Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Trieste Lodge,
I trust you have all been keeping well, and are looking forward to another month with hopefully some spring weather that is here to stay! We will be holding our March General Meeting on Tuesday March 14th. In keeping with our recent practice, I would ask that all those wishing to attend, to please give Br. Joe Mongiardi a call no later than Friday March 10th.
We will be resuming our annual Soppressata Dinner on Thursday April 20th! Tickets for this event are $45 for dinner, cash bar. If you have started making your own Soppressata, this event is a great way to showcase your product! See Br. Lewis Merolli for dinner tickets. As always, this is our signature event, and we encourage all members to get their tickets while they last, and encourage their family and friends to partake on a wonderful event that celebrates the importance of maintaining a traditional southern Italian delicacy. If you do not make Soppressata, do not worry! We encourage all guests to bring their own charcuterie boards filled with homemade cured meats and cheeses to share with their table, as there will not be an antipasto as part of the meal. We look forward to seeing many familiar faces, and we look forward to meeting new friends that we hope will continue to join us at Trieste Lodge.
I just wanted to thank all of those in attendance at last month’s general meeting. We had a stellar turnout, and a wonderful meeting that provided every individual with a look into what we hope to be the future of Trieste Lodge. At this point, I do not have more to report in regards to the “Cultural Centre,” but I look forward to your attendance in March where hopefully, we will be able to share some more information with all of you. The future of our Order looks promising, and it is all accredited to the work of men and women over our 100 year history that have sacrificed, so that we may be able to celebrate together for years to come. Our history is our strength, and the future of our Order is within our hands to create.
As you will see in our bulletin, we are proud to sponsor the McMaster Italian Cultural Club on their gala event here at our hall, on April 1st. Tickets are available at $45 per person, and we look forward to a wonderful night surrounded by our youth, and all of the wonderful cultural traditions they carry on within our community!
I would just like to remind everyone that annual dues for 2023 will be due by March 31st. Cheques can be mailed to our lodge address, or payments can be made online on our website (sonsofitalyhamilton.org/shop).
Fraternally Yours,
Lucas Costanzo
President