Tag archives for Salesian missionaries

Discovering America: Father Raphael Piperni and the First Salesian Missionaries in North America

Discovering America: Father Raphael Piperni and the First Salesian Missionaries in North America

by Michael Ribotta, SDB Subjects: Introduction The Four Who Came to the City of Saint Francis Father Valentino Cassini (1851-1922) Seminarian Joseph Oreni (1874-?) Lay Brother Nicholas Imielinski (1873-1948). Father Raphael Piperni (1842-1930) Anselmo Petazzi (1877-1941) Strangers in a Strange Land The Earth Shook, the Sky Burned Fr. Piperni Begins the ‘Italian Cathedral’ of the […]

Once Upon a Time in Old New York

Once Upon a Time in Old New York

by Philip Pascucci, SDB Subjects: Background The Archbishop of Boston, Don Bosco and Father Rua The Melting Pot The First Calls to New York City’s Melting Pot The Efforts to Obtain Salesians Continue The Final Answer The Arrival at New York’s Melting Pot Planting the Seed The Seed Sprouts The Seed Becomes A Young Sapling […]