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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Father Baker Celebrates Christmas Mass, 1933

This video, without sound, shows Father Nelson Baker offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The video was filmed at Our Lady of Victory Basilica in Lackawanna, south of Buffalo. Father Baker (actually he was a Monsignor) founded and built the Basilica in thanksgiving to Our Lady of Victory for blessings received to build and maintain his orphanage and other works of charity. There is a link at the bottom so you can read more about Father Baker's life story. He is currently "on the road to sainthood". If you haven't visited the Basilica, I highly suggest that you do




Click on the link to read about Father Baker's life.

http://ourladyofvictory.org/FatherBaker/Welcome.html

Another link to the Basilica.

http://olv-bvs.org/ourladyofvictory/Basilica/Welcome.html

2 comments:

Gen said...

I love his vestments, what with the OLV image on the back. Very nice.

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful story of love and faithfulness to Mary. He belongs in the Mother Angellica and Mother Therese crowd.

To Bishop Clark, From His Humble Servants:

"Prince of degredations, bought and sold,
These verses, written in your crumbling sty,
Proclaim the faith that I have held and hold,
And publish that in which I mean to die."