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2 :tj;~~ia COMUNITA'ITALlANA - SAL B A N C ~ H E ~""" T T I Alla VillaCarlotta si mangia, si beve e si balla, in una sala prit-:ata capace di ospitare 150persone. If voi la scelta dell'occaswne daftsteggiare!! Contattare SigS. Roberts Charlotte Street London WlP lha 2 ApTi/94

3 $*DEUA COMUNITA'ITAUANA Sommario - Contents Un anno di attivita' Severino Trematore Veritatis Splendor Servizi Speciali p. 5 p. 16 p.30 Aprile - April Regular Features Due Parole The Hill Face to Face Terza Eta' Cronaca della Comunita' Dall'Italia In Cammino con Carmelo Eurofocus For a Rainy Day p. 4 p. 8 p. 10 p.ll p. 14 p. 19 p.20 p.26 p.27 Entertainment, Leisure & Sport Cinema p.31 Sportlight p. 32 Italsport p.33 Anglo Italian Football League p.34 Tempo Libero p.37 Mamma's Ricetta p. 38 Chiesa di San Pietro Calendario Noticeboard Notices - A vvisi p.21 p.39 p.40 Victor Barrat and Doreen Freeman: World Champions 1948/4 9. See page 8. To advertise in Backhill write to: Anna Advertising Department Backhill Magazine 4 Back Hill London EC1 R 5EN BACKHILL, 136 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1 Printed by Sterling Printing Co. Ltd. 78 Bounds Green Road. London N.II 2EU Aprile 94 3

4 Due Parole :J!;~DFJ.LA COMUNITA'ITALIANA Padre Roberto Russo Cari Amici, Ecco le mie Due Parole per la Pasqua. Sono i miei auguri a tulle le Famiglie. Ho sempre tanto piacere a farmi questa chiaechierata con voi, perehe' vi vedo sempre davanti a me e sento nel mio cuore le vostre prcoccupazioni. Tulli noi 0 grandi 0 piccoli, abbiamo le nostre preoccupazioni. Sono le preoccupazioni della vita che va avanti e sono preoccupazio~ 0 grandi 0 piccole. Noi ricorriamo tanto spesso a Dio perche' ci aiuti e ii Signore Dio e' sempre vicino a noi. E' vicino a noi s)lccialmente in questo anno: perche' tulle le Chiese e tulle le Nazioni hanno dello che questo e' I'anno della Famiglia. E' tutta I'umanita' che si rivolge a Dio e g1i presenta le famiglie di tullo ii mondo. E questa umanita'!l queste famiglie siamo noi. Non,importa se non abbiamo la famiglia nel vero senso della parola. Abbiamo sempre avuto una famiglia, abbiamo portato una cosa nuova nel mondo con le nostre famiglie. La vera novita' del mondo e' la nostra nascita e la nascita della nostre famiglie. 10 vi prego veramente di pensare tanto a questo: cioe' a tulle le cose buone ehe noi abbiamo creato con la nostra vita e con le nostre famiglie le abbiamo create insieme a Gesu' perche' abbiamo riccvuto ii ballesimo e ii ballesimo e' la vita nuova che Gesu' ci ha dato. 10 vi parlo ora di due famiglie: la Sacra Famiglia, quella che vediamo con Gesu', Giuseppe e Maria. Vediamo una famiglia dove c'e' tanto affetto, tanto aiuto, tanta fede in Dio. E vediamo anche questa stessa Santa Famiglia, in cni muore San Giuseppe, perche' passano g1i anni della vita per tutti, e poi muore Gesu' sulla Croce e vediamo ii dolore della Madonna: e' una famiglia che ha ii suo dolore. E l'a1tra famiglia che vi voglio presentare e' quella di Abramo. Cosi' come abbiamo sentito nella messa di qualche domeniea fa, Dio che chiede Una famiglia con i d%r; ad Abramo di sacrifieargli ii figlio: ed Abramo pronto ad obbedire. E' una famiglia che vive con un dolore enorme, e' una famiglia che non capiscc perche' Dio vuole la morte del Figlio. Ed e' una famiglia che obbediscc perche' ha fede in Dio. Naturalmente a1i'ultimo momento Dio non chiedera' piu' la morte di lsacco. E' la vita nostra e delle nostre famiglie: con speranza, coraggio, dolori, delusioni, villorie. Ma e' la vita nuova che Dio ha creato con noi e con le nostre famiglie. Quindi eoraggio, tanto coraggio. Camminiamo tutti verso la Risurrezione di Cristo e ci aiutiamo ad arrivare nella Vita Eterna di Dio. E a1lora forse possiamo fare due piccole cose per sentire sempre meglio che siamo una cosa nuova. Che la nostra famiglia e' nuova: possiamo dire una Ave Maria quando mangiamo insieme 0 un piccolo pensiero religioso, anche in silenzio, quando stiamo insieme a mangiare; e possiamo mellere un piccolo salvadanaio vicino alia porta di easa dove chiunque della famiglia puo' mellere una offerta di soldi che dove essere frullo di un piccolo sacrificio personale, una sigaretta in meno, una earnmella in meno. Non cerchiamo grandi cose - quelle verranno da sole. Sono le cose della Famiglia, quelle grandi e quelle piccole. Devono essere sentite come una cosa di tutta la famiglia che si impegna. E' I'anno della Famiglia: faeciamo le nostre famiglie sempre piu' nuove, piu' coraggiose, piu' piene di speranza, di affello, di amore. Anche con i nostri peccati e con i problemi che abbiamo dentro di noi e nelle nostre famiglie andiamo avanti: con tanta, tanta preghiera persouale perche' Dio e' fedele, ci ha creato nuovi e vuole nuove cose da noi. Vuole le nostre famiglie: sono nostre, ma ce le ha affidate il nostro Dio. Questi sono i miei auguri per la nostra Pasqua di Risurrezione insieme a Gesu'. Second Coming Lord, can we talk? I'm a bit scared, in fact, I'm very scared it's the "Second Coming" that's on my mind, your return to earth. I find it frightening, that you could come at any time, even now while I'm praying. "Like a thief in the night", the Bible says. We don't'even know when. or where, or how. How will it happen, Lord? The "thief in the night" thing gives me the impression it will be quick and quiet, and very sudden. Will you just take Christians? Will they just disappear? And what about the rest? Those you don't take. Will you give them another chance? Or is that it? All over. The gates of heaven finally locked? Lord, why can't you just appear? Now. Prove you are who you say you are. Wouldn't it be easier? You'd hlive the world at your feci. But, Lord, who am I to question your plans? Lord, I am frightened. You see, I don't think I'm good enough and I'm afraid you'll leave me behind. Help me 10 be ready, to be prepared. Because when you come again I don't think I'll have a second chance. (Extr«<:t[rom "Can we talk, Lord?" Copyright Kevln Meyhew; licence no. 2903/) 4 April 94 i

5 :1J;~DFlLA COMUNITA'ITALlANA Un anno di attivita" G. Giacon. Ho il piacere di presentare il Bilancio Consuntivo del COASIT per I'anno finanziario 1993, prcparato ai sensi della legge inglcse e debitamente certificato dai Revisori dei Conti, ossia 10 studio Harrison, Hill, Castle & Co. Nel corso del 1993 qucsto Ente ha collaborato con il Consolato Generale d'italia in Londra per 10 svolgimento delle seguenti attivita': I. n. 170 corsi per 2585 iscritti, aventi 10 seopo di agevolare I'inserimento dei figli dei connazionali nella scuola britannica. Corsi di GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) e di 'A' level, e eorsi di lingua e cultura generale italiana a livello medio. 2. n. 242 corsi di lingua e eullura generale italiana a livello elementare, per 4620 iscritti. 3. n. 2 corsi di scuola popolare per adulti italiani e loro congiunti, per 24 iscrilti. A sostegno e integrazione dei corsi di cui sopra, qucsto COASIT ha anche messo in alto varie iniziative, compatibilmente con una sua situazione finanziaria. Noterete che il Bilaneio di eassa si chiude con una passivita' al di 16, pari a lire Per quanto riguarda il bilancio di competenza, tenendo presente le previste entrate (i relativi contributi che si devono pervenire dal Fondo Sociale Europeo: il contributo per il 1993 di St75,Ooo, e il contributo suppletivo del Ministero degli Mari Esteri pr St 45,000. e relative spese impegnate), il delto bilancio di competenza si chiude con una eccedenza di st pari a lire La passivita' di cassa e' dovuta alla neccssita' imposta dai Revisori dei Conti di trasferire parte delle cntrate locali nel bilaneio dell'anno E' mio dovere soltolineare che durante I'anno 1993 sono stati messi in alto dei grandi sfoni per ridurre la spcsa globale. Esaminando la totalita' delle spcsc elfeltuate, notercte Da sinistra: Remo Finaldi, Giuseppe Giacon e Console Brojferio. ebe questo COASIT, nell'anno 1993, onde contenerc la spcsa, ha dowto limitarsi a svolgere una semplice e normale amministrazione e ba provveduto prineipalmente al pagamento: - degli a1litti delle aole scolastiebe - degli a1litti degli uffiei scolastici di 4 Upper Taebbrook SI. - degli oneri accessori agli a1litti. - dell'acquisto dei Iibri e altro materiale didallico, effelluato nel '92, e saldato nel corso del delle spesc postali e di cancelleria. - degli intercssi passivi bancari. - delle retribuzioni per ii personaie di segreteria, per contributi sociali e per i revisori dei conti. - delle rctribuzioni dei docenti con nomina COASIT. Causa la mancanza di Iiquidita', non si e' potuto procederc ad altri interventi prcvisti nel bilaneio preventivo 1993, come ad esempio, ad organizzarc corsi per I'aggiornamento dei docenti, a svolgere altre attivita' riercativo-<:ulturali per ali allievi, a contribuire alia spesa dei trasporti delgi alunni in sedi periferiebe, eec. Devo far prcscnte, ehe con questo COASIT, con I'assistenza e la collaborazione di tulle le componenti della scuol3o ha potuto raccoglierc un contributo volontario da parte dei genitori degialunni, e da varie altre fonti, di piu' di si 42,000. SOllolineo quello ebe bo gia' delto sopra, ehe i Revisori dei Conti ci banno falto trasferirc 21,000 sui bilaneio del 1994, perebe' detti contribui appartengono all'anno scolastico 1993/94. A tale riguardo ritengo doveroso soltolineare ebe la partccipazione dei genitori, delle associazioni e dei vari membri della comunita', e la collaborazione dei docenti nel scnsibilizzarc i stata veramente gratifi genitori e' cante. Bilancio COASTI 1993 Entrate ist Lire (vaiuta locale) = Proventi locali (contributo volontario delle ~amiglie, associazioni e altri) 21, Contributi del Fondo Sociale Europeo: a) Saldo per i , b) anno , Contributo del Ministero degli Alfari Esteri per I'anno , Contributo per usa locali del COASIT 17, Totale Entrate 283, Uscite Totale Spesa , Saldo passivo anno , Totale Uscite 299, Totale pass/vo d/ cassa ai , Aprile 94 5

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8 The Hill -T?~, ~ RlVISTA DEILA COMUNITA'rrALIANA Olive Besagni Famiglie Menozzi e Zanetti We continue our story of life with famiglie Menozzi and Z3netti. In the late 1940s Lisa with her sons, young brother Tony and her widowed mother Giuseppina Z3netti moved to a house - no. 93 Little Grays Inn Road. (Now a part of Mount Pleasant). The improvement in her lifestyle here was the luxury of a bathroom. With a member of the family as severely handicapped as Tony, this must have felt like hcaven on earth. Lisa was ever full of boundless energy, dressmaking, keeping the home o'n even keel., cooking for the family, cleaning and tending to Tony's needs, which became more demanding as his Parkinsons disease progressed. The devastating loss of her husband Gioacchino, who drowned when the Arandora Star was sunk in 1940, mcant that there was not only the grief to cope with but the added strain of the family's now depleted income. Victor Zanetti, Lisa's brother helped support not only his ageing mother, but the vast amount of expenses that accrued due to Tony's illness. You sce, the family never gave up on Tony. Hospitals, doctors and medication bills were endless. Specialists were consulted, unfortunately to no avail. There Was no cure for Tony. Lisa's mother, Giuseppina, passed away in Ronnie was now working as an apprentice jewellery maker in Hatton Garden. Pip had joined other young Pacsani in the Terazzo trade. Young Victor was still attending St. Peter's Italian School. ', Eventually Famiglia Menozzi made their final move, this was to a new block of flats in New North Street, a turning off of Thcobalds Road, about a ten minute walk from "11 Quartiere". In comparison to their earlier home, this was luxury indeed, there were lifts up to the three bedroom flat, everything on one level, a beautifully equipped kitchen, and it was convenient to the buses and shops. At this time all of her sons were in full employment. Lisa continued with her dressmaking. Here as in their previous home, there was a constant stream of visitors. Lisa had time for everyone, she was popular with all of her new neighbours. If the children in the flats arrived home from sehool to find that their mothers were out, they would go straight to Auntie's (as Lisa was now known), where they would be made welcome with a drink or a biseuit and chat happily to Lisa or Tony until their parent returned. Pip was the first of her sons to wed, on the 8th June 1957 he married Joan Fuller at St. Peter's Italian Church. A couple of years later l~onnie married Giuseppina Buonocore, (daughter of Buonocore one of "11 Quartiere's well known sons). Finally young Victor married Doreen Freeman. Lisa made the beautiful wedding dresses of each of her son's brides. To the dismay of the family Lisa"s sight bega n to fail, it was discovered that she had a rupt u red retina. An operation was earried out which improved things for a time but.i.: ,.' : hcr eyesight was,,' ~~r~ -.: :9'k~~',s_ never c';; good and Vic/or Barra/and Doreen Freeman: World Champions /948/49 hampered her a great deal in her later years. When Lisa could no longer cope with Tony's care, the family reluctantly let him go to a nursing home in Camden. Lisa and TiIIi visited him every day without fail, and in the evenings her sons and Tony's friends would go. Every weekend when extra help was available he would be brought home to Lisa's, to join the family with the Sunday dinner and the inevitable card games. The kind of love and care that Lisa gave to her young brother until his demise in 1983 at the age of 73 years, tells us the kind or'lady that Lisa was - one of life's angels. Lisa's other brother Victor played a large part in her life. He had grcat presence, eharisma and a sense of purpose, which became apparent in his youth. In the late 20's he was employed as a steward' on an ocean liner, when the ship docked in America he jumped ship' with two 8 Apri/94

9 :ij;*dflla COMUNITA'ITAUANA other lads. His fellows were soon apprehended and deported but our Victor got himself a job at the famous Waldorf Hotel in New York where in no time at all he was promoted to the post of restaurant manager. Five years elapsed before he returned to England. I asked Ronnie if he remembered any of the excitement whieh must have prevailed on the return of the prodigal. As he was only six years old ai that time, all he remembered was the big travelling trunks arriving at the house, large metal trunks, the like of which he had never scen before. One of the things that had developed in America was Uncle Victor's avid interest in ballroom dancing. At the time of the Second World War, whilst working as a head waiter at the "Cafe de Paris" (a West End night club), he spent all of his leisure time studying and practising what, at that time, was just a hobby. He left the Cafe de Paris to allow himself more time to pursue, what he decided, was to be his eareer. Six months latcr the night club was bombed at a time when it was full of patrons, servieemcn and young girls. Ronnie remembers his uncle's distress on his return from the scene, where he had gone to gain news of friends and working colleagues. The list of dead and injured was immensc. Victor was entering into serious dancing contest and winning all the way. He started to teach dancing. In the early days il was just a small class, held in one of the rooms at the Mazzini Garibaldi Club in Red Lion Street. As his eareer progressed, Victor, in view of the climate at the time with regard 10 foreigners,. changed his professional name to Victor Barrat. The next step, was The Viclor Barrat School of Dancing in Regent Street. In the competitive world of ballroom dancing the name Victor Barrat was synonymous with the best. In 1948/49 partncring his wife Domen Freeman (not to be confuscd with his nephew victor's wife whose maiden name was also Dorcen Freeman), they won the World Ballroom Championships. Victor's Continuing success was assured. Ballroom Dancing at that time was at.the height of ils popularity. He opened another school in Knighlsbridge. The school Aprile 94 Left: Bruno Besagni with his young brother Remo. Right: Ronnie Menoni with his younger brother Victor flourished, endless competitions were entered and won - they were the best. Viclor, you see, was not only a wonderful performer, he had a rare quality - he was a born teacher. He taught the art of ballroom dancing 10 many famous people. He was in great demand. He chorcographed the dancing sequences in the successful English film "Spring in Park Lane". He coached the stars in the film, Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding. Later he went to America where he coached Marylin Monroe and Viclor Mature. Famiglia Menozzi followed Victor's career with pride. Lisa's expertise wilh the needle came into play, also, in the making of many of Viclor's partner's ballroom gowns. You can imagine what lhat entailed. lust look at the photograph of Victor and Doreen to gel an idea of lhe kind of work that Lisa carried oul. If you remember the coffee bars that sprung up in Ihe 60's, you may recall "The Macabre", one of the really carly ones. Il was situated in Soho in a little alleyway between Wardour Street and Dean Street. The Maeabre was of interest on account of its eerie dccor: the walls were black, the tables were in the shape of coffins, and the ashtrays were skeleton heads. Dismembered forms and cobwebs hung from the ceilings and in the nooks and crannies. Strange, but the customers loved it, and in its way it became quite famous as one of the places to see whilst visiting Soho. Ronnie was the manager here, assisted by 10, who laler became his wife. Lisa outlived bolh of her brothers. Victor died prematurely in 1970, at the early age of 62. Sadly Lisa's failing eyesight, blighted the end of her days. She lived on in poor heallh after the demise of Tony who lived up to quite a good age (73 years), considering his illness. Elisa passed away in 1985 aged 81 years. Sorely missed by her family and the many friends she had made lhroughout her life which began in "11 Quarticre Ilaliano" in

10 Face to Face :tj;~eu.a COMUNITA'ITALIANA Michele Scotto SAC I wonder what our world would be like ifwe required that all people who reached the age of 6S were obliged to die? Some of you may think.that this will never happen but I wonder if some of the seeds for this idea haven't already been planted. We have already seen the invention of a suicide machine for those who feel that life - is no longer worth living. We have established nursing homes for our elderly. And, in many countries in the west the idea of euthanasia is a very common option. Now, it has become OK to pull the plug on grandmother's life support' machine because we feel that her life no longer has any mcaning. For a small article like this, to cover a lot of ground is impossible. So, I want to deal aspect of'our 'new "theology" about the quality of life. I want to deal with the idca of a nursing home for the elderly. This is probably,the one that might touch personally the lives of many rcaders. Nursing homes are not intrinsically wrong - somet,imes, it is impossible to truly give the care necessary to an ageing parent or relative at home. In such a case, we can justify sending a loved one to a nursing home. There are cases, however, where it is a serious wrong to send an elderly person to one. We in the West worship our youth. We try everything to be young forever. We spend more than a fair share of our income on trying to do it as well. We seem to have lost the sense of venerating those whose wisdom and experience in life vastly surpass ours. And, worst of all, we live for ourselves and our own personal careers to the point of no longer caring for those who brought us into this world and cared for us when we were helpless. These are the fruits of the "Me" company? Well, I personally don't generation. believe it. In a nursing home We have a basie responsibility to everyone shares the same difficulties our parents. They gave us our life in a sense. It is true that sharing and raised us to be what we arc similar problems does make,for a support group. However,,I find it intolerable that somcone should feel that they have just been "thrown away". Sometimes just the fact that there are others who share this fceling with you may make, it even worse. They are our "forgotten living" who might as well just die before their time. Some may ask, "What use are they anymore to society?". I personally What ifall people who reached the age 0/65 were required to 'die? believe that every person has an infinite worth and dignity. Therefore, if you must consign someone to a nursing home, don't forget about that person. There with just one isn't a person alive who doesn't need to feel needed or loved. I hope I have made my point. today. I know that my own parents have been the single most' important influence in my life. They cared for me unselfishly and were always there when I needed them. Their values and guidance will be with me for the rest of my life. If one of my parents was put into a situation that required constant attention, I know,that putting one of them away in a nursing home would be the last resort and the thing I would drcad the most. If you ever have a chance to visit a nursing home, I advise you to do so. So far I haven't found one that left me feeling particularly happy after lcaving it. All you see are old people living together in community rc-living their pasts because there just is no more future left for them. The greatest joy that they have is when visitors come to see them. It's the most concrete sign for them that somebody still cares about them. Those are the lucky ones. How about those who have no one who cares? Don't kid yourselves either. This does happen. Most of these people have families. Where are they? Have expression you ever heard the that misery loves Look out for next month's j 10 Apri/94

11 Terza Eta' Spcsso, mi viene it dubbio ehe le cspressione "Prima, Scconda e Terza Eta'" siano state inventate da aleuni burocrati che volevano targarc i cittadini come fanno le macchine automatiche ehe scclgono quali cetrioli appartengono alia prima, alia sceonda oppure alia teci classc. Motivo di qucsta divisione, scmbra, sia stata la nccessita' 'di individuare le strategia dell'csproprio: it cittadino lavoratore per conto terzi appartiene senz'altro alia "Prima Eta"', e quindi le tasse vanno pagate prima che gli arrivano in tasca; it eittadino che lavora per contro proprio appartiene alia " Scconda Eta'" e quindi deve pagarc le tasse non appcna riceve i soldi; sulle spalle dei pensionati, sicuramente sono state appicicate la targhette deila "Terza Eta'" in quanto ad essi, in vari modi, e' stato chicsto di rcstituire i soldi che gia' avevano riccvuto sotto forma di pensione. In questi giorni I'INPS sta inviando ai pensionati, una lettera che spiega it motivo delle dccisioni prcsc dall'istiluto di ridurrc le pensioni in pagamento, oppure di chicderc, in alcuni casi, it rimborso di somme pagate indebitamente. La lettera aveva 10 scopo di spiegare le decisioni prcse e con qucsto rassicurre quei pensionati che si erano spaventati riccvendo la prima comunicazione. Ma non credo ehe si e' raggiunto 10 scopo,' perche' si lratta di una circolare che ncccssariamente non puo' csaminare le situazioni par!icolarl di ogni caso. Anche a costo di ripetenni scrivendo quanto gia' riportato nel precedente numero e' ncccssario che i pensionati abbiano prcsente i seguenti punti: I. coloro ai quali e' stato rich icsto di pagare dei soldi indietro perche' a dire dell'lstituto si lratta di somme non dovule: a - non dcbbono ripagare nessuna somma se la pensione e' stata accolta prima del I gennaio 1992; b - se la pensione e' stata accolta dopo il I gennaio 1992 I'INPS ha diritto di ricevere i soldi indietro se prova che vi e' stato un errore di calcolo. Cio' pero' dcvc csscre di Pietro Molle mostrato e quindi non e' ncccssario pagare i soldi indielro fine a quando l'interessato non sia convinto che quanto richicsto sia corrctto. 2. Coloro he hanno ricevuto la richicsta di rimborso per i lrattamenti di famiglia e' necesario che contattino uno dei patronati operanti in Gran Brctagna. 3. A color che gia" hanno rcsti tuito delle somme, I'INPS assicura il ricsame deua posizione senza fare a1tro. 4. Coloro che si sono visti di minuire sensibilmente I''importo bimcstra\e e' neccssario che si facciano i conti precisi, perche' molte e diverse sono le interpretazioni che I'INPS da' aue nuove rcgole. I Patronati saranno in grado di darvi una mano per rifarvi i conli e se ncccssarlo farvi la domanda di ricsame. Seconda Eta' English in Britain 24 Great Chapel Streel- London W1V 3AF Tel: & Telex Apri/e 94 JI

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14 Cronaca _-b~ ~- RlVJSl'A DEU.A COMUNlTA'rrAUANA ( Assemblea Generale della FAIE ) attivita'della comunita' Domenica 20 fcbbraio si svolge I'asscmblca annuale generale della FAIE, la fcderazione delle associazioni italiane in Inghilterra. Sono prcscnti quasi tulle le lissociazioni, un centinaio circa di persone. Introduce i lavori ii prcsidente, Cav. Antonio Perotti ii quale ritira le dimissioni, prima annunciate irrcvocabili e si ricandida alia prcsidenza. Gia' si ballono le mani cd ai momento delle elczioni rimane candidato unico, dopo ii ritiro dell'aw. Salvatore Sammarco, di Luigi Basancsc e del Rag. Lueiano Rapa. Ed ii Perotti viene rielello a voce di popolo. Nell'asscmblca ii diballito, ii confronto e' stato vivace, per non dire infuocato. In aula sono piovuti fendenti pcsanti. In praetica per dire ehe alia FAIE ei vuole spirito nuovo, programmi e contenuti seri, interventi puntuali su problemi conereti, quello della informazione e della formazione, quello della assistenza e della prcvidenza, quello sociale, culturale e politico, nel sellore giovani, anziani c donne, della disoccupazione e dei dirilli. In pratica le esigenzc nuove della comunita' che non si csauriscono nel momento dclla festa. E' in pratica ii molo dell'associazionismo in emigrazione che deve esscre rivisto perche' e' diventato un po' stagno, ricerca di sedie e di intercssi di parte, di personaggi e gmppi, in un momento di grandi carnbiamenti e rinnovamenti. In seena e' ritomato nuovamente ii testa del nuovo statuto e nuovamente I'asscmblca ha rimandato ii testa in commissione, formala, qucsta, dell'aw. Sammarco, ii Comm. Giacon, Mons. Blanda e P. Parolin. Dcbitamente aggiomato, ritomera' in aula pe ii dibattito e I'approvazione. Nelle c1czioni del comitato csccutivo ii piu' votato e' stato ii Rag. Luciano Rapa, che e' stato quindi elello Vice presidente. I nuovi consiglieri sono, nell'ordine di voti ollenuti, -Roberto Malleoda, Cav. UlT. Gino Biasi, Umberto Ballarini, Luigi Basanese, Guglielmo Sammarco, Cav. Tcodoro Di Nardo, Luigi Picciano, Pierino Casclla, Giovanni Antonioni, Maria Sartori Lowe, Cav. Virgilio Coltelli. Da sinistra: Comm. Benedetto Longinotti, Presidente Onorario;, Virgilio Coltelli; Antonlo Perotti, Presidente; Luciano Rapa; Roberto Matteoda e Guglielmo Sammarco ('- c_o_s_e_n_u_o_v_e"""""" ~) Sono stato a benedire un nuovo ristorante di fish and chips, molto familiare: mi sono divertito tanto con tulle queste belle giovani Signore. Fanno parte di un a grande bella famiglia dove ognuno aiuta I'altro. Naturalmente ci sono anehe gli uomuni di casa che aiutano e lavorano con -Ioro, ma nella fotografia non c'cntravano tulti, e allora ho seelto le Signore. E' stata una serata: molto simpatica. E' bello affidarc ii proprio lavoro al Signore Dio, per fare sempre la sua volonta' e per aiutarc ii nostro prossimo. -Questo nuovo, elegante, familiare ris _torante si trova a London Road, SWI7. Photo: P.Russo 14 April94

15 $*DFnA COMUNITA'ITAUANA ( Federazione Italiani nel Mondo ) Festa di San Valentino La Festa di San Valentino ha rcgistralo anchc quest'anno ii pieno, cd e' stata una fcsta diffcrcnte pcrehe' abbiamo avuto ii piaccre di avere con noi i eoniugi MARTIN che cclcbravano ii Cinquanlcsimo Anniversario di Matrimonio. Dopo la Santa Mcssa cclebrata da Padre Carmelo, si e' passati nei locaii del Club, dove si e' gustato un oitimo pranzo prcparalo dal Ristorante Franco della Vccchia Fircnzc con I'aiuto del caro amico Egidio Salussolia. Ncl corso del pomeriggio dopo la gara di ballo vinta dalle coppie Mr.Mrs. Esposilo e Mr. e Mrs. Vuoto, abbiamo resteggiato i coniugi Maurina e Gcorge Martin per ii loro bcliissimo traguardo e abbiamo chiesto loro pcrche' hanno pcnsato di fcsteggiarlo con noi. Hanno risposto: "Perche' siamo amanti dell'italia, tutti i nostri amici sono itaiiani e ci parlano spesso di questa rcderazione: siamo contenti di csscrc qui con voi H " Un grazie va a coloro che hanno cosi" generosamenle donato per la lotteria e l'asta: Peter MUlli, Maria Cavaciuti, Orlando Germano, Pini di Sullon, Annamaria, Elephant on the River Rest." Edoardo Pini di Harringay. Un grazie a tuui coloro che hanno prestato ii loro lavoro volontario: Moscarilolo, Livio ZanclIi, Maria PelIicci, Maria Cavaciuti, Pia Pellicci, Marisa Rice, Rtccardo Del Marc, Tony Melina, Leonardo Diodati, Egidio Salussolia.. La resta e' continuata find alle 20,30 circa con musica del Duo Gallo cd ii cantante Leonardo che, come al solito, si e' esibilo in bcllissime canzoni del suo rieeo repcrtorio. Diamo a tutti i nostri cari Amici appuntamenlo per ii 24 Aprile p.v. resta della Libcrazione dell' Italia. Raffaele Sistina Presidente I coniugi Mar/in che hanno jes/eggia/o 50 anni di ma/rimonio Scpra: V%n/ari e memhri dell'associazione Sollo: Amici che jes/eggiano Photo: P. Russo Continua a pagina 24 Aprile 94 15

16 Severino Trematore ). Dunleavy Fr. (now Mgr) Gaetano Rossi, in his Memories of 1940 relates how among the internees he met at Warth Mill, Bury, was an artist who painted triptych depicting the suffering Christ which was used at what proved to be the last Mass for Severino. Trematore and numerous other Italians who would shortly lose their lives on the Arnndora Star. The round-up of 1940 brought the male members of the Italian community together in a unique way. Men from all over Britain irrespective of their profession or social status were thrown indiscriminately into hastily improvised camps. Many, though not all, spent some time at. Warth Mill before being allocated to other centres. Among these were Severino Trematore who, after presenting Fr. Rossi with the triptych to embellish the temporary altar and exchanging a few plclisantries, left with the contingent which was put on board the Arandora Star which sailed from Liverpool on 1 July Fr. Rossi was left behind, but he retained the triptych which he took \vith him to two other camps and he still has it among his possessions. Severino Trematore was born in Torrc Maggiore, Forli', Italy in A summary of his life and career appeared in Guida Generale (London, Ercoli, 1939). His earliest instruction as a painter came from his father, though at the age of fiftcen he.entered the Royal Institute of Fine Arts at Naples, where he came under the influence of professor Barbato. At onc time it looked as though financial problems would oblige the budding young artist to abandon his studies but the kindly professor agrced to remit the fces in exchange for paintings. In the first World War Trematore joined the Alpini regiment, (an unusual choice for a Southerner) and after frontline service was captured and taken prisoner by the Austrians. Incarcerated in a camp near Salzburg he was able to continue to indulge his passion for canvas and paint. The quality of his works so impressed his eaptors that the director of Salzburg military Museum offered to purchase all Trematore's works: rather than accept the offer, which would have enabled the artist to procure a more varied diet that the rotten potatoes served up daily by the Austrians, Trematore declined the tempting offer. What would undoubtedly have been an invaluable addition to the growing volume of war works was either lost or stolen in the confusion following the Austrian collapse and hurried repatriation in In 1930 Trematore took premises in London while continuing to maintain his studio in Genoa. He was already well known here, having won critical acclaim for his Moonlight Sonata at the Royal Scottish Academy exhibition in Edinburgh. The London Tatler reproduced this work in 1926 and other commissions came his way: from The Bystander:, L'IlIustrierte Familie Journal in Denmark; a number of publications in Holland; and Scena IlIustrata, Rassegna d'europa, and Superba, in Italy. The inter-war years proved to be extremely creative and fruitful for Trematore. Many of the personalities captured by Trematore's brush were well known on the stage and scrcen of pre-war Italy: Emma Gramatica, Alda Borelli, Giulietta Dc Riso, and Marta Abba among others. Iri this category came Anna May Wong who enjoyed a world wide popularity. As a portrait painter it was said Trematore possessed a sense of colour to a high degree and in his painting there was always an clement of grace and nobility that he made his trademark. Trematore came to be a familiar figure in London's Italian community and was rarely ever absent from functions held by army veterans, in particular those organised by his AIpini comrades. His career was a remarkable onc by any standard: despite adversity in early life he persevered with his training and whether a P.C.W. or an internce he continued to produce works of distinction which were much sought after. So far as is known the triptych is the possession of Mgr Rossi was Trematore's last work. The theme he chose to depict (influenced no doubt by the uncertainties consequent upon the internment policy) proved to be a poignant reminder of Easter which wc who arc' left arc about to commemorate. 16 April 94

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19 Dall'ltalia :tj;~.a COM\JNITA'rrALIANA news from Italy you may have missed Romans were allowed to break the ban on Sunday shopping on 13 February, the first day of a city code allowing scvcn-<iay trading and pitting traditionalistsagainstconsumcrs. Many small shop-owners say thcy will havc to work every day to compete, arguing that only large retailers have enough staff for the cxtra day. Rome's ordinance is an exception to the nationwide ban on Sunday shopping, and is being watched closely by other cities. Ifdivine help is required to shift AC Milan from top spot in. the Italian first division, then Lazio can call on their most famous fan - SisterPaola. Thenun from Rome is a season-ticket holder for Lazio's games at the capital's Olympic stadium. and has recently become a telcvision celebrity giving the live reports from the stands on Lazio's home games for the off-beat Italian soccer programme Quelli Che 1/ Calcio, (The Soccer Gang). When here beloved team play away, she comments on the game from the tv studio in Milan, clutching her rosary beads for good luck. On the second anniversary of the unveiling of Italy's corruption scandal. newly-released ',statistics underline the depths to which investigations have damaged the country. Since Milan magistrate Antonio Di Pietro caught Socialist Party apparatchik Mario Chicsa receiving a $7,000 pay-off in February 1992, 338 deputies, 100 senators and 873 businessmen have fallen. into thc magistrates' net. The latest charges turned the spotlight on former communists when Massimo D'Alema, deputy Ic.,dcr of the ex-eommunist Democratic Party of the Left (PDS), was registered on a list ofsuspects. Judges passed jail sentences, including 13 life terms. on 97 members of onc of the country's most feared crime organisations. Prison terms totalli,ig460 years were handed down to.hicmbers of several 'Ndranghcta crime families found guilty of charges that included 20 murders. kidnapping, drugslllugglingandextortion. After years of secrecy, the Vatican is to lift the lid on its accounts and experts have revealed that they forecast a funher 17 million loss for The Vatican holds shares in mm, Fiat and Wait Disney among other companies but senior prelates are known to be concerned over heavy losses and may hopc that a new openness may encourage the faithful to foot someofthebill. New image for the Vatican Jose Carreras, the Spanish tenor, and Giampaolo Cresei, the director of the Rome Opcra House, could go on trial for alleged financial malpractice overa July 1992concen. A Rome prosecutor requested that the two be sent for trial along with 21 others for their alleged role in the spendthrift management of the Opera, which has run up a $21 million deficit over the past three years. The prosecution claims that Cresei illegally used sponsorship money to boost the fcc paid to carreras in Instead of the strict,opcra guideline sum of $18,000, plus expenses, carreras was allegedly paid $24,000.. The charming town of TOOi, in Umbria, declared two years ago the most livable city in the world by the University of Kentucky, has been thrown into turmoil by the US company which'chose the location to shoot a commercial for a credit card. It shows a naive elderly couple whose camera is snatched by two young'locals who had offered to take their picture. To their great happiness. the tourists are presented with a new camera. thanks to their friendly credit card. Needless to say, their euphoria is not shared by TOOi's outraged inhabitants. Italian police used tear-gas to break up a demonstration of more than 100 contraband cigarette-sellers protesting against a law meant to foree them off the streets. Italy's state-owned carrier A1italia and America's Continental are set to join forces on key transatlantic routes, providing the ailing Italian airline with the partnership it has longed for. "We have exchanged a series of letters with Continental outlining the agreement", an Alitalia spokesman said. "Wc just have to wait for our new management to give the final agreement". The mayor of Naples said that he plans to appcalto the European Union for funds to help his cash strapped city prepare for July's summit of lcaders of the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations. Antonio Bassolino, whose city has debts of $1.8 billion. said that he would meet Commission president Jacques Delors in Brussels on 10 Mareh. The government of Prime Minister carlo Azeglio Ciampi has set aside $29 million to help Naples host the summit, but city officials say thalit is not enough. 80% ofcandidates standing for the two houses of parliament in the March elections are either new to national politics or are politicians who have switched panies. it emerged as lists elosed. Police investigating an allegation oftrafiicking in human organs in Rome have exhumed four bodies. Theinquiry began after staff at the San camillo hospital told police of the illegal removal of corncas. Magistrates diseovered that the corpses exhumed had artificial' eyeballs. In none of the cases had Ihe families agreed to the removal of the eyes, and hospital records did not indicate that such opcrations had taken place. R\!berto MazzoUa, chairman of Italy's largest savings bank. the cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombardie, surrendered 10 police after prosecutors ordered his arrest on charges of corruption and illegal financing ofpolitical parties. Aprile94 19

20 RlVlSl'A DELLA COMUNITA'ITAUANA InCammino Con Carmelo Carissimi Fratelli e Sorel/e, Siamo nel periodo Pasquale. Buona e Santa Pasqua ad ognuno in particolare. Auguro a me e a tutti voi ehe possiamo sperimentare ogni giorno questo passaggio doloroso ma meraviglioso da venerdi' Santo allo splendore della Risurrezione. II 24 aprile e' la giornata mondiale delle vocazioni e vorrei rileggere con voi cio' che ii Papa ci dice, specialmente riguardo alia famiglia. Chissa' che ii Signore chiama qualche giovane 0 ragazza della nos Ira Parrocchia nella via religiosa. "In spite of profound historical changes, the family remains the most complete and the richest school of humanity, in which one lives thc most significant expericnce of unselfish love, fidclity, mutual respect, and thc dcfcnce of Iifc. Its particular task is to protect and hand on virtues and values, by means of the education of the children, in such a way as to build up and promote the good of the individuals and of thc community. This same responsibility involves, with greater reason, thc Christian family, because its members, already consecrated and sanctified in virtue of their Baptism, are called to a particular apostolic vocation by the sacrament of Matrimony. The family, to the cxtcnt to which it becomes conscious of this singular vocation and measures up to it, becomes a community of sanctification in which one lcarns to live meekness, justice, mcrcy, peace, purity of heart. It becomes, in other words, what SI. John Chrysostom called "thc domestic church", that is a place in which Jesus Christ lives and works for the salvation of men and for thc growth of thc kingdom of God. The members of the family, called to faith and to eternal life, are "sharers in the divine nature", they are nourished at the table of the Word of God and of the Sacraments, and they express themselves in that evangelical way of thinking and acting whieh opens thcm up to a life of holiness on earth and of eternal happiness in hcaven. Christian parents, demonstrating a loving care for their children from their carliest years, communicate to them, by word and example, a sincere and lived out relationship with God, made up of love, fidelity, prayer, and obedience. In this way, parents encourage the holiness of their children and render their hearts docile to the voice of the Good Shepherd, who calls cveryone to follow Him and to seek first the kingdom of God. In the light of this horizon of divine grace and human responsibility, the family can be considered a "garden" in which the 'seeds of vocation are able to blossom and grow to full maturity. The task of Christian parents is as important as it is sensitive, because thcy are.ca1led to prepare, cultivate, and protect the vocations which God stirs up in their family. They must, therefore, enrieh thcmselves and their family with spiritual and moral values, sueh as a deep and convinced religious spirit, an apostolic and ecclesial consciousness, and a clear idca ofwhat vocation is. In fact, for every family, the decisive step to be taken is that of accepting the Lord Jesus as the centre and pattern of life, and in Him and with Him, becoming conscious of being the privileged place for authentic vocational growth. The family will fulfil this task if it is constant in its commitment and if it relies always upon the grace of God. For Saint Paul declares "the one who began a good work... will continue to complcte it until the day of Christ Jesus" (phii 2:16). But what happens when the family lets itself become in consumerism, hedonism, and secularism, which upsct and block God's plan? How sad it is to learn of situations, unfortunately numerous, of families overwhelmed by sueh phenomena and of the devastating effectsl This is certainly one of the greatest concerns of the Christian comm unity. It is above all the familics themselves who pay the price of the widespread disorder of ideas and of moral behaviour. But the Church also suffers from this, just as Society feels its effects. How can children, rendered morally orphans, without educators and without models, grow in their estecm for human and Christian values? How can these seeds of vocations, which the Holy Spirit continues to put into the hearts of the young generations, dcvelop in such a climate? The strength and stability of the fabrie of the Christian family represent the primary condition for the growth and maturation of sacred vocations, and they constitute the most pertinent response to the crisis of vocations. As I wrote in the Exhortation "Familiaris Con sortio": "cvery local Church and, in more particular terms, cvery parochial community must become more vividly aware of the grace and responsibility that it receives from the Lord, so that it might promote the pastoral care of the family. No plan for organised pastoral work at any level must cver fail to take into consideration the pastoral area of the family." Let us pray. o Holy Family of Nazareth, community of love of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, model and ideal of every Christian family, to you we entrust our families. Open the heart of every family. to the faith, to welcoming the Word of God, to Christian witness, so that it becomes a source of new and holy vocations. Touch the hearts of parents, so that with eharity, wise care, and loving devotion they be for their sons and daughters sure guides towards spiritual and eternal values. Stir up in the hearts of young people a right conseience and a free will, SO that growing in "Wisdom, age and grace", they might welcome generously the gift of a divine vocation. Holy Family of Nazareth, grant that all ofus, contemplating and imitating the assiduous prayer, generous obedience, dignified poverty, and virginal purity lived out in your midst, we might set about fulfilling the will of God and aecompanying with farsighted sensitivity those among us who are called to follow more closely the Lord Jesus, who "has given himself for us". Amen. I ) 20 Apri/94