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# 85 NOVEMBER 21 , 2016
# 85 November 21 2016
How about the actual Italian presence in
St. Louis, nowadays? Are there many Italians?
Basically, nowadays if Italians come here
and spend some time in St. Louis is because they found here an extended part
of their families. However, there are quite many Italian Americans from the Hill
who go back to their hometown in Italy.
and the Church by walk!
They don't stay there, they come back to
It was almost stereotypical the way he St. Louis, but this way they keep the conseemed to be everywhere, and the pu- nection alive between America and Italy,
blications about him are in every cate- which is really good!
gory in our archives since his personality
went beyond the simple role of a priest. How is Made in Italy in St. Louis?
The current priest is Monsignor Bommarito, which is in his early sixties, and
works constantly in a very discreet way
to keep the community united.
Other personalities worthy of mention
are two very famous baseball players,
Yogi Berra (who died last year) and Joe
Garagiola: they grew up in The Hill as
close friends, living across the street
from each other.
It's hard to believe but women dresses,
men suits, bags and fashion, accessories
typical of the Made in Italy, are not available in The Hill. If some Italians would
decide to come and start these kind of
businesses here, they will be very welcomed! The mere fact that a product has
Italian origins makes increase its value,
here as in the rest of the world.
At least we have some examples of million dollars factories that came out of
The Hill: the first one is called Volpi and
they do prosciuttos and general salamis
in Italian style; the second one is called
Imo's Pizza, and there's also Fazio's Bakery, opened about 100 years ago!
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