Everyone’s life has taken drastic changes since the middle of March (or sooner perhaps) unfortunately. A strange virus swept the world, and disrupted everything, for everyone, and who isn’t fervently praying for it to go away, and let life resume as it was. We miss amongst everything our right to free passage, even perhaps our weekly Lodge gatherings. And if you didn’t come weekly, at the very least you had that option. But our Lodge is closed, and like everything else it’s not your choice of how things should be. And it’s indeed the unknown that is so disconcerting, but this too shall end and life will eventually return to normal.

Hello Members. As I write this, we are sheltering in place because of Covid 19 and unable to have our meetings. I want to reassure all of you that our Lodge is here for you if you are having a hardship. This is what we are about. Please contact me at 559-312-5151, if you need help. All of our meetings are cancelled until further notice. I will keep in contact with you for Lodge business via email, text, phone calls and if we can make it happen: meetings by internet. If you want to make sure you get informed, please send your updated email address to sonsofitalyfresno@gmail. com

Greetings from Petaluma!

We had a small group for our dinner meeting this month. The members who attended had a delicious corned beef and cabbage dinner, thanks to Ed Santero and his kitchen cooks and crew. Thanks too, to those members who helped in any way and who made the desserts. I lost my notes from the meeting and being a senior citizen, cannot remember everything that went on.

Fred Schram spoke about the Fish Hatchery and invited members to go on a tour. Reservations need to be made to do so.

Dave Biggio won the monthly raffle.

Roma Lodge # 1573 is celebrating their 90th Anniversary this year. The lodge presents milestone certificates of membership to members celebrating in 5-year increments and those with 50 or more years as members of Roma Lodge. A celebration was scheduled for April however due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak the lodge will be moving the event to a later date. Those members: