fracas, bottles and glasses started to
fly. I like to think
that Nonno rescued
this d.1msel in distress and carried her
off to the altar.
Their son, my father, another
Giuseppe Antonio,
was born on the 1st
July 1882. His sister,
Zia Giuseppina, on
the 2nd November
1888.
I have a postcard
that was sent to my
Nonno dated 10th
December 1903. It is
from his old employer Sig. Corti,
who had returned to
Chiasso with his
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English wife Anna ElIis. The natives
of Chiasso always referred .to him as
'Vlnglese'. Having made his fortune
in London, he, with Anna,. spent the
rest of his days in happy retirement.
The photograph of -the Musica
Cittadina is on the front of the
postcard mentioned. above. My Zio
Vittorio is in the front row second on
the right with his" finger on the
mouthpiece of his 'bombardino'.
My Nonno used to play the trumpet in this band and it is eertain that it
was through this connection that he
was able to arrange for his journey to
England. The gentleman seated on the
group to the right of the 'Grancassa,'
with his hat resting his knee, is Sig.
Corti.
I find it quite a coincidence that,
as a young .'Avanguardista' in the
Fanfara Di Londra, I played the same
instrument as my Zio Vittorio.
My father Giuseppe, would tell me
stories' of how he, with his sister
Giuseppina, would wander round
Hoxton Market amply protected by
their pet Bulldog. The market runs
parallel to Pitfield Street where my
Nonno worked. I do not know how
fieree the dog really was. Zia Pina
told me that she used to dress him up
in baby clothes!
Later the family moved to Southwark and my father attended the
school attached to Southwark C.1tholie
C.1thedral. Occasionally he would accompany' his father to work at Gatti's
where he would amuse himself behind
the scenes trying on the artists' costumes.
Nonno died in 1905 at the age of
53. He suffered' from asthma, probably brought on by the atmosphere of
the workshops full of Powdered dies
and 'farina' (potato flour) used for
stiffening flower petals etc. Workshops in those days were grim places.
At the age of fourteen my fa,ther
started work at the City Sandblast
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windows of 99 Grosvenor there is the
Chiasso
railway and Canonbury Station. DurMusica
ing the war amunition trains rumbled
Citladina
postcard sent up and down so my father beat a
to Francesco's hasty but strategical retreat to 48
father in /903 Beresford Road, Highbury, where the
remainder of the family were born:
Franeesco, Veronica, Benito, Maria
Company in and Eugenio.
New North
There was some suggestion that to
Road, where avoid being called up, papa' might be
he created de- able to claim Swiss nationality - he
signs which just had to cross out the 'Ponte' off
were sand- Ponte Chiasso. However, looking
blasted on to down the list of options and with his
the frosted ever-growing family in mind, he nowindows and mirrors used in Public ticed that the' best paid job in the
Houses at that time. From there he forces was that of stoker in the British
found his way into the firm of T.B. Navy.
Brown, an advertising agency in UpHe volunteered but they would not
per Thames Street and eventually let him have even a sniff at the rum
went freelance. He became the artist ration I He had an Italian namell In
for 'Clamico' (Clarke, Nieholls and any case it is quite certain that he
Coombes) and PascaU's, both confec- would never have lasted a day down
tioners. He designed chocolate and in the fiery depths of the hold of a
sweet boxes, sweet jars and the warship.
wrapping for the contents. Another of
He spent his army days in France
his clients was Tom Smith's who in the trenches, painting crosses for
were I believe, tne originators of the victims, pUlling the names and
Chri;tmas .Crackers. APart· from the company insignia on thcsc memorials.
boxeS, he design~ the little stiek:<)Il Even during the war, when on leave,
motifs of figures and flowers whIch he still did work for Clamico and
children used to collect and stick in continued after the war under contract
.
their scrapbooks.'
to them.
My father met Christina PillS at St
Monica's Church, Hoxton. They were
Continued next month
married on his 30th
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Then they moved to
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the top floor and at;; -., c,_
tics of 99 Grosvenor
.'.,',-,c' -'.
Road (Grosvenor
Avenue ) Highbury,
where my sisters Agncsc, Theresa and
Margherita were
born. The Great War
was in progress, in
fact, Margherila was
born during an airraid.
Benc.1th the rear
.
This photo tak~,! i'1
/894 shows Franc~
esco's nonno,
Giuseppe seated.
Standing: nonna
Martha, a 12year.old Giuseppe
(Francesco's father)
and Zia Giuseppina.
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Festa degli Lucchesi
Mi e' piaciuta molto la festiccioJa che i Lucchesi hanno
falto nel Club: perche' c'era gente nuova: questo non
significa che gli aItri non sono venuti. Ci sono i fedelissimi
che non inancano mai: ma non scmpre le stessc persone
possono andare a tulte le feste: I'importante e' che la gente
si muova anche per le feste: perche' muoversi per le feste,
significa' anche muoversi per tante altre cose: significa aprire
iI cuore e la mente su tulto iI mondo che e' intomo a noi:
dove non e' semprc festa, e' chiaro: ma che ci impegna con
la nostra bonta' e con le sue nccessita'.
Come aI solito, la festa e' stata una esplosione di
mangiare e bere buonissimo, musica incandesccnte, organiz.
zazione e amicizia favolose.·
Durante la lolleria
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Foto: P. Russo
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Corvo SPOrts Day
CONO, . the Italian winemilkcrs, held their annual Gold Cup Golf
ConljJctition'for60 hotcliers and restaurateurs in Surrey, on Tuesday 20th
September. .
The event was held at the luxury Foxhills Country' Club, in parkland
selting at Ottershaw, near Chertsey, which has two championship golf
courses,
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While golfers played for the Cup, another 20 sporting guests enjoyed a
tennis tournament in the grounds and like all good restauratcurs those with
time on their hands organised an unofficial funghi picking toumament!
The day ended with a grand banquet, arranged by Ciborio, UK, sole
agents for Corvo, Duca di Salaparula, wines, which are becoming a big
name in the UK in line with international export growth.
The golf eup is a big attraction to Italian restaurant owners although the
wines are now being sold throughout the On and "Off trade commented
Simone Octgen"Marketing Manager for Ciborio.
Photos:. Salvatore Mancuso
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Presentation ofthe trophies. Above: the GolfGold Cup.
Below: the tennis tournament
Below left: guess what?
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Assoc. Parmigiani-VaIceno Dinner and Dance
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The Associazione Pannigiani Valceno held their
Annual Dinner Danee at the Grosvenor House Hotel
on Saturday 8th October. Amongst the 450+ guests
were a group especially over from Parma, Sig.
Silingardi the president of the Cassa di Risparmio
di Panna & Piaeenza that sponsor the Association
and Mr. Lany Adler the famous hannonica player
who delighted the guests with a tunc.
It was John Belli's maiden speech at the Dinner
& Danee as President of the Association. In his
more than adequate Italian he praised the work of
his predecessor Sergio Pavarani reminding those
present that his humility and dedication were two of
the reasons why the Association were in his debt.
Mr. Belli then went on to encourage AC Valceno,
who have still to win the elusive Anglo·ltalian
Football League Championship. His last comments
were to the young and old, the commillce, friends
and 'sindacati, to those in England and back in
Valeeno, of the importance of co-operation and
mutual respect needed if the Association is to have
any life.
Sig. Silingardi said that Pannigiani living in
England could take pride in the Cassa di Risparmio.
Not only have they merged, but have also recently
aequired the Credito Coinmerciale and \vill soon be
one of the top 20 finaneial institutions in Italy.
However, it was the speech from Giuseppc
Costella the Consigliere Regionale that deserved
the most attention from those who were willing to
listen. He stressed that it was the time for unity
between the different Associations. It was' time to
become one eommunity. He acknowledged that
each had their own home, their own land, their own
paese, their own past but the road forward could
only be done together. Nothing but extinetion could
result if the different Associations from tile
Emiglia·Romagna region refused to join forces and
worked in unison and therefore in strength.
After the speeches, which followed a wonderful Top: amici da Panna
meal, we were tre.1ted to a cabaret by Eduardo Above: P. Russo collecting his keys/
Below: the Guests ofHonour
Vianello just floWII in from Rome and then dancing
to thc Orchestra Rara.
But for some perhaps, the
highlight of the evening was
when P. Russo walked across
the danee floor to collect the
keys of the rame 1st prize - a
Fiat Cinqucccnto!
The Associazione Parmigiani-Valeeno have actively
taken steps to cncourage the
younger generation to participate actively in the organisation. For this re.1son, it has a
strong youth committee as well
as an unusually high number
(for Italian associations) of
young faees on its Committee surely a vital constituent in
ensuring a he.1lthy fulure.
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A new exhibition of 18th Centwy Venetian art, "The
Glory of Venicc", opened in October at the Royal Academy,
Piccadilly.
Here at' the official opening wc sce ]ames Sherwood,
Chairman of Sea Conlainers, sponsors of the exhibition; Sir
Philip Dawson, President of the Royal Academy of Art; Sotto
Segretario Ronehetti and the Italian Ambassador Giacomo
Attolico,
For a review of this fine exhibition sce page H.
Photo: Salvatorc Mancuso
Antonietta Gasparro
P. Carmelo
Carissima Antonietta,
Ci hai lasciato improvvisamente nel
piu' profondo dolore. Ti vogliamo ricordare come ti abbiamo conosciuto: una
sposa e una mamma scmplicc e buona. In
te ho rivisto scmpre la mia cara mamma
ehe hai conosciuto e della quale ehiedevi
scmpre notizie, fino alia sua morte. La
Chicsa Italiana ti e' grata per tutto eio'
ehe hai fatto.
Hai lasciato nel vuolo e nella profonde tristczza i tuoi amati Alfredo e
Mario insieme alia nuora e i nipotini.
Tutta la massa di gente ehe e" venuta
al tuo funerale, e' stata una prova di
quanti ti hanno rispettato e voluto bene.
Prega e interccdi per noi dal eielo
prcsso la Vergine Maria e S. Miehele
Arcangelo.
Ciao Mamma.
Antonietta col,fratello
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Diminiuiscono i morti per droga.
DaII'inizio dcll'anno
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dcecssi
aecertati sono stati 576. Per la fine del
·'94 se ne prevedono 813, contro gli
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In five years 7.000 coins. 40 vases
and more than 30 statues have
dis,1ppcarcd from the Archacological
Museum in Naples. The government
has ordered an investigation into the
silently perpetrated thefts. whose
sheer number makes it diffieult to
work out exaetly whieh 'works are
missing.
Police are investigating a fire
which swept through a makeshift
c.1mp occupied mainly by north
Mric.1n immigrants at Villa Literno in
southern Italy. There were nc injuries.
Conditions at the camp, known as
.'.' the
ghetto",
have
crc.1ted
nationwide concern:
A proposal allowing women to
volunteer for duty in the anned forces
and the Guardia di Finanza. a unit
dc.1ling with smuggling and tax fraud,
was approved by the caliinet. The
propos,1l, whieh now goes before
parliamcnt. also calls for overall
rednctions in the number
military
personncl and civilians working in the
armed forces. But il would also
enhance the role of volunteers. who
would comprise about a third of the
military.
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The leader of Italy's nco-fascist
s,1id that the MSI party that was
founded by the politic.11 heirs of
wartime dictator Benito Mussolini
would be formally disbanded at a
closing congress planned for 19-23
January 1995.
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news from Italy you may have missed
Italy has beCOme the first country
in Europe to propose ncw laws to cut
Icvcls of benzenc in petrol. Italian
toxicologists recently linked benzene
to an inereased risk of leukaemia.
Thcy estimatc that 40% of Icukaemia
cases attributablc to benzene could be
avoided with tougher limits.
Via Veneto in Rome is in mourning
for Hany's Bar, made intcrnationally
famous in Federico Fellini's La Dolce
Vita, and frequented by sueh stars as
Anna Magnani, Vittorio Gassman,
Rcx Harrison, Elizabeth Taylor and
Orson Welles. The fashionable
restaurant has been bought by Burghy,
an Italian hamburger chain.
Italian doctors praised the
parents of a seven.year-old boy for
donating his organs after he was shot
and killed by motorway bandits in
Sicily. The heart of Nieholas Green,
from California, was given to a
Roman teenager whose only hope for
life was a transplant. His liver was
destined for a 19·year-old Sieilian
woman and at least one of his kidneys
to an lI-year-old Sieilian. Doctors
hoped the gesture would prompot
Italians to ovcrcome their reluetance
to donate organs; Italy' has one of the
Sangue e panico sulia Lanrentina lowest rates in theWest.
a Roma. Due ragazzi a bordo di
un'auto rubata non ·si· sono fennati
.all'all e i carabinieri; 'dopo un The Italian Health minister
drammatico inseguimento, hanno sought to allay fears that Albanian
sparato alle gomme dclla macchina in immigrants wcre bringing eholera to
fuga colpendo anche entrambi i the country after reports of some 300
giovani. Alfredo Wiecck, 19 anni, e' cases of the disease in the Balkan
stato raggiunto da due proicttilialla country. Laboratory tests on' food,
drains, water supplies and the arriving
schicna ed e' morto poco dopo.
Albanian immigrants so far have
shown
no evidence of the disease,
Italian rowing is cnjoying the
grc.,test moment in its history after its
teams surprisingly dominated the the Sicily's Roman 'Catholic Chureh
World Rowing Championships in has annulled the marriage of a man
Indianapolis. The Italians earried off who wed lhe pregnant daughter of a
sevcn medals in all four gold, two Mafia boss in 1977 because his family
was threatened. Carmelo Moola, then
silver and one bronze.
17, had no desire to many Filomena
Manchera' forse il fuoricJasse Scaglione. 16, but did so out of fear,
assoluto, la prima firma in grado di Moola filed for divorce after his
aspirare ai vcrtiei continentali, ma il father·in·law was killed in gangland
plotone delle banehe italiane e' il piu' rivalry in 1982.
folio nella cJassifica dei primi 500
istituti di credito europei, stilata dalla The world's largest solar reaetor
rivista amcrieana The Bankcr. Nella came on stream in Serre, Italy. It will,
"top 500.... relativa ai conti di fine gcnerte five million kilowatt·hours of
'93, ben 10I sono italiane, ollre il energy a year, enough for 3000
homes.
20% del totale.
When police 'arrested Calogcro
Galali, 25, for killing his psychiatrist
in Sicily, his motive should have been
obvious. He had a persecution
complcx. "I know he never liked me,
which is why he nevcr tried to cure
me", he told police.
"Voglio ricreare le immagtm
della dolce vita, e per questo ho scello
la citta' piu' bella del mondo, Roma,
e la donna piu' amata del momento,
Claudia Schiffer". Cosi' Valentino a
Parigi ha annuneiato la sua piu'
recente campagna pubblicitaria.
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In CamminoCon Carmelo
Carissimi Fratel/i e Sorelle,
Ringraziamo it Signorc con tullo it
cuore che ci ha portati fine a qucsto
mese di novembrc, dedicate ai morti.
'Auguro ad ognuno di trovare un po'
ditempo per fcrmarsi a rillcllere suI
senso della vita. La morte e' un
mistero; it riostro pensicro si infrangc
contro 10 scoglio della morte.
Noi crediamo che solo Cristo puo'
iIIuminare questo mistcro. Gesu'
morendo, ha cambiato ital di dentro it
volto della mortc: cssa non c'· piu'
I'abisso spavcntoso dovc tullo finiscc,
ma' un passaggio doloroso. un tunnel
oscuro che apre alia lucc senza in.
finita.
Anticamente i cristiani chiamavane it giomo della mortc '''dies
natalis", cioe'" "giomo dclla nascita"
alia vita etema. Cosi' abbiamo· due
datc di nascita: nascita alia vita
terrena c nascita alia vita ctcma.
Dove sono i nostri morti? Sono
ancora in rclazione con noi 0 la mortc
ha segnato' un' distacco totale? Possiamo comunicare con loro? Possono
vcderei c aiutarci?
Con la preghiera possiamo cntrarc
in comunione con i nostri morti. La
preghiera ped defunti c' un'al\tichissima tradizione dclla chicsa. La prima
c' la cclebrazione del funeralc cristiano. Noi tUlli accompagniamo con
amorc it defunto alia sua ultima
dimora nella fede. preghiamo per lui e
nonostante it dolorc della sepanizionc
proclamiamo. la speranza chc i morti
.in Cristo risorgeranno. La preghiera di
sulfragio piu' grandc c' la' Santa
mcssa, spccialmcntc nel giomo
dell'annivcrsario della morte. Non
basta pero' farlo celcbrarc dal prete,
ma e' importante partcciparvi c riceverc la S. Comunionc ehc ci melle in
comunione con Cristo c con i nostri
defunti.
Una tradizione cara al cuorc di
molti cristiani e' la visita al cimitero.
Andiamo a trovarc i nostri morti. Una
volta i cimiteri crano nel ccntro degli
abitati, allomo alia chicsa, quasi a
significarc che i Vivic i morti
formavano un'unica famiglia. La
visita at cimitero era quasi ogni
giomo. Ora i cimiterisono lontani
dalla citta', per tanti motivi e anche
perehc' l'uomo' di
oggi non vuol- penc
sarc alia morte, La
parola "cimitero"
deriva dal greco' C
significa "dormitori~
0": cioc' luogo dove
dormono i cristiani
nell'allcsa di sVegliarsi alia risurrczione. UsiamoanchC'la
parola "camPo sane
to" per indicare. ehe la terra che
accoglic it cadavere 'e' stata benedetta, ma anche per ricordare che it
corpo c' un senie; gettato nella terra
chc fiorira' nella risUrrczione.
Noi adoriamo le,tombc con i segni
della speranza:
it freddo marmo. porta una foto, un
name e due date: it vollo ehc ci
ricorda la, persona amata; it nome
ricevuto nel' ballesimo e chc Dio ha
serillo suI palmo della mane; Ic date
di nascita c di morte in allcsa di vcder
serillo. con caralleri di lucc, la data
della risurrczione;
.
- ·10 Croce proclama che la morte
del cristiano avviene all'ombra. della
.moi1e di Gesu';
- iI cera acceso ricorda itccro
pasqualc, siinbolo di Gcsu' risorto;
- i fiori, segni dCI nostro alfcllo
semprc rinnovato, annunciano la sper.anza della primavera ctema..
Davanti alia tomba della persona
cara a voltc si sta.in sitenzio perchc'
non si trovano le parolc 0 forse
perchc' it silenzio c' it linguagio
.dell'ctenlita'. Altre vollc iI silcnzio
favorisccla nostra prcghiera. La visita
al cimitero sia per noi, qucsto mcsc di
novembrc, un vero pellegrinaggio
della 'stieranza: andiamo incontro ai
nostri morti e alia nostra mortc, alia
lucc della Risurrezione. La mortc,
nonostante sia una realta' terribile,
non imprcssiona piu' come una volta.
La fretla, it chiasso, la superficialita'
cc la fanno dimenticare. La guerra, le
Stragi, le erudelta', le vendelle, gli
egoismi, gli spettacoli hanno rcso
spesso insensibite i
nostri cuori. Molti ragionano cosi': ".
Quando la mortc
verra' cc la prenderemo ma ora viviamo
spcnsierati, cerchiamo di goderc
piu' ehcpossiamo".
Molti vivono
come non dovcsscro
mai morirc c si alfannano per la vita tcrrcna. senza prcoccuparsi alfallo della vita spirituale. Si
deve morire, lasciare tullo: ricchezze
e lussi, divertimenti e piaceri. Creati
da Dio, a lui dobbiamo tornare.
Qucsta rcalta' fa paura. ci fa rabbrividirc. Un giorno rcstera' di noi solo
una tomba c una lapide. Poi anehe
questc seompariranno. Anchc it nostro
ricordo svanira', come se non fossimo
mai stati sulla terra. Ma se diamo alIa
morte it significato cristiano, tullo
cambia, tullo rifulge di luce. E' un
passaggio alia vcra felicita', ad una
vita di gloria. Chicdiamo al Signore c
alia Vergine Maria di conservarci
I'anima nella grazia perche' lasciando
it corpo. possa volarc libcra c bclla aI
suo Crcatorc.
Quindi almeno in qucsto mcsc
rientriamo in noi stcssi per conosccrci
e orizzontarci meglio. La vita non c'
sempre primavera, non e' semprc una
fcsta, e' anehc autunno e rigido
invemo, c' anehe dolore e sacrificio.
TUllO. passa nel mondo, tullo si trasforma e cambia.
. Vi auguro chc questi pensieri non
ci mellono paura 0 nel pcssimismo ma
ci mellono la gioia nel cuorc a
pensare come stanno bene i nostri
morti c qu.1nto aiuto ci danno dal
.cielo.
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La Vita della nostra Parrocchia
Sono nati alia vita di Dio con iI Santo Battesimo
Tcrcsa Maria Monica Aleorano: Arturo c Dcspina A1corano
Emily Franeesea l\faearce: David e Lueia Macarcc
Luke Raffaello Maearcc: David e Lucia Macaree
Daniela Moro: Amcdco e Norma Moro
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Franeesea Geraci: Calogero Geraci e Maria Ricotta
Lorenzo Paolo Ribeeea: Paolo Ribccca e Caroline AlIen
Cassie Napolitano: Anthony Napolitano e Traccy White
Charles Rene' Trenbolm: John Trenholm e Patricia Bellieni
Luea Di Trolio: Gerardo Di Trolio e Maria Amese
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Vineenzo Maniano: Antonio Marziano e Maria Rinaldo
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In Memoria di Alessandro Vaciago
Siamo stati all'Istituto di cultura. Ci siamo
ritrovati in tanti earl amici perche' abbiamo
ricordato un nostro vero amici>, che ha onorato la Comunita' ltaliana di Londra e ha
portato it suo intelligenteeontributo alia
Cultura e alia Civitta' ltaliananel mondo:
abbiamo ricordato Alessandro Vaciago.
Noi 10 abbiamo ricordato, con it nostro
affelto. Sua Eccellenza l'Onorevole Francesco Cossiga cc 10 ha falto riviverc con delle
bellissime parole: non parole di occasione,
ma parole' che hanno reso presente it nostro
caro Alessandro Vaciago nel, suo lavoro aIl'Istituto Italiano di Cultura e nclla spinta
picna di cntusiasmo cl}e ha saputo dare per la
diffusione della Civitta' e della, Cultura Italiana ncl mondo.
Sopra: la vedova efigli di Alessandro'Vaciago con Francesco Cossiga
'
Sinislra: gli amici e colleghi presenli con iI
loro rispello ed affelto
Foto: Salvatore Mancuso
(
Ponti's a Piccadilly
)
Giovcdi' 22 scltembrc eo' stata una giornata
spccialc per Ponti's. E' stato inaugurato it
magnifico locale di Piccadilly. Luminoso, emcientc, dove vi e' un bancone picno di tante
cose buonc.
Oltre ad esscre veramentc clegante e' anche
bene organizzato quindi it cliente chc vi cntra
si sente a suo agio sia per it mangiare che per
I'accoglienza. Questo, d'altra parte e' 10 stile di
Ponti's: cleganza, roba buona, 'prezzi intelligcnli. I nostri cari amici che dirigono Ponti's
per prima cosa vogliono rispcltarc i clienli
perchc' questo non e' soltanto it scgrelo del
business, ma si tratta anchc di viverc rispettilndo'il prossimo che e' uno dei punti centrali
del Vangelo.
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Festa di Onorina per la Chiesa
I
Serata indimenticabife quella di sabalo IS ottobre.
Le due sale del Club piene di tanta brava genie cbe ha
portalo allegria, enlusiasmo c generosita'.
Onorina (nella folO a sinistra) ha sponsorizzalO
qucsta ccna per poler raccogliere fondi ondc rnandarc
avanti i lavori del tetto: c veramente c' riuscita molto
bene perebe' sono stalc raccolle piu' di seimila slerline.
L'csilo un succcsso da ricordarc, ma quello cbe ha
imprcssionalo'vcraniente, e' stata la partccipazione di
tutti quelli cbe hanno Javoralo proprio per l' organizzazionc della fcsta: Ic fisarmonicbe, if cuoco c i suoi
aiutanli, i camerieri, g1i organiizatori del servizio e
della cueina. Superiori aI risultalo cconomico sono stati
I'allegria e l'entusiasmo cbe hanno accompagnalo la
fcsta.
Con due sale piene, tutto si e' svollo in modo
meraviglioso. Veramenle, qucslo Club, con la sua
cspcrienza di tanti anni, e' un aiulo enorme per la
coniunita' italiana e per la Cbicsa. Per questo sono
vcnutc tante persone alia fcsta: non solo per aiutare la
Chicsa, ma ancbe percbe' sanno cbe ncl Club sono
trattate sempre bene.
Ancbe a queste care persone va l'a/fetto cd il
ringraziamento della Chicsa: a tutti un abbraccio forte
forte per la bonta' cbe banno dimostralo, per I'incoraggiamenlo cbe sanno dare, per la generosita' cbe c' stata
sempre prcsenle nella loco vita e cbe conlinua ad csscre
prescnle nel loro cuore.
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Grazie Onorina. Grazie a tutti.
Sinislra: alcpni amici, camerier! per la serala
Sollo: la fesla familiare
Foro: P. Russo
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11 Monumento ai Caduti Italiani
Domenica 4 settembre 1994 c' stato inaugurato it monumento
ai Caduti italiaiti'- sepolti nel Cimitero di Bcaehley, Chepston nel
Galles, prcsso I'Army Apprentice College. Ci sono le salme di 30
soldati italiani, morti nei campi di conccnlramento.
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Si e' trattato di una cerimonia molto commovente. Certe
esperienze, specie nei campi di concentramento, non si possono
dimenticare e nemmeno si possono dimenticare coloro ehe in
questi tragicieventi hanno perso la vita.
1I 4 Settembre 1994 e' stata scritta una pagina storic.1. poiehc'
dalle macerie della guerra rinascc uno spirito di riconciliazione
che parte dal Galles.
Raimondo Zavaglia
(
11 ritiro a Grottaferrata
)
Nella seconda settimana di settembrc abbiamo
avuto una riunione molto bella: iri Italia. nella
nostra casa di spiritualita' di Grottaferrata.
Ci siamo ritrovati in molti saccrdoti. snorc c
altri cari Amici che ci aiutano nelle nostre altivita'
religiose. Da Londra eravamo P.Carmelo. P.Russo.
Onorina e Vincenzo.
E' stato molto bello ritrovarsi insieme anehe
per parlare. per farc qualche risata. per raccontare
barzcllette. per mangiare e berc bene. Non solo
eravamo in Italia. ma addirittura ai castelli romani.
Certo. non abbiamo falto solo questo. 1I motivo
prineipale c· stato quello di pregare insieme.
Prcgarc insieme significa vivere insieme la preghiera che abbiamo fatto. E qui c' ildifficile perche'
sono i fatti della nostra vita quelli che contano.
Non dico che la prcghiera e' una parola vuota. La
prcghiera e' la Parola di Dio che noi acccltiamo
nel nostro cuore e quando la acccltiamo, qllcsta
Parola ci cambia la vita: fa nasccre nel cuore
umilta\- sinccrita', carita', tunc le virtu' che ci
fanno amare Dio c it prossimo.' Sembra che io vi
stia facendo IIna predica, invecc e' un pensiero che
e' pill' forte di 1111.1 bomba alomica: ma dobbiamo
chiedere a Dio tanta fona per vivere la Sua Parola;
c tanta umilta'.
Uno dei punti centrali delle celebrazioni religiose, che ci ha riempito di cntusiasmo, e' stato
quello in cui i nostri cari confratelli Danicle Dueo
c Anlonio Spagnoletti. si sono consacrati .11 Signore, olTrendo la loro vita .11 servizio~ religioso
dclla Chicsa di Dio. Li scguiamo con iI nostro
alTelto c con la nostra preghiera.
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ARoma. Filippo Neri. il Fiorentino naturalizzato Romano. si fccc
faneiullo con i piccoli e smonto'
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Trento:'
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Feliee Roma. nella quale si davano
convegno Filippo Neri. Carlo Borromeo e Feliee da Cantaliee. il frate
eercatore ehe non sapcva leggere, ma
quando Filippo gli ehicsc il suo parere
sulla R;egola degli Oblati. seritta da
san Carlo. la soppcso' sulla mano e 10
awerti' ehe vi mancava la vita
comune. Al trio bisogna aggiungere
Ignazio ,di Loiola, che divento' Romano. Veniva dalla Spagna per fondare in Roma la Compagnio di Gcsu' .
Giunto a La Storta ebbc una visione:
Vide Gcsu' Cristo. carico della Crocc,
che per invito di Dio Padre. gli disse:
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Francesco Amoroso SAC
Giovanni Cabato c Giovanni da Verrazano aprirono le vie dell'Occidente
a nuovi popoli c a nuovi 'Martiri. che
ballczzarono le nuove terre. come gli
Apostoli aVeVano ballczzato il suolo
di Roma. L'uomo vi porto' la sua
ingordigia e la sua violenza. ma 10
Spirito di Dio vi semino' luee e
santita'.
"U 1700 fu scosso da due grandi
anime. da Alfonso M. de' Liguori. in
Campania, da Paolo della Croce, in
Piemonte; ma la loro azionc supero'
subito i confini regioilali e si diffuse
nel mondo. Alfonso. Dollore della
Chiesa per la sua Teologia Morale,
incontro' e istrui' le masse, popolari
con i suoi canti: parole e musica
ancora insupcrati. c Paolo, con la
forza cd eflicaCia miracolose della sua
prcdicazioric. risvcglio' il culto e la
sequela del Crocifisso. L'uno c I'altro
fccc leva sull'Umanita~ di 'Gcsu'
Cristo:.Dio Bambino. Dio Crocifisso;
cd cbbero ragionc,
perehc' Dio si fccc
uomo per rendersi
visibilc agli uomini.
U ,1800 fu denso
di awenimenti ehc
coinvolsero l'ltalia e
il mondo intero. Napoloeone scossC il
millenario Regno
Pontificio e i Principi di Savoia 10 inglobarono nel Regno
d'ltalia. Scomparve
il Potere Temporale
dei Papi, ma briIJo'
piu' fulgido il Potere
Spiritualc della
Chiesa: Pio IX, di
Sinigallia, proclamo'
l'lmmascolata Con"
eezione'di Maria e il
suo
messaggio
riempi' di gioia tullO
I'universo, e con la
San Vincenzo Pal/olli
definizione della "Infallibilita' dei
"10 saro' con voW' Ma. in quegli Papi". per I'assistenia dello Spirito
anni. aRoma e'era pure Palcstrina Santo. porto' I'autorita' dei Pontefici
con la sua eelcste polifonia, che era al di sopra di ogni potere umano.
preghiera. prima di cssere canto. e
Ma la prcscnza dello' Spirilo di
c'era Michelangelo. che. con le sue Dio in italia si dimostro' particolarseulture. pillure e solidita' arehitet- mentc eflicaee anehe allraverso i suoi
tonica. sembrava darc corpo alia gran- Santuari. Ne rieordiamo solo Ire, che
dczza e alia verita' di Dio. Marco diffusero luee e grazia molto al di la'
Polo aveva apcrto ai missionari Ic vie dei confini nazionali. Intendiamo S
dell'Oricntc c Ci-istoforo ColombO. Maria degli Angeli, che con il Per-
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dono d'Assisi, convoglio' alia Porziuncola folic immense. ogni anno, il 2
agosto. che vi si rccavano in eerea di
perdono e di spirituale rinnovamento;
la Santa Casa di Loreto, dove Maria
rieevelle I'annunzio della Divina Matemita', e la tcstimonianza della poverta', dell'amore infinito di Dio. che Ii
si fccc uomo. ha fallo vcdere Nazaret
nei nostri confini; e Pompei. dove una
vecchia tela, dcstinata al letarnaio,
rccupcrata da Bartolo Longo cd csposta sopra un treppicdi sulle antiehe
rovine del pagancsimo. e' diventata il
Santuario del,Rosario, segno di sper'anza e di saivczia, nel nome della
dolee Vergine Maria, madre di Dio e
Regina delle Villorie.
Nel sccolo seorso, durante la
travagliata gcslaZione degli eventi poliliei acccnnnati. a Torino. capitale
dei Savoia, Giovanni Bosco, di po~er­
issima famiglia. feee sua la Causa
della gioventu' piu'povera. diede
,Ioro, nell'Oratorio, seuola e famiglia,
e formo' un csercito di Salcsiani, che
si diffusero in Italia e portarono 'la
luee di Gcsu' Cristo spccialmente in
America Latinil.
Contemporancamente, dal 1795 al
1850. opero' san Vineenzo Pallolli a
Roma. Ed il suo nome merita una
pausa. perchc' e' imminente il Biccntenario della sua naseita, 21 aprile
1795, e piu' ancora pcrehe'. per il suo
tempo c per il nostro. fu luee dello
Spirito Sanlo. Siamo eerti ehe tUlli i
Santi tendono 'all'infinito. perche' altingono a Gcsu' Cristo. ma per don
Vincenzo Pallolli. Romano, superare i
tempi e 10 spazio. abbracciare cielo e
terra, farsi carico di tullO il male del
mondo. puntare a tullO il bene possibile e piu ancora e con infinita
perfezione. coinvolgendo tulle le creature, infinitamente moltiplicate, era
un'csigenza della sua costituzione
spirituale. U suo obiellivo era la gloria
infinita di Dio, promossa da tulle le
creature. infinitamentc moltiplieate,
per infinite etemita'. c oltre ancora, e
la felieita' temporale cd etema di tUlli
gli uomini; e la priorita' della temporale sull'eterna I'ha pensata lui.
La conclusion nel prossimo
numero
November 94
Rainy Days
Financial Planning for
Single People
. Single people living on their own,
WIthout any dependants, have different financial planning needs from
those who have· partncrs. Single people can fall under a number of
categories such as:l. youngstcrs who havc left home to
become totally independcnt and selfreliant;
2. individuals in their early twcnties
to thirties who prefer to further their
career before committing themselves
to a relationship;
3. people who are divorced;
4. widow/ers.
In order to qualify under either 3
or 4 an individual nlUst cither have no
children or, if children do exist, they
should be old enough to financially
look after themselves.
Although they do not have family
responsi~i1ities single people will
~eed seriously to assess their proteclion, pension and savings/investment
needs.
A person living on his/her own is
not likely to want life cover for a
family he/she does not have - unless
he/she Wl!nts to m~e provisions for
young children from a previous marriage. Often the only need for life
assurance will be to ensure the repay!'lent of a mortgage or personal loan
m the event of premature death before
the mortgage or loan is fully repaid'
usually at the insistence of the lender'
~ome single peol?le may regard this M
Irrelevant, adoptmg the attitude that
should they die, the building society
or bank C?uld take over the property
an sell It. However, there is no
guarantee that the single person will
remain single. Therefore, should an
individual consequcntly get married
hislher family will inherit the out:
standing debt and the possibility of
selling the property to repay the loan
become .less of a practical alternative.
A Single person's main requiren.'ents for protection lie in the provisIon of financial support in time of
sickness and injury. This is important
given that an individual will lack the
financial, cmotional and moral support which a family or partner can
provide. A typical protection package
could include the following;l. Permanent Health Insurance to
supplement lost income in the event
of iII~ess or disability;
2. Pnvate Medical Insurance to overcome prolonged National Health
Service waiting lists for treatment of
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non urgent conditions.
3. Critical Illness Insurance to enable
a capital lump sum to be paid on
diagnosis of anyone of a number of
possible diseases or in the event of
total permanent disability;
4. Long-tcrm Care Insurance, which
will be of particular interest to older
single people who will want to make
provision for old age, when they are
unable to look after themselves.
The single person in employment
who belongs to an occupational pen-
ing Additional Voluntary Contributions or "FSAVCs").
If a single person is self-employed
or employed by a company which has
not set up an occupational scheme,
pension contributions will take the
form of a personal pension. In funding
individual is permitfor a pension
ted to contribute up to a maximum of
between 17.5% to 40% of his net
relevant earnings, depending on his
age. Generally speaking, the Jevels of
permilled contributions increase with
age. A further, limitation, as far as
personal pensions are concerned, is
that net relevant earnings are subjected to an upper •limit (termed the
"Earnings Cap"), which currently
stands at £76,800. Therefore any
qualifying earnings beyond this level
will not be permilled to be taken into
account when calculating the maximum contributions towards a personal
pension plan.
Once a single person fully funds
his ,pension provisions there ,are a
number of investment vehicles available to either supplement the pensions
provisions in place or to provide tax
free capital grO\\1h in the medium to
long term prior to retirement;l. Personal Equity Plans (PEPs);
2. Tax Exempt Special Savings Account (TESSA);
3. Maximum Investment Plans;
4. Friendly Society Bonds;
5. Unit Trusts;
6. Investment Trusts.
Whatever product is effected by a
single' person it is important to include waiver of premium to ensure
that premiums are maintained, if a
single person is unable to work due to
either sickness or disability. Where
this option is selected, the insurance
company would take over the contributions until the single person is able
to resume work.
This \\ill safeguard any protection,
pension or investment/savings provisions that exist and ensure that such
plans do not come to an abrupt cnd
due·'to a single person's inability to
maintain the pensions. However, payment will only be made after a
deferred period elapses and it is
important that a deposit based emergency fund is built up in either a bank
or a building society to maintain
premium payment during the initial
deferred period before this benefit
becomes payable.
an
sion scheme will probably have some
form of death in scrvice life cover as
part of hislher package. Unless this
amount can be applied to reducing or
repaying an existing loam or debt
should death occur prior to retirement,
it is probable that some distant relative will receive a "'vindfall".
The decision as to who, receives
the death in scrvice benefit will be
made by the pension scheme trustees.
It is usual for an employce to
make a contribution of about 4% to
6% of his salary into the occupational
scheme (which is quite separate from
any contribution made by the employer). Given that the Inland Revenl\e permits an employee to make a
contribution of up,to 15% of pensionable pay, there will be cope for a
single person to increase contributions
to an employer's pension scheme in
order to maximise pension provisions
and to fund an acceptable level of
income in retirement. Additional contributions can either be made in·house
into a scheme run by the employer to
supplement the main occupational
scheme (known as Additional Voluntary contributions or "AVCs") or Richan/ Si/vio can be cantacted on: 081independently (known as Free Stand- 424 9411.
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It was 2 o'clock in the morning
and Father Dolan had been asleep for
many hours. Suddenly the telephone
rang and he heard a voice that he
recognized immediately. It was little
Bobby who lived several blocks away
from the ehurch.' "Father," he said;
"come quickly because Grandma is
dying and she needs you right away!"
Immediately the priest got out of bed
and dressed as quickly as he could.
He ran downstairs into the Church
and got the Blessed Sacrament and
out he went.
In order to gct to this particular
house where the family was waiting
for him, he had to go down a very
dark and very long allcy. The neighbourhood was not exactly the best
around. It was filled with drug dealers
and thieves and other sorts of colourful characters. He held his breath for
a minute and asked God to protect
him while he went through the alley.
He was just about three quarters of
the way through and feeling more
confident when suddenly a man appeared from behind a garbage bin. He
stuck a gun in the priest's face and
said, "Alright. Your money or your
life!". The priest was terrified and did
not know what to do. Suddenly he
blurted out, "Lookl I'm a priest and I,
havc no money and I am on a mission
of merey to a dying woman". All of a
sudden there was silence and the man
holding the gun began to tremble.
"You're a priest?" he asked. "I.,.. I...
I didn't know. I'm really sorry! I'm a
Catholic too!!" The man put the gun
away.
At this point Father Dolan began
to relax and he reached for a cigarCUe. He lit the cigarcuc and -then
held one out to the would·be mugger.
The man turned to the priest and said:
"Oh no Father. I can't smoke. I'vc
given it up for Lent"!!
When I first heard this story, I
laughed really hard, but then I began
to rea!!y think about what happened it
made a vcry decp impression on me.
This story, when you reflect upon it
should tell you somcthing as 'well.
How was it possible for this man to
quit smoking for Lent and at the same
time continue to Icad a life of crime?
In the Gospels Jesus always spoke
against men-who wcre known as the
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Pharisees. TheSe men practised their
rcligion in a very extcrnal way. They
practised with a very strict observation of all the laws that were contained within the Jewish religion.
However they paid no aucntion to the
interior aspects of their faith. What
kind of faith does one have if one just
goes through the motions of what is
required by law and does nothing
else? For me that is no faith at all.
November is the month in which
we remember all those who have gone
before us to the Lord marked with the
seal of salvation. As wc pray for them
we should also think about ourselves
and our own judgement day. How are
we aeting here on earth? How much
does our faith truly mean to us in our
lives? Do we live a Pharisaical form
of Christianity or do we truly live as
followers of Christ?
How many limes.... ?
When we go before our great
Judge \Vc will reveal to' Him all that
we have done. In the Particular Judg·
ment, we will make a decision
whether or not we want to live in
communion with Him. If we are in
sin, we have made the choice to make
ourselves our' own masters and we
will tell God that we have no more
need of Him. We will send ourselves
to Hell.
For me, the most important meditation that I will make this month is to
recall how much I have truly imitated
~hrist in my life - especially in my
good works and interior dispositions.
It is true that no one is perfect and we
all do sin; however we can help
ourselves to be more perfect by our
love. The more we love, the more we
become like Christ. We will also
begin to spread this love to others
when we grow in it. We will increase
in works of eharity and we will also
begin to sce how Christ is present in
everyone.
In coming back to the story that I
told you earlier, perhaps now you can
see how being hypocritical in our
faith serves no one - least of all
ourselves. It was in St. MaUhew's
gospel that Christ told us that whatever we did to the least of our
brothers we would also do unto Him.
How many times do we hear of
someone in need and fail to help that
person? How many times do we speak
ill of ,someone o.r even try to damage
that person's reputation? When we do
these .things we are doing them to the
Lord Himself?
As Christians we are always in a
constant formation process until we
are finally with the Lord in heaven.
This formation is not always tlie
easiest to master. As I said earlier, we
are all imperfect and tend toward
what is evil. If we stay close to the
sacraments and really try to read and
understand' what is written in the
Gospel, the wc are already on tile
right road. If you really think about it,
this life does not last forever. The
Psalms state that a man who lived to
be 80 was a very strong man. Even in
our modem times, do you know of
anyone who has really lived past lOO?
I dare say very few! We must remember that the next life in the world to
cOme is the most important one. This
life is very important as well - but for
a different reason. This life will
determine what our next life, the life
after death, will be like. The more we
spend this life doing good works and
growing in the love of the Lord, the
more treasures we will have stored up
for ourselves in heaven. In heaven
there will be no robber who can take
it away from us.
To put this month's artiele into a
nutshell, I guess that what I am trying
to say is that each one of us is a light.
In essence we are the lights before the
World'since we are the 'followers of
Christ. We must let those lights shine
in all the good that we do so that
others may sce and in turn also give
glory to God. God, in 'tnrn will
welcome us into our heavenly home
calling c.1eh of us by name as His
sons and daughters.
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I confidently predict this month
that Keanu Reeves will soon be no
more than bluetae markings on my
teenage niece's wall. Instead I offer
two rcplacement eandidates.
The first was recently scen in the
wonderful independent film What's
Eating Gilbert Grape? Johnny Depp
will next turn up in Ed Wood based
on the true story of who was arguably
the worst film director of the 1940s
and 50s. He has recently wrapped up
filming Don Juan De Mareo and the
Centrefold. With co-stars .Marlon
Brando and Faye Dunaway, it is about
a retiring psychiatrist who devclops a
bond with his final patient, who
thinks he is the legendary lover Don
Juan. Still in pre-produetion is Dead
}llan one of his first forays into
Western US in the 1800s. And finally
there are rumours that he may be
signing to play James Dean in a
biopie.
Whereas Johnny Depp has been
constantly compared to Marlon
Brando, after A River Runs Through It
one couldn't help but compare Robert
Redford and Brad Pill (sce photo).
Though no-one really questions his
screen looks he has, nevertheless,
only been in small budget - though
enjoyable - films: e.g Kalifornia,
Johnny Suede and fifteen minutes in
Thelma and Louise. Two major films
are about to come to our screens that
will possibly make him or break him.
The first' is IntervielV with the Vampire co-starring Tom Cruise and directed by Neil Jordan. The second is
Legends of the Fall co-starring Anthony Hopkins about a Montana family during the First World War.
For sheer perseverence and hard
work Gary Oldman deserves to make
it to the top - not that he will ever cnd
up on my niece's wall! Scout around
films in production and you just can't
fail to see his name. (11' seven
rumoured he is making more films
than Harvey Keitel.) The star of Bram
Stoker's Dracula is currently involved
in Murder in the First with Christian
Slater and Kevin Bacon. Immortal
Beloved is a biopie about Beethoven
which has just finished filming in
Praglle. Currently in post-production
is The Scarleft Lefter directed by
Roland Joffe and co-starring Demi
Moore and Rober! Duvall.
My lifeline to my niece, however;,
is the news that KR is wrapping lip
filming of Johnny Mnemonic. This
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sci-fi film co-stars·Dolph Lundgren.
Now you may be asking where the
\\"Omen arc. Well, quite frankly, rarely
arc their contributions in the film
industry quite as prolific. One name
you should be looking out for (and
you read it here first) is the British
actress Julia Ormond. She too is in
Legends of the Fall getting to kiss
both Mcsscrs Hopkins and Pitt. Next
we will sce her in Roger Christian's
Nostradamus and then in Jeery Zueker's First Knight with Scan Connery
and Richard Gere. (1 wonder if she
gelS to kiss them as well?)
The second woman is better
known to liS and for this I have to
switch to the small screen. Although
Prime Suspect is currently being
filmed for Granada TV with Helen
Mirren it does not involve Lynda La
Plante, its creator and writer - in any
way. Instead she has launched La
Plante Productions with four feature
films in the pipeline. The first is She's
Out, six one hour episodes currently
filming in Buckinghamshire and then
The Governor, another drama series
comissioned by ITV.
But the big news on the small
screen this month must be the arrival
of the dinosaur. The biggest film in
history may set to become the biggest
video. Jurassic Park will be available
to buy in the shops from 21 November. (Just in time to give your young
children their Christmas nightmare). It
will be available in three formats: the
video for £14.99, the Rock Pack at
£19.99 (I assume it is the video with
some er... rocks) and for the dinosaurholies the DNA pack with er... DNA?
'The Video Rental sales Top 10
before Jurassic Park looked like this:
I. ET 2. Gone with the Wind 3.
101 Dalmations 4. Star Wars 5.
Fantasia 6. Jaws 7. Jungle Book 8.
Beverly Hills Cop 9. Sound of Music
10. AJaddin
Just for interest the Box Offiee
earners of all time arc:
I. Jurassie Park (S900.lm) 2. ET
($701.lm) 3. Ghost ($517.6m) 4. Star
Wars (S513m) 5. The Bodyguard
(S507.6m) 6. Indiana Jones and the
Last Crusade (S498.8m) 7. Termina8. Home Alone
tor 2 (S490m)
(S474.7m) 9. Jaws ($458m) 10. Pretty
Woman ($454.4m)
Now you have some idea what
True Lies is up against in order to
gross $400m before it makes a profit.
Makes you wonder how Universal
could approve Wafenvorld which reportedly has a budget of SIOOm S130m. Since the script wasn't even
completed before it went into production I ean only assume Kevin Costner
got involved purely for the money
which even the most conservative
report puts at over S15m.
So is this the most expensive film
of all timc? Not by a long shot.
Accounting for inflation Spartacus
cost S133m, Ben Hur S166.5m but top
of the expenses column goes Cleopatra at a staggering $250m - $350m.
(The auditors cannot deeide what it
originally cost to make).
Just time for some openings:
The Specialist sees SS star with
SS. Stallone and Stone. Opens 11
November.
Nicholas Cage hands over some of
his lottery winnings in It Could
Happen to You. (11 could happen but
nevcr will!). Opens 11 November.
Alec Baldwin is The Shadow.
Average business in the States. Opens
18 November.
Dear Diary (Caro Diario). Winner
of a special prize in Cannes opens 25
November.
Corrina, Corrino. A comedy set in
1950s about a handsome white widower (Ray Liotta) and his black
housekeeper-nanny (Whoopi Goldberg). Opens 25 November.
Miracle on 34th Street. Remake
of the classic with Richard Attenborough as Father Christmas. (Why did
no-one think of it before? He's a
natura!!) Opens 2 December.
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This artiele is being dictated the Southampton star also found himwhilst watching Manchester United in self out Wide on far too many occatheir home European Champions -sions. Inee was a power-house in mid
League tic against Barcelona. 24 field and whilst Barnes would not
hours -earlier, Neweastle had surren- have been my personal seleetion I
dered a 3 goal lead to finish only 3 -2 have to admit he was an influential
up in their UEFA tie alsi> - against player. His tackling back was a
Spanish opposition
revelation and he
Athletico Bilbao.
more than justified
The pattern of
his' seleCtion. With
play in both
Platt and Beardsley
matches seemcd
out of the team
remarkably simithrough injury, I relar. Fast and furimain confident that
ous using pace
England under Vedown the wings
nables are -on the
has enabled both
right track but I am
British sides to esjust wondering how
tablish early adlong the "honeyvantage. Inevitamoon period" is
bly, it was imposgoing to last for the
sible to kcep going
new manager.
at that frenetic rate
Before leaving
and as the game
the subject of footslowed to a speed
ball, I do feel that
nemer that of a
comment must be
typical Spanish
passed about the
new guidelines
weekend match, so
No-one is pelject. Rejl
the away team
which referees arc
started to stroke the ball around and following this year. I have been
enjoy their own period of supremacy.
surprised by the overwhelming supThese games followed the England port given by the press to these
international against Romania in initiatives. Of course, dirty play must
which again the foreign opposition be stamped out. Yes, I accept that the
showed supreme skill on the ball and_ professional foul and dirty trick had
with a little more adventure in the become _an integral part of the game
seCond half, may well have secured a and had to be weeded out. But no, the
victory. Strangely, for an English game should not be so sanitised that it
team, my criticism of them in the first loses its physical essence. Yes, gifted
half \vas that they did not close down players must be protected but not
the opposition and step up the tempo' given the complete freedom of the
of the game enough. Instead, Hagi & park so that they ean exercise their
Co were given time to dwell on the skills without challenge. Referees
ball and control the game by their must understand that no onc is perfect
elose possession play. An opportunist and a defender will slightly mistime a
goal by Newcastle's Robert Lee, just tackle and catch a player late. The
before -half-time levelled the scores good referee should only punish with
and the draw was probably just about yellow or red cards those tackles
a fair result. I will feel happier, which arc clearly malevolent. I fear
however, when England settle into a that wc may have redressed the
style of play which enables them to balance too far and may soon lose
appear comfortable and in control. At perspective between honest endeavour
the moment, there is still too great an and genuine evil.
emphasis on individual skills and the
Finally, a brief word about the
industry of Alan Shearer up front. I 1994 Ridor Cup. Congratulations arc
was pleased that Ian Wright was due to D A P Giacon of Totteridge
given an opportunity to partner the upon his four point success, culminatBlackburn striker but disappointed ing in a fine round at Gullane Number
that he spent a lot of the time out on three course in the wind. May I
the flanks. A dlml spearhead with Le wholeheartedly recommend to all
Tissier tucked in behind would have golfers a visit to the Marine Hotel and
given the side more shape but again a game on the adjoining North Ber-
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golfing tradition with photographs of
all the great players who have stayed
there adorning its walls - Nieklaus,
Watson, Faldo, Miller, Trevino, Couples, Azinger, Pavin, Thompson need I go on? Oh by the way,
Winston Churchill and JFK stayed
there as well but you will not find any
pictures of them \vhich sho\Vs where
the priorities of this particular estabIishmentlie.
The course itself is memorable
with a three foot stone wall having to
be -cleared on at least three of the
holes. The layout is a figure of eight
and on .the tenth tee there is a
marvellous view of "Treasure Island"
where Robert Louis Stevenson used to
row as a young boy, giving him the
idea for his famous book. The fifteenth is a par t1lree ealled Rcdan
which has been copied by the golf
course architect Charles McDonald on
at least two coursci in the USA. The
sixteenth has onc of the longest
greens I have seen with a dip in the
middle of such severity that it makes
one wonder how it is possible to putt
from onc cnd to the other. It is a truly
memorable course which I whole
heartedly commend to you.
The Triumvirate were indeed fortunate to have a good week's weather
and in addition to Gullane number
one, wc also visited Dalmahoy (the
scene of the 1992 Ladies Solheim
Cup triumph), Longniddry and Dunbar.
The first three holes and the 18th
at Dunbar arc all on the right hand
side of the wall. Step on to the fourth
tee and you arc virtually on the beach.
It is incredible that the architect was
able to fit two holes side by side into
this strctch of land and when the wind
blows, onc can imagine the course is
virtually unplayable except to the
most skilful and even then a great
deal of experience in playing under
those conditions would be a necessity.
Fortunately, the sun shone and there
was not a hint of wind and so I am
pleased to say that I managed to
negotiate the 18 holes with only onc
lost ball when an errant drive went
out of bounds over the wall to lhe
right, just before the turn.
- It was another marvellous week's
golf and next year there is talk of a
return to France!
See you next month.
November 94
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Motociclismo: Max Biaggi e' divent.1to iI nuovo re della 250; succede
a Cadalora, due anni dopo, con la
freddezza che Luca ha dimostrato a
30 anni. A 23 anni ha dimostrato che
in questo momento e' iI piu' bravo. E'
sucecsso a Barcellona nell'ultima gara
del Campionato Mondiale.
Pallavolo: GIi azzuri campioni del
mondo! E' avvenuto ad Atene dove
l'Ualia ha battuto l'Olanda.
Rugby: L'Ualia seonfitta. La nazionale ha perso 30-19 contro iI Galles.
11 risullato ha un significato importante: vuol dire che 011 mondiale del
1995 I'Italia si trovera' nello stesso
girone dell'lnghilterra.
Calcio: II mondo del pallone si da'
una rcgolata. Non solo con i forti tagli
agli stipendi dei giocatori (nel campionato 1993-94, -66 miliardi in serie A
e -33 in B rispetto 011 precendente),
radiografhti dal Fondo di fine camera.
L'analisi sulla campagna trasfrimenti
dello seorso luglio, elaborata dalla
lega nazionale profcssionisti guidata
da Lueiano Nizzola, indica chiaramente ehe iI rigore e' arrivato anche
011 momento di meltere mano 011 portafoglio per acquistare giocatori piu' 0
meno famosi.
Partiamo dal luglio "93, eioe' dal
periodo che la Lega individna come
cmnpagna trasferimenti 1993-94, visto
che i contralti possono essere deposi-'
tati dal 1 luglio di ogni anno. Per
I'acquisto degli italiani e degli stranieri "intend" (che gia' militavano nel
nostro cmnpionato e cambiavano solo
casacca) i presidenti dclla scrie A c B
avevano sbors.1lo, 011 nelto dcll'lva,
580 miliardi, mentrc ne avevano incass,1ti per Ic cessioni .536. Lo sbilaneio di 44 Illiliardi, sccondo I'analisi
della lega, cra andato a finirc quasi
intcgralmcntc nellc cassc dci club di
C, vivaio naturalc per Ic scrie Illaggiori.
II Illercato dclla SCOrs,1 cstatc ha,
invccc, rcgistrato una fortc contrazionc: 445 Illiliardi gli acquisti c 414
ccssioni (incluso iI trasfcrlllentobomba di Daniel Foncsca dal Napoli
alia Roma), con un saldo negativo
contcnulO in 31' Illiliardi.
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Sandro Pratoli
Calcio: La domenica del eaIcio in
testacoda mettc "in fuorigioco" Gianni Bcschin, 41 anni, arbilro interna·
zionale, 75 prcscnzc in serie A. 11
designatorc Casarin, insieme coi suoi
piu' strctti collaboralori (Mattei. Bal·
das e Cappellutti), ha visionato iI
filmato di Sampdoria·Parma.
I componenti sono stati concordi nel
rilcvarc quatlrO gravi crrori da parte
di Bcschin: I) c' stato ignorato iI fallo
di rcazione di .Maneini su Couto; 2)
non sono state' punite le ripctute c
ingiuriose proteste dello stesso capi.
tano sampdoriano, soprattutto nei confronti di un guardalinee; 3) sui primo
rigore in favorc della Samp (fallo di
Couto su Lombardo) non c'era volontarieta'; 4) non c'era fallo nel contatto
fra Apolloni c Maneini, cd c' stato un
errore consultare il guardalinee su
un'azione che I'arbitro aveva visto
t>ene c che aveva iI dovere di giudi·
care in prima persona.
E cosi' Bcschin restera'- fuori per un
mcse, prima di ricomineiarc dalla
Formula 1: 11 Gran Premio di San serie B.
Marino potrcbbe esserc cscluso dal
calendario mondiale se verra' provato
che le morti di Ratzcnberger c Senna Pallanuoto: Colpo romano, Massi(sopra) sono dipese dal eircuito di miliano Ferrelti iI prossimo campionImola. Questa la deeisione della Fia ato di pallanuoto, (si comincia il 12
che ha rcso noti gli appuntamenti per novembre), giochera'- nella Roma
iI '95 in attcsa della ratifica del· Raeing. Con iI forte bomber campionc
del mondo acquistato dal Vollumo iI
I' Asscmblca generale.
club giallorosso tenta iI gran colpo
sfuggitogli 10 scorso anno quando la
Atletica: 11 Golden Gala, meeting Roma c' useita dai play off in
romano di atlelica, sara' nel 1995 iI semifinale sconfitta dal Posillipo.
sccondo del circuito Grand Prix per la
consistenZ3 del monteprcmi. 11 budget
previsto c' di 2,67 milioni di franehi Boxe: 11 campione italiano Silvio
svizzcri (3 miliardi c 300 milioni di Branco, 28 anni di Civitavecchia, ha
lire). AI primo posto rimane il meet· conquistato iI "mondialino" dei mcdi
ing di Zurigo con 5,5 milioni (6 nella versione Wbc, battendo ai punti
iI detentorc I'argentino Miguel Angel
miliardi c 700 milioni).
Arro)'o. 11 match si c' svollo a
Tandille, a 400 chilometri da Buenos
Ciclismo: 11 fiorentino Francsco
Aires.
Cas.1grandc (Mercatone Uno·' Mc·
deghini) ha vinlo I'undiccsima cd·
izione dclla Firenzc·Pistoia di cilic· Rugby: Quarant'anni, ma in campo
smo, a cronometro individuale sulla non Ii domostra proprio. Serafino
distanza di 33 chilometri, preccdendo Ghizzoni Ii ha compiuli iI 18 ottobrc,
Luca Scinto c Maurizio Fondriest. giorno d'inizio del massimo campionQuesta la classifica finale: I) Casa· ate di rugby. Per la gara d'csordio
grande in 38'21" (media dell'Aquila, campione d'ltalia che ha
kmh.5I.630); 2) Scinto a 21"; 3) ospitato iI Rovigo e' andato in
Fondriest a 30"; 4) Cipollini a 35";. panchina, ma soltanto perche' due
5) Giraldi a 54"; 6) Lclli 011'52"; 7) settimane prima era rimasto vittima di
Bortolami a 1'54".
uno stiramento.
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Golf Tournament
Quarter-Final Results
N. Benacci ~eat M. Gravestock
V.Vietro beat P. Capella
V. Deritis beat A. Ferro
G. Romagnol.o beat C. Arrieale
Semi-Final Results
G,
V. Vietro beat V. Deritis
Romagnolo beat N. Benaeei
The Final will take place over two legs on the weekend of22/23 October and 5/6 November
Anglo-Italian Football League
Sponsored by Barilla
11.9.94 Division 1
A.C. Piaccnza 2v 4 De Mennato Tailors
A.C. Baffi F.C. 5 v.5 Ciborio F.C.
Italia Unitli I v 2 AC. Valeeno
Di Sotto Ice Cream 2 v.5 Italia Wastccls Inrs
Division 2
Regents F.C. 8 v 2 U.S. Calabrittana
Europa F.C. 3 v 2 AC. Italia
A.C. Carrera London 4 v 0 L'Artista
AS. Luccliese 0 v 2 AC. Baffi Reserves
25.9.94 Division 1
A.C. Baffi 3 v 2 A.C. Piaccnza
Italia Unita I v I Dc Mennato Tailors
Di Sotto Ice Cream 2 v I Ciborio F.C.
A.C. Valccno 3 v I Valtaro Alivini
Charles Ivey Mondial 4 v 7 Italia Wastecls Inrs
Division 2
Regents F.C. 0 v I AS. Lueeese
AC. Carrera London I v.3 A.C. Italia
U.S. Calabrittana I v 3 L'Artista
Europa F.C. I v 2 A.C. Bam Reserves
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Italia Wastccls Iunrs I v 3 Dc Mennato Tailors
Italia Unita I v 3 A.C. Piaccnza
A.C. Valeeno 9 v 0 AC. Bam
Charles Ivey Mondial I v 3 Di SottoIce Cream
National Cup 1st Round
Dc Mennato Tailors 2 v 2 Regents F.C. (AET)
Italia Wastccls Inrs 2 v 2 Ciborio F.C.
Charles Ivey Mondial 5 v 4 A.C. Piaccnza
AS. Lueehese 2 v 3 U.S. Calabrittana
Italia Unita 6 v I A.C. Carrcra London
Division 2
AS. Lucchese 2 v 2 Europa F.C.
A.C. Italia 0 v I Regents F.e.
U.S. Calabrittana I v 4 A.C. Carrera London
A.C. Baffi Reserves 6 v 0 L'Artista
BoUa Wine League Cup 1st Round
A.S. Lucchese 4 v I A.C~ Bam Reserves
A.C. Valccno 6v I Europa F:C.
Italia Unita 2 v I Charles Ivey Mondial
Dc Mennato Tailors 4 v 2 A.C. Italia .
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Mamma's Ricetta
Mrs M.G.
Fettucine alia Fiorentina
Fettucine Florentine
(Questa rieetta mi fu data dal euoeo della
Pappagalli's Pizza Ine)
(This l"eeipe was given to me by the chef of
Pappagalli's Pizza Inc.)
Salsa
Ingredienti:
40 grburro
40 gr farina
275 gr latte
125 gr vino bianco 0 latte
sale & noce moscata
120 gr spinaci colli
25 gr parrnigiano 0 pccorino
Metodo: Amalgamate insieme la farina. iI latte c iI vino.
Aggiungete iI sale, la nace moscata c iI burro. chc c' stato
sciolto. e lasciatc a raffredarc. Mcttctc sui fuoco mcscolando continuamcntc finehe' la salsa si adensa. Unite gli
spinaei ed iI forrnaggio.
Sauce
Ingredients:
2 oz butter
2 oz flour
% pint milk
It. pint white winc or milk
salt & nutmeg
4 oz cooked spinach
1 oz Parrncsan or pccorino cheese, grated
Method: Mix thc flour with the milk and wine until well
blended. Add the salt. nutmeg and the butter which has
been softened and allowed to cool. Place on hcat and stir
continuously until the sauce thickens. Stir in the chopped
spinach and the cheese.
Fettucine
Ingredienti:
350 gr fettueinc 0 tagliatelle. verdi 0 bianehc
4 uova
2 mozzarcllc tagliate a fettine
25 gr paCl1)igiano grattugiato
380 gr spinaei cueinati e tritati
25 grburro
Metodo": Cueinate la pasta "al dentc" in aequa s.1Iata.
Scoli'tela. Aggiungetc iI burro c mettetela in una pirofila
imburrata di circa 24em x 24em. Vcrsatc la salsa sopra la
pasta. Fatc quattro bueehi nella pasta. Foderate ogni bueo
con gli spinaci. Rompetevi un uovo in ogni bueo. Coprite
la pasta con la mozzarella cd iI parmigiano. Passatela nel
foruo pre-scaldaio 190Cln05 per circa 30 minuti 0 finche'
le uova 'siano cotte. Servitc.
Fettucine
Ingredients:
12 oz green or white fettucine or tagliatelle
4 cggs
2 mozzarelle cuI inlo thin slices
1 oz Parrncsan cheese, grated
12 oz spinach. cooked and chopped
1 oz butter
Method: Cook the fettucine "al dente" in plenty of salty
water. Drain. Add the butter. Put pasta into a greased
oven-to-table dish about 9.5"x9.5". Pour the sauce over
the pasta. Make four holes in the pasta. Line each hole
with the spinach. Break an egg into caeh hole. Cov~r the
top of the pasta with thc mozzarella and Parmesan. Place
in a pre-hcated oven 190/no.5 for about 30 minutes or
until eggs arc cooked. Serve.
Fettuccine con Zucchini e Broccoli
Fettuccine with Broccoli and Courgettes
Ingredienti:
350 gr fettucinc
200 gr broccoli tagliati a pezzclli
2 zucehini l,1gliati a dadini
50 gr burro
300 ml di panna
50 gr parmigiano gartlugiato
1 cucehiaino' di zucehero
I cucehiaio di succo di limonc
2 cucehiai di prezzcmolo tritato
Ingredients:
12 oz fettuccine
7 oz broccoli. chopped
2 courgettes. diced
2 oz butter
10 fl' oz double cream
20z greated parmcsan cheese
1 teaspoon caster sugar
·1 l,1blespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
Metodo: Cucinalc la pasta in abbondantc acqua s.1Iata.
Scolatela. Cuciitate i broccoli c gli zucehini. Scolateli.
Scioglictc il burro in una pentola. Aggiungele la panna. iI
formaggio e 10 zucehero. Mcscolatc scnza lasciarlo bollirc
c 'cucinatc finchc' la salsa c· calda. Lcvatc lL11 fuoco c
aggiungcte i broccoli. gli zucehini. iI succo di Iimone ed
il prezzcmolo. Condite la pasta con questa salsa c servitc.
Method: Cook pasta in plenty of salty water. Drain.
Stc.1m or boil broccoli and courgettes until just tender.
Drain. Melt butter in pan. Stir in the cream. parmcsan
cheese and sugar. Cook without boiling until- sauce is
heated through. .Remove from heat. stir in broccoli.
courgettes. lemon juice and parsley. Pour sauce over pasta.
Toss wcll and servc.
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