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One of the treasures of having researched the life of Fr. Al for the biography I’ve been working on is the ...
So, how did this mission even start?
Who or what was the catalyst? Venerable Aloysius Schwartz kept the secrets ...
Today, 28 years after Fr. Al’s passing and four more countries later, World Villages for Children and the Sisters ...
It happened again.
A minor catastrophe reared up in one fell swoop this past week – all the water dried up at ...
Catholic churches are being set on fire in various parts of the world, while statues of saints have been pulled ...
At the closing of his life, when his diseased body was days from surrendering its long fight with ALS, Fr. ...
A SERIES ON STUDENTS FROM CHALCO AND GUADALJARA
CHALCO, Mexico – Graduation this past Sunday staggered some. ...
A SERIES ON STUDENTS FROM CHALCO AND GUADALAJARA
Zayra, 13, from a tiny village in the mountains of ...
PART ONE OF A FOUR-PART SERIES OF VIGNETTES ON THE YOUNG LADIES AND MEN OF CHALCO AND GUADALAJARA, MEXICO.
Many ...
In May, I took a plane to Girlstown in Mexico benignly believing I’d encounter the poor being nourished by the ...
As the crow flies in Washington D.C., Ven. Al Schwartz and Msgr. Thomas Wells grew up in homes eight miles apart. ...
Much of my May was spent in harmonious fields of resurrected joy, Mexico’s Boystown and Girlstown. Within a day or ...
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