Lodge 1413 is excited and honored to be participating in the dedication of the Harry Crabb Park in Roseville on September 18, 2021. Our lodge will be giving instruction on how to play bocce ball along with demonstrations. This will help keep the age-old tradition of this wonderful game alive.
We would like to give special mention
Cesare Battisti is patiently waiting to see if we can possibly have a Christmas Dinner/meeting December 12th at our new location, 5099 Snyder, Rohnert Park, CA. Reservations will be mandatory, vaccinated people only with proof of vaccine to be show at the door. Masks, of course. Our convention in June will be very exciting. I am looking forward to seeing everyone and getting
The Eureka Lodge #1274 will have its first in person monthly meeting on October 26th in the Pinochi Room in St Bernard Parish Hall at 7:00PM.
In addition the October polenta and chicken
VISITING MY ITALIAN FAMILY
In 2002 my cousin Rino, kind and intuitive, brought me around to visit family...when I was in Italy in 1962 my father brought me to visit many on his mothers side of the family...Rino brought me to visit my grandfathers side. There were 10 children, which was one of the reasons my grandfather came to this country...
The small town of Azzano Decimo in the Province of Pordenone, was our starting point (at the time 12000, now about 15000. inhabitants)
My grandfather’s home was
Greetings from Redding,
We held our annual Paesano Days this past weekend and had a great turnout on Friday night. The bocce tournament started with a ceremonial first roll by former State Senator Maurice Johannessen who is also former secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs. Sen. Johannessen was very instrumental in bringing the Redding Veterans Home to Redding.
Saturday morning started with lots of people, and then the rain began. The bocce tournament of 32 teams continued, but by midafternoon, as the rain continued, we had to close our food court early and held our raffle early. We had been concerned
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Sons and Daughters of Italy in America Grand Lodge of California P. O. Box 2467 Fairfield, CA 94533 Phone: (415) 586-1316 Fax:(415) 586-4786