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Tells the story of a different kind of American hero, an ordinary priest who stared down corruption, slander, persecution, and death for the sake of God's poor. "What Father Al managed to do is beyond the pale", said his longtime collaborator Monsignor James Golasinski. "He was the boldest man I ever knew.

He feared nothing." Known for his joy and his humor, Schwartz was declared a Servant of God by Pope Francis in 2015. By the time of his death in 1992, his work with the Sisters of Mary had spread to the Philippines and Mexico; and since then, the Sisters have founded Boys towns and Girls towns across Central and South America, as well as in Tanzania.

Father Schwartz died calling out to his beloved Mary, the Virgin of the Poor, saying, "All praise, honour, and glory for anything good accomplished in my life goes to her and to her alone."