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. Father Nelson H . Baker had been dead for years and the campaign to make him a saint hadn’t yet begun. But the orphanage Baker made famous in Lackawanna would be Knickerbocker’s new home. Finally, at an unheard-of depth of 1,137 feet, a pocket of gas, dubbed " Victoria Well," came in! The pool struck that day yielded enough natural gas to heat all of Father Baker’s buildings, provide gas for cooking and to even heat the homes of about 50 families who lived nearby. The definitive work on the life and miracles of Father Nelson Baker , first published in 2005, is now available in an updated edition. The Mysteries of Father Baker , meticulously written and researched by local historian John Koerner, first captured the hearts of readers nearly a decade ago. Because the boy’s mother had prayed to the Virgin Mary and Father Baker, she credited them with a miracle (Koerner 2005, 45–46), rather than acknowledging that her son’s condition was not as bad as it had appeared and that his body’s own natural healing mechanisms were activated. In these days of Big Brother taking from the pockets of his tax-paying citizens to support millions on the government dole, it is delightful to consider the true charity of the subject of our story, Father Nelson Baker . Get ready for an action-packed, full-color comic book biography that brings to life the inspiring story of Father Nelson Baker , priest of the Diocese of Buffalo, New York and founder of OLV Charities. A city of charity father baker was surprised by his first priestly assignment – he was appointed assistant superintendent at limestone hill under his old friend, father hines.
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Father Baker was shocked at his first assignment from the Bishop -- he was appointed assistant superintendent of the institutions at Limestone Hill under his fr...