Item 0368 - Our Lady of Lourdes

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Our Lady of Lourdes

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  • 1952-08-15 (Creation)

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The black and white image shows a photo of the famous Franciscan Fra Diego Bonanno. Fra Diegowas born in Valletta in 1831. After joining the Order of Friars Minor as a lay brother, he embarked on the noble apostolate of collecting funds to provide suitable lodgings for difficult and abandoned girls. In 1905, he opened an institute in Hamrun (still in existence known as Ta’ Fra Diegu) to serve as a home for hundreds of girls. His saintly aim was to restore dignity and peace to prostitutes, the sick, the poor and the orphaned. In fact many despised him and even threatened him with death for his good work. The image is a memento by the Franciscan Minor Friars and the Franciscan Maltese Province commemorating the fiftieth anniversary since the death of this Franciscan.

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      • Maltese

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