Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Boys' Town

In 1945, Monsignor Carroll-Abbing established the Boys Town of Rome 45 miles northwest of the city in Civitavecchia on a small piece of land with 200 boys. These boys, ages ten to eighteen, have been abandoned by their parents, come from unhealthy home environments, or are orphans; as well as several from foreign countries. Over the past four decades their town has grown from one building to three hundred acres of well running buildings. Monsignor Carroll-Abbing built these self-governing towns on his philosophy to give young people responsibilities and expect the most from them in return. His goal was to let kids know their lives are worth something.

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