Title: The witness of St. Ansgar's
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.
Subjects: Franciscan friars, Fiction, Acolytes, Working class, Monastic and religious life, History, Fiction, historical, general, New york (n.y.), fiction, Franciscans
Places: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), New York (N.Y.)
Time periods: 1898-1951