At birth, Father Baker was baptized in the Lutheran faith , the faith of his father. When Nelson was 10 years old, under the spiritual influence of his devout Catholic. Father baker composed many spiritual treatises for the nuns at cambrai, and he also translated mystic works into english for the convent. Father Nelson H . Baker had been dead for years and the campaign to make him a saint hadn’t yet begun. But the orphanage Baker made famous in Lackawanna would be. Thousands were left destitute, hungry and/or homeless. Western New Yorkers were not immune to the suffering. For many of them, though, a hero arose: Father Baker . While Father Baker never took credit for his own work, attributing all success to the intervention of Our Lady of Victory, those who knew him and knew those he helped. Father Baker was especially concerned that Catholic children be brought up in the Faith . Father Baker was willing to accept any boy in need and boys were sent to him from.
Father Baker's Nummies: A Story of Faith, Controversy, and Mystery
At birth, Father Baker was baptized in the Lutheran faith , the faith of his father. When Nelson was 10 years old, under the spiritual influence of his devout C...
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