Apr 20, 2021
Do you know there is a resort in NYC named after Pope Leo XIII?
The Leo Home was based within the Eighteen Eighties as a boarding home for
German Catholic immigrants, on the behest of the Holy Father, and
continues to be working right this moment as a Catholic resort offering charitable
hospitality at a reduction.
On this episode you may be taught from the Leo Home’s chairman and
president, Michael Coneys, concerning the resort’s fascinating historical past.
The story includes Pope Leo’s particular look after the Catholic Church
in Germany because it was struggling underneath Protestant Prussian rule; as
nicely 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 certainly one of many Catholic nonprofits struggling to outlive the
previous 12 months’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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