The witness of St. Ansgar's
Subtitle: a novel
By: Francis Nielsen.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Hanover, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781586421007
Subjects: Acolytes -- Fiction; Franciscan friars -- Fiction; Monastic and religious life -- Fiction; Working class -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction; Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: The central characters in this posthumously published semi-autobiographical novel are Mario - the "witness" of the title - and Franciscan friar Father Benigno, the heart and soul of St. Ansgar's, the working-class German Catholic D̥utchie ̲church onManhattan's West Side. Mario is an altar boy and assistant to Father Benigno, mornings, afternoons and weekends, through high school and up until he joins the army to fight in World War II.