BL. THOMAS MARIA FUSCO, PRIEST AND FOUNDER

BL. THOMAS MARIA FUSCO, PRIEST AND FOUNDER - 24 FEBRUARY

BLESSED THOMAS MARIA FUSCO, PRIEST AND FOUNDER

Blessed Thomas Maria Fusco (Tommaso Maria Fusco), born on December 1, 1831 to Antonio Fusco and Stella Giordano, was the seventh of eighth children. Both his parents died in Blessed Thomas' infancy, which led to his uncle Giuseppe adopting the children. In Nocera, Blessed Thomas commenced his studies for the priesthood in 1847. He was ordained a priest on December 22, 1855.

Blessed Thomas served as a parish priest and opened a school in his own home. He became a member of the Congregation of the Missionaries of Nocera in 1857 and became a traveller in the south to preach. He also established the Priestly Society of the Catholic Apostolate as a means of supporting missions, and it was to receive the formal papal approval of Pope Pius IX in 1874. He then founded the Daughters of Charity of the Most Precious Blood on January 6, 1873 and served as a parish priest in Pagani from 1874 to 1887. He wrote a number of publications on a variety of different topics that included moral theology.

Blessed Thomas died at the beginning of 1891.

PRAYER:

May the intercession of Blessed Thomas commend us to you, so that through his merits we may obtain that which we cannot accomplish by our own. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Information from:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommaso_Maria_Fusco

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