OCR Text |
Show A Priest Nobleman. (New Century.) There is a great deal of modest worth hid in a bushel of obscuring circumstances circum-stances in East Liberty, Pa. re re-I re-I ' fer to the pastor of the Italian parish f in that town. He is a nobleman, care fully educated in the best traditions of his native land, and broadened by foreign for-eign travel. In 1SS7 he asked permission to go as chaplain with the army to Africa, which was granted. Premier Crtspi giving giv-ing him the grade of lieutenant. Fath-, Fath-, r-r Piscopo immediately went on the I i battlefield with the Italian soldiers in f Africa. He had under his care 20.000 S soldiers and was the faithful compan ion of the poor, sick and wounded. After his good and faithful service he was noon promoted to a captaincy. In 1S90 he was nominated by Premier Orispi as director of public schools at Massowa, Abyssinia. During his residence resi-dence in Massowo he built a home for the Italians. Afterward he was recalled re-called to Italy by the superiors to assume as-sume private missions, and he traveled trav-eled in Germany, France. Switzerland, England. Arabia and India. He finished his mission and returned to Naples and there he met the late Father Leone of Saracena. who advised him to come to America. Since reach-I reach-I ing this country he has proved an in defatigable toiler. Lately he has organized or-ganized an Italian council of- the Kniffhts of Columbus in his parish. This speaks well for his acumen and grasp of the significant things in the I life around him. |