When we were young, in order to give our mother Carol Pelicano a break from cooking dinner two nights a week, our father Ted Pelicano invented Pelicano Pizza.
Every Tuesday and Saturday, Dad would make pizza and use the opportunity to form his eight children — gently, subtly imprinting upon them what it meant to be a Pelicano: integrity, generosity, faith, family, joy, lifting others' burdens, and maybe even an appreciation for Bossa Nova and West Coast Jazz!
Every Tuesday and Saturday, Dad would make pizza and use the opportunity to form his eight children — gently, subtly imprinting upon them what it meant to be a Pelicano: integrity, generosity, faith, family, joy, lifting others' burdens, and maybe even an appreciation for Bossa Nova and West Coast Jazz!
Dad established a tradition that each of his eight children, 60+ grandchildren and 65+ great-grandchildren have carried into their own families. Every time we live this tradition of faith, family, and attention to others, Dad is right there with us.