September heralds the end of Summer, and many Lodges that were dark in July and August are getting together again.  I hope everyone enjoyed the Labor Day Holiday, and had fun with friends and family.  The two Trustees of the South and myself have been planning to reach out to each Southern Lodge President to arrange an Official Visit before the end of the calendar year.  We are also recruiting State Deputies for each Lodge.

I want to thank State Financial

My name is Paul Finazzo, the newly elected Third Vice President of the South.  I was appointed State Trustee of the South by Barbara Wisniewski when there was a vacancy a little more than two years ago.  I have served as State Trustee of the South since then having been elected at the 2023 Convention in Reno.  I am a member of the Joanne Coccia Lodge having joined in 1988.  I joined then to help my father with Bingo, and

As a lover of all that’s history, April brought a love of history to our lives and as we celebrated the day our lord rose from the Dead for the forgiveness of our sins, to losing his earthy leader of the catholic faith, just he next day. Well, we now have a new leader, the first American Pope, Pope Leo XIV

There have been 14 Popes named Leo in the history of the Catholic Church. Here is a list of them, in order, with brief details:

Pope Leo I (Leo the Great)-Papacy:

January of an odd numbered year brings the installations of each lodges new slate of officers. I’d like to congratulate all the new officers, especially the first timers, thank you for stepping up, to serve your lodge for the next 2 years.

On January 16th, our president, Arlene Nunziati and I

Attended the Watsonville lodges meeting

February is traditionally a month for love—romantic, familial, and platonic. In February 2025, love is not just about roses and chocolates.

It’s a time when hearts need to open, when gestures of affection, need a lot of attention. This February comes with a stark contrast, as I write this, January 14th, hopefully the wildfires that are raging through the hills, burning through thousands of homes and businesses