Fr. Paolo Albera concluded his extraordinary visitation of the Americas (September 1900 to March 1903) by spending ten days with the Salesian community in New York, which had been founded barely four years earlier (November 1898). His visit crowned the difficult beginnings of the Salesian mission among the Italian immigrants of the great city and gave the mission an important impulse for expansion and growth. Continue reading “Michael Mendl – Salesian Beginnings in New York. The extraordinary visitation of Father Paolo Albera in march 1903”