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Father Vincenzo De Francesco was sent to Melbourne in 1919 to care for the ever growing Italian migrant community, this before taking his final vows as a Jesuit. While in Melbourne he wrote home about his work with this community. His letters to his home, Naples, capture the excitement, wonder, travails and joys of his journey and subsequent task as Australia's first Italian chaplain. Letters to Naples illustrates the challenges facing the early Italian immigrants to Australia, as well as the difficulties faced by Catholics in that period. Letters to Naples is a rare insight into the Italian-Australian community and Catholic Church of the 1920s. Fr De Francesco's charm, wit, faith and passion shine through his writings, which have been faithfully translated from the Italian which are also preserved in this volume.

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