Father David LiPuma says Baker, as part of New York’s 74th Infantry Regiment, was sent off almost immediately, to Gettysburg. Before he built a Basilica and Infant Home and even before he was ordained, Nelson Baker was a war veteran. In June of 1863, when he was just 21 years old, Nelson volunteered to join the Union army charged with meeting General Robert E. Lee’s advance on Gettysburg, Pa. Father Baker was shocked at his first assignment from the Bishop – he was appointed assistant superintendent of the institutions at Limestone Hill under his friend Father Hines. One government official summed up the feeling of those who had gathered best: A man’s success in life should be measured by the friends he makes and the good he does. Measured by this rule, Father Baker was the most successful man in this country and, probably, the world. > Next Chapter: His Legacy Continues. Father Nelson Baker with some of the many orphans he helped over his long tenure at Our Lady of Victory, funded in part by his seemingly inexplicable discovery of natural gas on parish property. The late Western New York priest, the revered Father Nelson Baker (1841–1936), devoted himself to Catholic works, including replacing a fire-damaged church with an impressive basilica and creating a hospital, a boys’ orphanage, a boys’ protectory, and other institutions. OLV National Shrine & Basilica is proud to announce WGRZ-TV will air a special Father Nelson Baker episode of “They Might be Saints” on Friday, Feb. 16 ( Father Baker ’s birthday) at 8 p.m. And Sunday, Feb. The production includes interviews with Msgr. Burkard, former pastor of OLV; Msgr. Father Baker grew the existing services and expanded the scope of ministry to include an industrial school, a home for unwed mothers and infants, and a hospital. In thanksgiving to his patroness for all her help, Father Baker built OLV National Shrine & Basilica, which was consecrated and named a minor basilica in 1926. You may have heard the good news that, last month, Pope Benedict XVI declared a priest of that diocese, Father Nelson Baker , “venerable,” meaning the process of his cause for canonization as a saint is now official.
The Father Baker and Numnies Case: The Verdict Is In
Father David LiPuma says Baker, as part of New York's 74th Infantry Regiment, was sent off almost immediately, to Gettysburg. Before he built a Basilica and Inf...
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