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Vincenzo Di Francesca was one of the first converts in Italy in the 20th century, and his story was documented in the 1987 LDS Church film How Rare a Possession. In 1964 a new Italian-language translation of the Book of Mormon was published, and Ezra Taft Benson successfully negotiated with Italian government officials to allow missionary work ...
In 1849, Toronto was ordained a seventy in the LDS Church. In 1850, he traveled with Lorenzo Snow and Thomas B. H. Stenhouse to England and then on to continental Europe and became the first LDS Church missionaries in Italy. [3] Toronto and his associates met with little success due in part to opposition from the Italian media and government.
A LDS Church video taking place around the 5th century in Ancient North America in the downfall of the Nephite Nation. As he and his son Moroni behold the hundreds of thousands of Nephites slain in the last great battle with the Lamanites, Mormon laments, "O ye fair ones, how could ye have departed for the ways of the Lord." The Touch: 1996 10 min.
How Rare a Possession is a 64-minute film produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It depicts the conversion stories of Parley P. Pratt, a church leader in the 19th century, and Vincenzo di Francesca, an Italian pastor in the 20th century, who both join the church after studying the Book of Mormon.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) ... 1 Nov 1850 2 Aug 1966 1966 Swiss: Italy 1970 Italy South 1971 Italy Rome 1974: 1 Jan 1854 extant
Missionary work for LDS Church began in Switzerland on November 24, 1850, when the Swiss Mission was created. [4] The Swiss Mission later became the Swiss and Italian Mission and the Swiss, Italian, and German Mission. [4] Many early converts were baptized, but then emigrated to the United States until the 1950s.
Six months later, in 1974, he was sent on a Mormon mission to Pescara, Italy. As a Mormon missionary, you are expected to be fully present and dedicated to your duties for every moment during ...
Vincenzo Di Francesca (23 September 1888 – 18 November 1966) was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1951 until his death. However, he is most known for his long struggle to become a member of the LDS Church that is documented in the short film How Rare a Possession.