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Sicily
and Vermont
Sun through the olive trees
June 25, 2014
Silver lining of a cloud behind the olive branches
Fra Biagio Conte's community for the homeless has expanded into the countryside. The homeless shelter inherited a farm near the sea, at Scopello in Sicily, and the homeless have rebuilt it, and cleaned up the olive groves, made them productive again, and make all the shelter's olive oil there.
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Olives at the Ballaro` market
June 11, 2014
Green olives, Ballaro` market
A bank of green olives for sale in the Ballaro` market street.
Fra Biagio and the farms
April 27, 2014
Fra Biagio Conte
Fra Biagio Conte, a layman, a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, houses and feeds more than a thousand people in his four urban shelters and communities in Palermo. His guests are Sicilians, Italians, Europeans, Asians, and Africans, men, women and children. Recently his prayers have been answered. He always wanted to Read More