La Nostra Voce — April 2026 with Images

Cover — Page 1

Baltimore's Toppled Columbus Statue Rises on White House Grounds

Masthead & Table of Contents — Page 2

La Nostra Voce — Masthead and Table of Contents

Staff, National Officers, ISDA Financial Life Board of Directors · In This Issue…

Passing the Torch — Page 3

Passing the Torch: The Making of an Italian American Matriarch

To Pass the Torch: The Making of an Italian American Matriarch — Danielle Salasavage, Donna Distinta Award

Passing the Torch — continued

Donna Distinta story continued

Wisdom of Nonna & Vocabulary — Page 4

Wisdom of Nonna / Sagezza della Nonna + Vocabulary at the Italian Coffee Bar

Sagezza della Nonna · Vocabolario al Bar

April Events in Italy — Page 5

Scoppio del Carro (Florence, Apr 5) · Natale di Roma (Apr 21) · Salone del Mobile (Milan, Apr 21–26) · Pasquetta

Columbus Statue Rises — Page 6

Columbus Statue Rises — Trump White House letter to Basil Russo

Columbus Statue Rises · President Trump's letter to ISDA National President Basil M. Russo

Columbus Statue Rises — continued

Continued from page 6 — COPOMIAO advocacy, George Bochetto legal victories

Columbus Comeback: Statue on White House Grounds

Columbus Comeback: Statue Installed on White House Grounds

Columbus Comeback — The 13-foot one-ton replica, installed by ISDA and COPOMIAO on the Eisenhower Building grounds

Mother Cabrini — Page 8

Mother Cabrini: The Lynchings That Sent a Saint Marching In

The Lynchings That Sent a Saint Marching In — By Sal R. Perricone

Mother Cabrini — Page 9 (continued)

Continued from page 8 — Father Gambera's ministry, New Orleans Italian Colony

Mother Cabrini — Page 10 (continued)

Continued from page 9 — Fr. Giacomo Gambera portrait; Mother Cabrini arrives in New Orleans

Mother Cabrini — Page 11 (continued)

Continued from page 10 — Orphanage, Giovanni Battista Scalabrini document

Questo Libro — Page 12

Questo Libro: Something Italian — From Distant Shores to Family Tables

Something Italian: From Distant Shores to Family Tables, The Recipes That Held Us Together — by Annette Januzzi Wick · Review by Pamela Dorazio Dean

Creating Stronger Ties — Page 13

Creating Stronger Economic and Cultural Ties Between Italy and Pittsburgh — By Dr. Stephen Mancini

Italian Kitchen — Page 14

Italian Kitchen · Brie Kisses with Raspberry Preserve — By Chef Loretta Paganini · Serves 8

Italian Kitchen — Page 15 (continued)

Italian Kitchen — Nutella Hot Cocoa and Broccoli Pesto Pasta

Italian Kitchen · Nutella Hot Cocoa — By MaryAnn Dwyer, The Beach House Kitchen · Broccoli Pesto Pasta

Lodge & Club News — University Lodge

University Lodge — Ready to Roll on Election, Bocce — By Marie Panzarella

Lodge & Club News — Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Lodge — Ushers in New Fundraiser — By Mary Ferrante

Lodge & Club News — La Dolce Vita

La Dolce Vita — Celebrates Saint Joseph's Day in Charlotte · Lodge President Marla Monzo-Holmes

Lodge & Club News — Avanti Amerita

Avanti Amerita — Bring on the Spring Derby · Andre Palinelli memorial · Vicki Tripodo Winner

Cleveland District Council Scholarship

Cleveland District Council Scholarship Updates & Application

Lodge & Club News — Victory Lodge #33

Victory Lodge #33 — 99 Years Young: Uncle Joe Tanti Auguri (Joe Falce)

Lodge & Club News — Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri — It Takes a Village to Support a Scholar

Italian Court — Dual Citizenship — Page 18

Italian Court Backs Limits on Dual Citizenship — Italian courthouse photo

ISDA Financial Life — Advertisement

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Via Roma, Turin, Italy

Italian Kitchen — continued

Italian Kitchen — Nutella Hot Cocoa and Broccoli Pesto Pasta (continued)

Italian Kitchen continued — Nutella Hot Cocoa ingredients · Broccoli Pesto Pasta

Buffalo Italian Heritage Festival & Donna Distinta

Buffalo Italian Heritage Festival crowd photo + Donna Distinta announcement

Buffalo Italian Heritage Festival · 2026 Donna Distinta Final Honoree Announced

Columbus Statue Rises — continued

Columbus Statue Rises — Trump letter continuation, White House campus

Columbus Statue Rises continued — Trump letter details · White House campus installation

Italian Court Backs Limits on Dual Citizenship

Italian Court Backs Limits on Dual Citizenship — Page 18

ISDA Scholarship Luncheon & "We Are Italian America"

ISDA Scholarship Luncheon · "We Are Italian America" — Page 19

Lodge & Club News — Inizio in Motion

Inizio in Motion — By Maria Costanzo, Cleveland · Page 20

Cleveland District Council Scholarship Application

Cleveland District Council Scholarship Application Form — Page 21

Lodge & Club News — McKeesport Lodge

McKeesport Lodge Honors a Life — Jerry Ruta obituary with photo · Page 22

Lodge & Club News — Bella Vista Lodge

Bella Vista Lodge — Break from March Tradition · St. Joseph dinner · Page 23

For a New Generation: Search for Connection

For a New Generation, Search for Connection Moves South — By Nina Hurst, OLMC Lodge Cleveland · Page 24

Lodge & Club News — North Hills #174

North Hills #174 Report — By Dott. Daniel Lardieri Strinkoski · Page 25

ISDA Financial Life — Advertisement

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ISDA Financial Life — Mega Flex 7/6 · 6.00% APY · Football Draft theme · Page 26

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ISDA Financial Life — Elite 8 · Liquid 2 · Page 27

Church Interior

Church interior — full-page photograph