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Comments on: YES! Weekly http://www.justincatanoso.com/2008/06/26/yes-weekly/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:54:43 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Brian Clarey http://www.justincatanoso.com/2008/06/26/yes-weekly/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Brian Clarey Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:12:09 +0000 http://www.justincatanoso.com/?p=79#comment-164 Just saw this... Thanks again for your time. My Calabrian grandmother is reading the book now. I'll let you know what she thinks. bc Just saw this… Thanks again for your time. My Calabrian grandmother is reading the book now. I’ll let you know what she thinks.
bc

]]> By: justin http://www.justincatanoso.com/2008/06/26/yes-weekly/comment-page-1/#comment-120 justin Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:07:44 +0000 http://www.justincatanoso.com/?p=79#comment-120 Joe -- Thank you for this wonderful comment and sharing your story. One of the true gifts I've had in doing this project was having a reason to trace these roots, to meet these relatives, to be welcomed into their lives. I love the Sorvino quote! We are not alone in feeling this way. Tell me -- where are you writing from? Justin Joe — Thank you for this wonderful comment and sharing your story. One of the true gifts I’ve had in doing this project was having a reason to trace these roots, to meet these relatives, to be welcomed into their lives. I love the Sorvino quote! We are not alone in feeling this way.

Tell me — where are you writing from?

Justin

]]> By: Joe Pedalino http://www.justincatanoso.com/2008/06/26/yes-weekly/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Joe Pedalino Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:44:28 +0000 http://www.justincatanoso.com/?p=79#comment-119 I was given your book from a good friend of mine. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and completed it in 3 days. I didn't think much about it until afterwards, but it was given to me by a man who is exploring his own religious convictions and will be converting to the Catholic faith this coming spring! While I don't have any saints in my family ( except my mother and father RIP), I do come from a long and very large Sicilian family. Three of my grandparents cam from the same town in Partinico Sicily. My paternal grandmother came from Petralia Sottana also in Sicily. Like you I was fortunate to return to Sicily and "discover" my roots in my mid 30's. I was able to piece togther all of the old stories from my aunts and uncles on both sides of my family tree. I was able to sleep in the house that that my grandmother was born in, and like you walk the same streets and fields that my grandparents did as children. Also like you, I was able to experience these things again with my 2 children who were 6 and 7 at the time. All I can say is that I don't really understand how I feel sometimes in regards to my heritage, but to quote the actor Paul Sorvino..." Life is too short to go through without being Italian". God bless you and your family, and I hope that your faith grows as you experience each and every new day......Salute!!! I was given your book from a good friend of mine. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and completed it in 3 days. I didn’t think much about it until afterwards, but it was given to me by a man who is exploring his own religious convictions and will be converting to the Catholic faith this coming spring! While I don’t have any saints in my family ( except my mother and father RIP), I do come from a long and very large Sicilian family. Three of my grandparents cam from the same town in Partinico Sicily. My paternal grandmother came from Petralia Sottana also in Sicily. Like you I was fortunate to return to Sicily and “discover” my roots in my mid 30’s. I was able to piece togther all of the old stories from my aunts and uncles on both sides of my family tree. I was able to sleep in the house that that my grandmother was born in, and like you walk the same streets and fields that my grandparents did as children. Also like you, I was able to experience these things again with my 2 children who were 6 and 7 at the time. All I can say is that I don’t really understand how I feel sometimes in regards to my heritage, but to quote the actor Paul Sorvino…” Life is too short to go through without being Italian”. God bless you and your family, and I hope that your faith grows as you experience each and every new day……Salute!!!

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