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do myself,” she explained.
A secret recipe? “We would never say,”
Petula said.
“I still love Italian food,” Maria said,
particularly spaghetti and gnocchi. But at home, which Maria and Petula share, the menu tends to be equally meat and potatoes, catering to granddaughter Luciana Kehr.
Petula and Kehr FaceTimed with Maria from Pisterzo when Kehr was singing with her high school choir at the Vatican, but Maria has never returned to Italy since she left in 1964. “I never went back because I’m scared to fly.”
Their home has an Italian décor: marble in the kitchen, an iron stairway and leather furniture.
She isn’t thinking about retirement. “I don’t like to stay home. so I’m keeping at it as long as I can.”
“She doesn’t like to chill out,” added Petula, a freelance musician. “She’s the hardest worker that I know. She came here with zero anything and has achieved the American dream.”
“Whatever she has accomplished she has earned by hard work,” Ricci said.
Maria got a taste of retirement when the pandemic forced a three-month closure. “It was good for like a month, but after that I said ‘I gotta get out of here.’ ”
“ ‘Stir-crazy,’ I said to her,” Petula said. “This is the way it feels if you retired, and she said –”
“No way,” Maria finished.
Maria Perdikis and daughter Petula.
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The Perdikis family has operated the restaurant at 601 W. Newport Pike since 1982.
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Da Vinci
Charity Golf Outing
October 17, 2022
12:00 pm Shotgun Start
Lunch, Dinner & Awards
Start off with a premium boxed lunch before you take
to the course. An Italian themed dinner will be served immediately after the end of play accompanied by a cash bar and the Smooth Sounds of Steve Silicato.
www.societadavinci.com
1071 Holland Rd. * Holland PA
1071 Holland Rd. * Holland PA
(Southampton on GPS)
(Southampton on GPS)
www.padrepiofestivalhollandpa.com
www.padrepiofestivalhollandpa.com
215-357-5720
215-357-5720
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
*Karaoke Contest *Karaoke Contest
(12:30pm-2:30pm) (12:30pm-2:30pm)
*Live Entertainment *Live Entertainment
by Willie Lynch Band by Willie Lynch Band
(3pm - 5pm) (3pm - 5pm)
*Raffle Baskets
NOON-5:00pm: NOON-5:00pm:
All American Picnic Buffet All American Picnic Buffet
(Catered by McCaffery’s Markets) (Catered by McCaffery’s Markets)
(wrist band is good from Noon to 5:00pm) (wrist band is good from Noon to 5:00pm)
*Bingo (3pm-4pm) *Bingo (3pm-4pm) *Field Games (3pm-4pm) *Field Games (3pm-4pm)
NOON-9:00pm
NOON-9:00pm
*Food Vendors
*Food Vendors
* Craft Vendors
* Craft Vendors *Elmwood Park Travelling *Elmwood Park Travelling Zoo -1pm & 2:20pm
Zoo -1pm & 2:20pm *Teen Volleyball
*Teen Volleyball (2pm-4pm)
(2pm-4pm)
*Inflatable Amusements *Inflatable Amusements *Religious Articles for sale *Religious Articles for sale *Raffle Baskets
Festival Continues 5:30pm - 10:00pm Festival Continues 5:30pm - 10:00pm
*Mass in Honor of PADRE PIO
*Mass in Honor of PADRE PIO *Followed by a blessing with
*Followed by a blessing with Padre Pio relics
Padre Pio relics
7:30pm - 9:00pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
*Special FREE Concert by the
*Special FREE Concert by the “Jersey Tenors”
“Je(SrisnegyingTeevneroyrthsi”ng from Opera to Rock ‘n Roll) (Singing everything from Opera to Rock ‘n Roll)
NOON-7:00pm: NOON-7:00pm:
*12:30pm Solemn Mass in *12:30pm Solemn Mass in
Honor of Padre Pio Honor of Padre Pio
*Guest Homilist: Fr. Thomas *Guest Homilist: Fr. Thomas
Betz Betz
*1:30pm Street Procession *1:30pm Street Procession
(accompanied by the Verdi Band (accompanied by the Verdi Band
of Norristown) of Norristown)
*2:30pm Healing *2:30pm Healing
Service with Padre Service with Padre
Pio relics Pio relics
*4:00pm Youth Holy *4:00pm Youth Holy
Hour and Adoration, Hour and Adoration,
followed by games, followed by games,
food and fun! food and fun!
ALL DAY: ALL DAY:
*Italian food service by Maggio’s Italian *Italian food service by Maggio’s Italian
Restaurant of Southampton Restaurant of Southampton
*Specialty food vendors (including Kono *Specialty food vendors (including Kono
Pizza, Rita’s Water Ice, The Tot Rod, Pizza, Rita’s Water Ice, The Tot Rod,
Tim’s Barbeque, and more!) Tim’s Barbeque, and more!)
*Games, inflatable amusements *Games, inflatable amusements
*Craft Vendors *Craft Vendors
*Religious articles for sale
*Religious articles for sale
*Padre Pio Café and Kid’s Pavilion
*Padre Pio Café and Kid’s Pavilion *Raffle Baskets
*Raffle Baskets
Musical Entertainment Musical Entertainment
*Sinatra Tribute Singer Steve Ritrovato
*Sinatra Tribute Singer Steve Ritrovato *Singer/Entertainer Joanne Caruso
*Singer/Entertainer Joanne Caruso