Life of Br Len Francis
What follows are extracts from a Life of Len Francis written by Br. Mark O'Loughlin. It may convince you to read the full document or you may wish to go to the complete document immediately. It can be downloaded here.
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In July 1940 Len's younger and healthy sister Joan died after a brief illness from a then all-too-frequent fatal peritoneal infection...
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