| Copyright 2025 FIM Europe | Terms of use - Privacy statement | Mayor Annette Groves and Councillor Tony Rosa attended signing ceremony in Italy Caledon Mayor Annette Groves was in Isola del Liri for a ceremony to officially sign a sister city agreement between the two municipalities.  who was in Italy with his wife to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary at the time attended the ceremony as well and acted as translator since he speaks fluent Italian.  Caledon and Isola del Liri have been working on their partnership since August of 2022 and plan to make the most of their new agreement.  “This cultural exchange is a wonderful opportunity both municipalities can benefit from…” said Groves in a statement “This twinning agreement will grow our public art heritage and tourism are the three initiatives that Caledon is going to be focusing on with the sister city partnership in 2023.  He said Isola del Liri arranged for a local band to come to their Council chambers and play the national anthems of both Italy and Canada.  the mayors of the two municipalities formally signed the sister city agreement and there was a reception after.  “It was beautifully done in their Town hall… the reception outside was great too,” said Rosa Rosa said the mayor of Isola del Liri will be coming to visit Caledon from October 6 to 12 Another signing ceremony will be held in Caledon during that time Joining Isola del Liri’s mayor will be members of the municipality’s economic development and tourism teams.  “We want them to see the beauty of our municipality,” said Rosa “We’re currently working on an itinerary and we look forward to hosting them in Caledon.” Rosa said he’s a true believer that tourism will be one of Caledon’s major industries in the years to come He said the sister city partnership really complements the work the Town is doing to bolster its tourism industry.  “It’s been a really rewarding experience,” said Rosa of working on the partnership “I embraced it when I got elected… it was a dream at one point and now it’s become a reality.” By Sam Odrowski Residents of the region turned out in record numbers on April 28 to cast a vote in Canada’s 45th federal election By Riley Murphy Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Crowds erupted shortly after 2 a.m at the Chandni Convention Center in Brampton as .. 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Caledon will be able to showcase its communities and local economy internationally The Town of Caledon has entered a Sister City Agreement with the Town of Isola del Liri in Italy and the information within may be out of date The Town of Caledon has entered a sister city agreement with the Town of Isola del Liri in Italy The Caledon council approved the sister city agreement during the council meeting Tuesday Sister city relationships offer economic development Three initiatives will be the focus for the partnership that align with existing projects in 2023: public art a celebration of Italian heritage and a tourism marketing campaign council supported the Bolton Italian Cultural Centre in hosting a delegation from Isola del Liri in Italy to begin a dialogue about a possible partnership with Caledon council supported a delegation from Caledon one councillor and the chief administrative officer to visit Isola del Liri to explore the development of a sister city agreement between the two communities The delegates agreed there are areas of alignment between Caledon and Isola del Liri around tourism Following the delegation to Isola del Liri staff met with the representatives who attended on behalf of the town to discuss partnership opportunities staff and delegates prioritized the three initiatives for partnership work plans and priorities and allowing the town to pursue the partnership without budgetary impact in 2023 is a reporter with the Caledon Enterprise Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Pope Francis on April 18 noted the beatification on the previous day of six Cistercian monks suffered several defeats that forced its troops to retreat northward a detachment of soldiers led by the French general François Macdonald plundered several abbeys After having ransacked Monte Cassino and the village of Isola del Liri burst into the Cistercian abbey of Casamari while the monks were preparing to pray Compline and into May 13 left six monks viciously murdered The monks tried to make the soldiers understand that there was not much to loot The violence quickly spread to the Tabernacle Many of the monks fled the Abbey and hid in the fields They had stayed behind to save Jesus Christ Our Lord had been safely in repose inside the Tabernacle The men were slain “in odium fidei,” out of hatred of the faith They had previously fled France because of the threat posed by the Revolution When the soldiers disembarked on May 12-13 he became frightened and hid in the grotto in the garden to escape them he finally returned to his cell to accompany his brothers he finally died the next day in front of General Baron Thiébault the religious told him about the carnage he had witnessed A former religious of the abbey of Sept-Fons in Burgundy Modeste-Marie Burgen was also forced to leave his monastery after the suppression of religious orders in France was murdered in the corridor of the novitiate Albert Maison received the monastic habit in Casamari in 1792 after having fled his country he tried to transfer the hosts from the chapel to the infirmary and then joined two other brothers in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament Maturin Pitré was involved against his will in the French military campaigns in Italy He became seriously ill and was hospitalized with 11 of his fellow soldiers in the hospital of Veroli he asked to return to Casamari in order to dedicate himself to God All of these men were massacred by the band of soldiers who were most likely spurred to commit their acts by too much wine We ask the Martrys of Casamari to pray for us all Articles like these are sponsored free for every Catholic through the support of generous readers just like you Please make a tax-deductible donation today Help us continue to bring the Gospel to people everywhere through uplifting Catholic news the Sister City Agreement with the Town of Caledon and the Town of Isola del Liri in Italy was signed Another Caledon news source reported recently that Mayor Annette Groves would be visiting Italy for the signing It also reported that Bolton Councillor Tony Rosa was also in Italy this month celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary It stated that Rosa planned to meet up with Mayor Groves in Isola del Liri as he speaks fluent Italian Previously the Town had sent  a delegation to Isola del Liri in August 2022 and a Town press release indicates that the two towns are continuing to develop the relationship Isola del Liri’s main attraction is the Castello Boncompagni-Viscogliosi The river splits and rejoins after the lower end of the town making it an island “This cultural exchange is a wonderful opportunity both municipalities can benefit from in a sister city relationship,” said Mayor Annette Groves The Town’s press release states that city relationships offer economic development Caledon can internationally showcase its communities and local economy It was not reported whether any economic development staff from the Town accompanied Groves The press release concluded by listing three initiatives will be the focus for the partnership that align with existing projects in 2023: In 1997 Isola del Liri also signed a twinning agreement with New Orleans Receive our 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