Apr 20, 2021
Do you know there is a lodge in NYC named after Pope Leo XIII?
The Leo Home was based within the Eighties as a boarding home for
German Catholic immigrants, on the behest of the Holy Father, and
remains to be working as we speak as a Catholic lodge offering charitable
hospitality at a reduction.
On this episode you may be taught from the Leo Home’s chairman and
president, Michael Coneys, in regards to the lodge’s fascinating historical past.
The story includes Pope Leo’s particular take care of the Catholic Church
in Germany because it was struggling underneath Protestant Prussian rule; as
properly because the St. Raphael Society, which helped political dissidents
to flee Nazi Germany. It additionally includes a really providential go to
from Mom Teresa! However that is additionally a really up to date story
story of considered one of many Catholic nonprofits struggling to outlive the
previous yr’s lockdowns.
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8888Qu0oonc
Hyperlinks
Study extra: https://leohousenyc.com/
Donate to the Leo Home: https://leohousenyc.com/donate/
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