Little Church in the Wilderness 12+

📗 Little Church in the Wilderness is a novel that is both absorbing and inspirational. Thestory takes place in the 1870’s when a Catholic priest gifted with the ability to healboth body and soul is sent as a missionary to Upper Minnesota.After the Civil War, Father Todd Edward Bose is ordained in Baltimore and hisbishop sends him to the village of Whitefish near the Canadian border to form a parishand build a church. His life in the wilderness is filled with many trials, challenges, andadventures. Upper Minnesota in the 1870’s is sparsely populated with only Indianvillages and a few logging towns only accessible by Mississippi River steamboats. Asmall contingent of Irish Catholic families migrated from Boston to Upper Minnesotain 1870 to scratch a living out of the skimpy soil and harsh winters. They miss accessto the Sacraments, so they petitioned the local bishop in St. Paul to send a priest toform a parish and build a church. The bishop asks his friend, the Bishop of Baltimore,to send a missionary. He selects a newly ordained priest, Father Todd Bose, to servethat Catholic settlement. Young, energetic, dedicated, and gifted with special talents,Father Todd accepts his assignment and travels by train, boat, and horseback toWhitefish. Unaware that God has blessed him with special graces as a healer, he settlesin the village, builds the church, and serves his parish as both priest and medic. Hisunique talent as a healer becomes well-known throughout Upper Minnesota and bothIndi...