They Called Me the Bacon Priest

This is the powerfully moving story of how a young Norbertine priest, by orders from his superiors left the silence of the abbey in Belgium in 1947 to find some way to relieve the distress of the masses of refugees, as well as millions in the persecuted Church behind the Iron Curtain. Called by the recipients of his generosity "the bacon Priest" Father Werenfried, with only an old hat for received and given away over $700 Million in the past forty years. Churches, covents, chapel trucks, shelters for the homeless, books, medicaments, and tens of thousands of young refugees studying for the priesthood are the tangible witness to the effort and self-denial engendered . . .

fr werenfried has spent 50 years begging for funds for the persecuted catholic church. this book tells of his efforts to assist the shattered church in central and eastern europe right after world war II. through his work and that of his contributors and collaborators, the catholic church was rebuilt in germany and the countries of the former iron curtain. Good historical research material for "what was everyday life like after the war" and an inspiring portrait of what man can accomplish with God's assistance.