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BL. LUIGI CABURLOTTO, PRIEST - 9 JULY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY

Saints celebrated on the 9th of July

Prayer to the Angels and the Saints

Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation.

In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven.

Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses.

Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so that, after sharing their faith on earth, we may also experience their peace in heaven. Amen.

BL. LUIGI CABURLOTTO, PRIEST

Blessed Luigi Caburlotto was born in Venice in 1817 as the son of a Venetian gondolier. He entered the seminary in Venice and was ordained to the priesthood on September 24, 1842. He worked with young people who were either abandoned or homeless and spent six years of intense pastoral work. 

CATECHETICAL FORMATION

Bl. Luigi made it his task to study the social situation of the population, and placed emphasis on the youth.On 30 April 1850, he established a school for poor and abandoned girls. Thus, the Daughters of St Joseph was founded.

Bl. Luigi placed importance on the catechetical formation of the people and stressed the importance of the frequent reception of the sacraments.

HE FOUNDED A HOME FOR POOR GIRLS

His work continued in 1857 when he founded a home for poor girls and in 1859, a complex for the poor. He also established a free college and in 1869, was assigned to revive the Manin Institute which served as a trade school for men. By 1881, he had taken over poor schools and revived them with staff and resources.

A QUIET AND PRIVATE LIFE

But by this time, he remained at his home parish due to failing health, where he conducted retreats for the clergy and the laity. Bl. Luigi spent his final years away from his institutions and he lived a quiet and private life. He continued to keep track of all his institutions, for they were very close to him, but he could not go to visit them due to his failing health.

THE FUTURE POPE PIUS X WAS AT HIS BEDSIDE

Luigi Caburlotto died in 1897 with the Patriarch of Venice Cardinal Giuseppe Melchiore Sarto - future Pope Pius X - at his bedside. His remains were moved on March 1, 2009 to the parish of Saint Sebastian.

(Information from Wikipedia -

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Caburlotto)

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