Alfred Boeddeker

Organization founder

1903 – 1994

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Who was Alfred Boeddeker?

Alfred Boeddeker, O.F.M. was an American Franciscan friar who is best known for having founded humanitarian programs to aid the poor and marginalised in the San Francisco Bay Area. These programs, named by Father Boeddeker for Saint Anthony of Padua, include the St. Anthony Dining Room, the St. Anthony Free Medical Clinic, and the St. Anthony Farm, 315 acres near Petaluma in Sonoma County, California. The dining room and medical clinic are part of the St. Anthony Foundation.

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Born
Aug 7, 1903
San Francisco
Nationality
  • United States of America
Died
Jan 1, 1994

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on July 23, 2013

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