Memoirs of a Frontier Missionary Priest

by Samuel Mazzuchelli

Born in Milan, Italy, Samuel Mazzuchelli (b. 1806, d. 1864) joined the Order of Saint Dominic and while still a teenager asked to be sent to the American mission territories. As a freshly-ordained priest of 22, Father Mazzuchelli was sent to the frontier outpost Mackinac Island in northern Michigan. Humility, warmth, evangelical poverty, manly courage, industry and zeal made him exactly the right bridegroom for the vast "parish" territory he was assigned,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615887066
• ISBN13: 9780615887067
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: The Father Mazzuchelli Society
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"