Mama Irene.
Photo credit: Courtesy of the Community of Nomadelfia.
Illustration: CNA CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
By María Ximena Rondón.
Rome, Italy, 1 Jun 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Irene Bertoni was eighteen-years-old during World War II. And it was at this tumultuous time that she discovered God's vocational call for her to be a mother.
She adopted two abandoned children, and, with the Blessing of her Bishop, Founded the Catholic Charitable Work Nomadelfia, along with a Priest, named Father Zeno Saltini.
Rome, Italy, 1 Jun 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Irene Bertoni was eighteen-years-old during World War II. And it was at this tumultuous time that she discovered God's vocational call for her to be a mother.
She adopted two abandoned children, and, with the Blessing of her Bishop, Founded the Catholic Charitable Work Nomadelfia, along with a Priest, named Father Zeno Saltini.