Race of the Saints

Race of the Saints

by Carol Heppner

It's a traditional Italian festival celebrated in a little town near Archbald, PA. Mom and I went to the festival, along with my nephew, Chuck and his wife, Kim.

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In the News

by Pasquale Lopetrone
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This show of ancient photos of Calabria has been taken care of by Pasquale Lopetrone, for the occasion of the Week of the Culture, a demonstration that every year is held in Italy. The journalist that has written the article on this important Italian newspaper, has however mistaken my name calling me Paul. Patience
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Johnny Lopetrone

School of Hard Knocks News

by Johnny Lopetrone

READ about Johnny Lopetrone! View the video online!!!

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I have been busy getting this class started and making sure that I was able to have an OSHA 10 course for the Cadets in my class. This interview was on our TV last Monday and I missed it and one of my Brother Knights saw it and copied it for me. For this Academy I am also the President of the Board of Directors of a non profit organization that supports the Academy.

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Roma e Toscana

by Pasquale Lopetrone

il blog della famiglia diventa sempre più bello e interessante, grazie al tuo accurato lavoro. Per me è un periodo di super lavoro: sto scrivendo ora il libro sul Battistero bizantino di Santa Severina.

Ti mando due fotografie scattate in occasione della ultima vacanza a Roma e in Toscana

Our Family blog becomes more and more beautiful and interesting thanks to all that contribute.

For me, it is a period of great work: I am now writing the book on the Byzantine Baptistery of Saint Severina.

I send you two photos taken on our last vacation to Rome and Tuscany.

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Written Words

Pasquale Lopetrone's New Book!
by Carol Heppner
Our Pasquale has another book being published that deals with the foundations of Florensi. This is the cover and title page of the book. Congratulations, Pasquale!!

Legacy Magazine
by Carol Heppner

I create craft projects for various magazines. This is one of my articles from Fall, 2006. It shows readers how to use their family history to create little books that are then placed in altered cigar boxes. It's one of my favorite articles because I used my own Lopetrone branch history for the article that appeared in Legacy Magazine (Stampington Publications).

My Parents

By Mary Angela Lopetrone Andali Spinnato

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This is my mother and father. My mother is Rosa Lopetrone 1931, born of Angela Maria Ciodo and Guiseppe Lopetrone di Penzera. This is a photo when my mother first came to Canada to join her husband who had left her two years prior to make a better life for them. My father first met my eldest brother Gaetano when he was two years old.

This second photo is from last November 2006. They are still healthy and very much active with their family and friends. My parents had five children, Gaetano (Guy), Joseph, Mary (that's me), Laura and John.

Our last name is Andali and my father was from San Giovanni in Fiore, (pedraro).