Once upon a time in Australia: Padre Ugo Modotti

Our series dedicated to the Italian-Australian community in the 19th and 20th century remembers in this episode father Modotti, who was sent to Victoria to assist Italian migrants shortly before the beginning of WW2.

Father Ugo Modotti and Giovanni Battista Stella at Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto at St Georges Church. Source: Reproduced with permission of Co.As.It. – Italian Historical Society

In this podcast Laura Mecca, former director of the Italian Historical Society of Melbourne, tells SBS Italian the story of a priest who was an important point of reference for the Italian community, in the period between 1938 and 1946.

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