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Sommario
- Dion DiMucci, the Bronx singer of The Wanderer, is a Catholic, and he calls himself a ferocious one.
- He was baptized at Mount Carmel in the Bronx in 1939, and he had all but stopped going to church by the time he was eight.
- He says a prayer on his knees on April 1, 1968, ended fourteen years of addiction to drugs and alcohol, and he has not used either since.
- On a morning run in Florida on December 14, 1979, he says, he had a vision of Christ that changed his life.
- He spent about eighteen years in evangelical and other Protestant churches, and it was there that he learned the Bible.
- His question about who has the authority to say what is true took him to St. Augustine and the early Church writers, and in 1997 he went back to Mount Carmel and asked a priest to hear his confession.
- In his eighties he was still making records and giving several hours a week to people recovering from addiction.
Bibliografia (Clicca per mostrare)
- Scripture is quoted from the King James Version: Luke 15:20, John 8:32, John 18:38, 1 Timothy 3:15 and 2 Thessalonians 2:15.
- David Scott (first published in New Covenant Magazine), A Wanderer No Longer Wonders Where He’s Bound, October 2001.
- Christine A. Smyczynski, National Catholic Register, Dion’s Spiritual Journey for Truth, July 15, 2011.
- K.V. Turley, National Catholic Register, The Wanderer Sings the Blues, October 11, 2020.
- Rafael Alvarez, The Lamp, The Wanderer, Assumption 2022.
- Marcia Z. Nelson, Publishers Weekly, Runaround Catholic: Dion Writes Spiritual Memoir, April 27, 2011.
- John Lawrey, Christian History, Christianity Today, Singing the Blues with St. Jerome, September 25, 2008.
- OSV News, in Angelus News, Dion DiMucci’s music still focuses on life’s larger questions, July 14, 2025.
- New York Post, carried by AOL, Seven decades of love, drugs and Dion, January 25, 2025.
- Catholic News Service / The Florida Catholic, carried by Catholic Online, ‘Faith changed my life, keeps me on track,’ Catholic pop star says, February 9, 2007.
- Premier Christianity, Dion: the rock & roll philosopher by Adam Jablin – a review of music, faith and love, 2025 or 2026 (page undated).
- Contemporary Musicians, Encyclopedia.com; entry quotes People, November 21, 1988, Dion (Contemporary Musicians entry), undated.
- The Coming Home Network International, Dion DiMucci: Revert from Presbyterianism (The Journey Home programme note), undated programme note.
- The Coming Home Network International, The Church of the Living God, 1 Tim 3:15 & 2 Thes 2:15 (Deep in Scripture programme note), address dated December 23, 2009.
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Dion, undated.
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Helpline for Mental Health, Drug, Alcohol Issues, snapshot January 1, 2026 (read through an Internet Archive copy).
- National Association of Evangelicals, Dichiarazione di fede, undated.
- Concilio Vaticano II, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, Dei Verbum, November 18, 1965.
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