The Catalano Family

1985 Family Portrait

2005-11-30T14:50:13Z

Here's a family portrait from 1985 (thanks for scanning this Papa). We all look so young! Anyone else have an old family portrait they would like to share?

Dominic Michael Catalano

2005-11-20T15:22:07Z

Greetings, with Great Joy!

Dominic Michael Catalano was born yesterday, Friday November 19th at ~10:00 AM. Dominic was 8 Lb. 13 oz, and 21-1/4” at birth.

Everyone is in great shape, and Margaret is delighted with her new brother.

I’ve compressed a few photos that I thought you might enjoy.

Peace,

Joe

Godspeed to the 82nd Airborne

2005-09-05T01:23:10Z

Here are some Photos from the 82nd Airborne farewell at Fort Bragg NC. Matthew left Fort Bragg on September 2nd. It was a sad Friday evening for the big old Papa, Mama and Matthew's friend Rebekah. Matthew is assigned to the 82nd Airborne-Bravo Company-1st Platoon. 1st Lt Matthew Charles Catalano is Commander of the First Platoon. I will keep a photo on my desktop as a reminder to pray for Matthew and all of our troops in Iraq. Please keep him in your daily prayers. I prayed unceasingly during Jonathan's tour in Iraq. God brought Jonathan home safely. I will storm the heavens again for "Shue" I do trust in God. The Mascott and Patron Saint of the 82nd Airborne Division has always been Saint Michael the Archangel.
When KAthy and I went to MAtthew's jump school graduation at the home of the 82nd Airborne Parachute School, there was a large painting on the wall in the headquarters building of Saint Michael The Archangel.

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Here is the Prayer Saint Michael the Archangel. Some backround is:
We Catholics believe in The Communion of Saints. This is the Communion among holy persons, or "(Sancti)" I describe it as a spiritual connection between past holy people and the present ones.
Saint Michael's official name, given to him by God, is "Prince of The Heavenly Host" Thousands of years ago Saint Michael The Archangel led the war against satan and the fallen angels. But Saint Michael The Archangel is still very much alive and well today, and he is still the defender of the 82nd Airborne!!

Prayer to Saint Michael The Archangel

Saint Michael the Archangel,defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil, May god rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince Of The Heavenly Host, by The Power Of God, thrust into hell satan and all the other evil spirits who roam about the world, seeking the ruin of souls. This we ask through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Love, Papa,son,bro,cousin,uncle,nephew,friend

The Plate

2005-09-04T21:15:26Z

Here is the Plate that Aunt Mary made. It turned out great! You can see all of our names (including several of the pets) What a great idea!

Beginning of the End

2005-08-24T00:40:18Z

Hello everyone. Today marked the first day of my last semester at Virginia Tech! The beginning of the end. To say that I'm excited would be an understatement. (it has been 10 years in the making) Papa has asked me a few times "So these are the only classes you have left?" -- yes Papa! I'm only going part time and am taking three classes. They are Advanced Financial Management, Investment Banking, and Financial Derivatives. They are some the most challenging classes but my finance skills have been sharpened with the summer classes I just completed.

Jenny is doing well, I'll nag her into writing an update on our family website. She hasn't been updating her website but I'm not surprised considering how busy she is with her new job.

Mallard is doing well. Later this week I'm going to post a new video of him on my website so be sure to check that out.

Well, that's about it on my end. Please let me know if you would like to start writing or posting pics on this site. I'll get you all setup. So far only Matthew has done so.

Take care, I love you all.
- David

Matthew & his buds

2005-08-22T02:06:19Z

Matthew & his buds

I think this picture was taken at Ranger training but it might be from some other time. Papa asked that I share this.

The Masquerade

2005-08-18T04:49:10Z

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Here are a few pics from the Masquerade Party. I will post some more from Catalano Family Reunion 2005 soon.

haven't viewed the masquerade video?
click here now!

Reunion 2005 Pictures by Katie

2005-08-16T20:42:00Z

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Hello everyone. Here are a few pictures that Katie sent me. I was giving her a hard time during the weekend for making us pose for pictures but I'm glad she did (sorry Kate!). I wouldn't have gotten a picture as cute as this without Katie and her knack for good pictures. Enjoy the pictures!

Here's what's been going on with me

2005-08-13T16:56:31Z

Well thanks for checking out this website. David's done a great job at linking us all together on the web. At any rate, I'd like to bring you all up to speed on what’s going on with me. Since I graduated from JMU and commissioned in the Army in May of 2004, I gave my beloved dog, Mallard to David and went straight to my training which lasted until the end of January of this year.
Currently I am living in Fayetteville, NC in a nice 3-bedroom apartment (with one roommate). I can't say that I love the state, but it’s certainly nicer than MD. I’ve been here since February of this year. I am assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division. More specifically, I am in Bravo Company in the 3rd Battalion of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. That probably means very little to everyone but those of you with a military background. Just know that I enjoy my job very much. I am in charge of a 39-man platoon. I've had the privilege of "deploying" with these men to West Point this past summer in support of the cadet's summer training. Training and working with these men has allowed me to learn them on an intimate level which has been an awesome experience thus far. It will certainly come in handy when we deploy to Iraq this fall. We'll likely leave in September for support of the Referendum of the Constitution in Oct. and the Congressional elections in Dec. As you can imagine we’re getting quite busy here getting trained up for whatever mission we may have. We’re expected to be gone for roughly 4-5 months.

Well that’s about a year’s history in a paragraph. Other than work that’s mostly it. I have had the pleasure of dating a sweet girl named Rebekah Smart since last February. She’s in her senior year at William and Mary getting degrees in Sociology and Anthropology.

Take care my family. I love you all very much. Do not expect to see me THIS Christmas but maybe Easter. Your prayers are ALWAYS welcome. God Bless.

Contribute

2005-06-15T02:40:34Z

A lot of family members told me they have enjoyed reading my website and that it would be great if I would post more family stuff. I got to thinking about this catalanofamily.com website and thought... Why not everyone post, not just me??? If you would like to become an "author" on this website please email me or let me know at the reunion. Its as easy as typing email.

At the reunion I will taking pictures and video and will certainly post some good stuff here for those of you who cannot make it. I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone in just a few weeks!