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Father Mario BORRELLI (1922-2007)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Father Mario Borrelli, Roman Catholic priest, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in the Italian city of Naples.
Mario was consecrated a priest in 1946, and almost immediately made it his vocation to help the poor and discriminated. In Naples he founded the “Gioventù Operaia” (Young Labourers) and became the factory chaplain of various companies.
In the 1950s he established an international network for social support called The House of the Urchins - Casa dello Scugnizzo - aimed at the recovery from the streets and professional training of the street urchins of Naples – abandoned children who survived precariously in the post Second World War era.
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Max Bygraves | Mario Borrelli | Alastair Pearson | Brian Rix | Derek Dooley | Elizabeth Twistington Higgins | Sandy MacPherson