Fr stan fortuna biography

Stan Fortuna, C. Fortuna, a U. In second grade, he received an electric guitar as a Christmas [ 1 ] gift and started playing improvisational sessions in and around New York City.

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Fortuna trained under renowned jazz artist Lennie Tristano , [ 2 ] and played bass professionally before dedicating himself to priesthood. Father Stan was ordained as a priest in the Bronx in Father Fortuna established the non-profit Francesco Productions in as a means to record and distribute evangelical music, video productions and books, as well as handle his speaking and concert engagements; all proceeds benefit the Community's work with the poor of the South Bronx where he lives.

Francesco International Love Outreach was later started to assist in working with the poverty-stricken outside of the US, including the underprivileged in Uganda and Poland. Father Fortuna has been a featured presenter at numerous Franciscan youth conferences like Steubenville, and has numerous appearances to his credit on the EWTN program, Life on the Rock.

He frequently performs and lectures in the United States and countries in Europe and Africa.

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His work and music have garnered articles in a number of publications including the U. Father Fortuna has released over 18 CDs in a variety of musical genres. His latest rap CD is Sacro Song 3: The Completion of the Trilogy , and "Seraphic Wanderer", containing a variety of musical styles and released in , is dedicated to his mother. A documentary on his life and work entitled Sent has been produced.

His third inspirational book U Got 2 Love was released in December Contents move to sidebar hide.