Paiva Netto

I am celebrating yet another year of work at the Legion of Good Will (LGW). The sun was rising on June 29, 1956—St. Peter and St. Paul Day. I was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At 15, as if by intuition, I turned on the radio, and Tamoio Radio was on air. We were celebrating Brazil’s June festivities. I was surprised, therefore, to hear the chords of Silent Night by Joseph Mohr (1792-1848) and Franz Grüber (1787-1863) at a time when Christmas was still a long way...