In Italia la sua vicenda è poco conosciuta. Ma nel Far West la sua storia ha il sapore del mito. E adesso l'arcidiocesi di Santa Fe, riferisce l'agenzia Ansa, vorrebbe che Blandina Segale, la «suora più veloce del West» che nell'Ottocento confrontava banditi come Billy The Kid e aprì nella nuova frontiera americana ospedali e scuole, salisse al più...
Now is the time to pull out your mask, gather up your family & friends, and head to the ICD Clubhouse for what is always one of the year's most festive events ~ Carnevale! It is a time of revelry, costumes, and food, all of which will be front-and-center at the ICD. A face painter will be on hand to transform the kids ~ or you! ~ into a fierce...
In all of his days, Vincent Barlow had never seen anything like the events of that hot July night in 1949. Barlow, a resident of sparsely populated Chocolate Bayou Road in Houston, recalled that he was standing on his porch when he saw a black Cadillac driving fast, with a dark sedan in apparent pursuit. As they closed within 100 yards of his house...
By Olivier Uyttebrouck The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted this week to support the cause of sainthood for Sister Blandina Segale, an Italian-born nun who helped open schools and hospitals in the New Mexico territory and reputedly stood up to Billy the Kid. The work is complete on this side of the Atlantic, and now the decision rests wi...
Il Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, la principale compagnia di danza contemporanea di Houston (TX), e' lieta di presentare "An Evening in Italy: celebrating 2013 Year of Italian Culture" al Miller Outdoor Theater venerdi' 6 settembre alle ore 20. Lo spettacolo, presentato dal Miller Outdoor Theater in collaborazione con il Consolato Generale d'Italia a...
Members of the Bogalusa Italian-American Cultural Society extend an invitation to the public to join in celebrating its 40th St. Joseph's Altar on Friday and Saturday, March 14 and 15, at the B&C Hall (formerly KC Hall), 139 Cumberland Street in Bogalusa. Members have been busy planning for the event and preparing Italian cookies and other del...
Parades and red-white-and-blue patriotism underscored partying. And legions rallied. It was a cold day for the queen and her cortege of 80 maids, but they warmed up to the celebration for the 43rd annual Italian American Marching Club St. Joseph Parade. They assembled at midday in the Piazza d'Italia for the pre-parade celebration and a chance to...
Divulgare la cultura e la lingua italiana tra i giovani ed invogliarli a partecipare agli eventi culturali proposti, promuovendo, al tempo stesso, il programma AP di italiano. Questi gli obiettivi che hanno spinto Comites e Consolato generale d'Italia a Houston a bandire un concorso letterario in occasione della prossima Settimana della Lingua nel...
By Janine Young Of the many Jesuit priests who served in the Diocese of El Paso, one of the most significant was Father Petronius Zagni. During the depths of the Great Depression in the 1930s, Father Zagni established a famous charity kitchen, called the Cocina Caridad at Sacred Heart Church in Downtown El Paso that fed hundreds of po...
This weekend, amorous Italians will return to the French Quarter for the 45th annual Italian-American Marching Club’s St. Joseph’s Parade and other festivities. The events honor St. Joseph, whose feast day is March 19. The celebrations begin at noon on Friday, with a presentation of the “World’s Largest Pasta Dish,” holding pasta con sard...
di Tiziana Triolo Si è svolta il 6 dicembre presso l'Auditorium del Consolato Generale d'Italia a Houston, in Texas, la Decima Conferenza dei Ricercatori Italiani nel Mondo, organizzata dal Comitato degli Italiani all'Estero (Comites) della circoscrizione consolare di Houston, che comprende gli Stati dell'Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma e Te...
Due giovani pianeti, probabilmente dei giganti gassosi grandi quanto Saturno, stanno nascendo dal 'grembo' fatto di polveri e gas che circonda la giovanissima stella HD 163296, visibile a 400 anni luce da noi nella costellazione del Sagittario: a svelare questa precoce 'gravidanza' stellare è il radio telescopio Alma in Cile, che ha analizzato le p...