num_pages: 91
description: "Michael, the Gentle The Story of Monsignor Michael Angelo Campagna, founder of Hoosier Boy's Town is the story of an Italian immigrant priest, Monsignor Michael Campagna, a man whose courage, energy, and devotion to God made him a lasting example of love and faith to all who knew him. Born in 1904, near Rome, in the city of Castro dei Volsei, he was the youngest of eleven children---even then, his family knew Michael was special, destined for special things. "Special things" for Michael meant the priesthood, and later America. After six years in an Italian seminary, Michael sailed to the United States. He has a difficult time assimilating the strange customs and language of America and often thought of returning to Italy. Seeing the hundreds of wayward young boys roaming the streets of Chicago, Father Campagna became a savior among boys, and a healer of broken lives and troubled souls. He created new direction, hope, and the necessary motivation for hundreds of boys through his Boy's Home in Indiana and his personal labor of love. Father Michael gave his life in the service of God and his fellow-man, leaving Hoosier Boy's Town as a living legacy of the padre's unselfish dedication to making this world a little better. The author captures the spiritual nature of Father Campagna, his dreams, visions, and concrete achievements. Read and love Michael, the Gentle Padre--and rejoice."(from front flap)
language: English
title: Michael, The Gentle Padre: The Story Of Monsignor Michael Angelo Campagna, Founder Of Hoosier Boy's Town
titlecomplete: Michael, The Gentle Padre: The Story Of Monsignor Michael Angelo Campagna, Founder Of Hoosier Boy's Town
publisher: Vantage Press, Los Angeles, Chicago