User:Calogero C. Villareale

This is the user page of Wikipedian Calogero C. Villareale.

en This user is a native speaker of English.

it-1 Questo utente può contribuire con un livello semplice di italiano.

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A.K.A Charles C. Villareale. Calogero was my grandfather's name and since it translates to Charles, it was my given name by my parents out of respect to my father's father, a Sicilian tradition in Canicatti, Sicily, followed by my family for many generations. I chose to use it as my user name for the translation of the Italian Wikipedia article Gioacchino La Lomia to the English Wikipedia article Gioacchino La Lomia for sentimental reasons. My parents taught my brothers and I of Padre Gioacchino through the song we recited as children. I have linked an audio clip of that song, recorded in the early 1970's, into the article as well as adding the lyrics and its translation. My family and I continue to teach our children in the same tradition. Hopefully the stories of Padre Gioacchino will live on with each generation.--Calogero C. Villareale 14:23, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

I feel a personal obligation to continue and promote the stories of Padre Gioacchino partly due to my family's connection to him. In fact, my maternal grandfather, Papa Lidro, was an apprentice at a local cobbler shop in Canicatti as a child in the late 1890's and would help repair and deliver the sandals that Padre Gioacchino and the other monks wore at the convent in the Madonna della Rocca Church. My mother's sister was listed in a book of miracles by Padre Gioacchino after being cured of rheumatic fever when she was a child. I am still in search of that book to this very day.--Calogero C. Villareale 02:44, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] To My Little Bro

In loving memory of Ronald J. Villareale March 21st, 1960 - April 16th 2007

I dedicate my user page to my little brother, Ronald Villareale, and his family that he leaves behind and watches over from Heaven. He bears no cross anymore. Rest in peace little brother...--Calogero C. Villareale 15:47, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

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