BL. GIOVANNI MARIA BOCCARDO, PRIEST AND FOUNDER

BL. GIOVANNI MARIA BOCCARDO, PRIEST AND FOUNDER - 30 DECEMBER

BLESSED GIOVANNI MARIA BOCCARDO, PRIEST AND FOUNDER

Blessed Giovanni Maria Boccardo was born in Testona di Moncalieri (near Turin), Italy, November 20, 1848. He studied at the diocesan seminary of Turin and was ordained in 1871. For the next eleven years he provided spiritual direction to seminarians in Chieri and Turin. His first parochial appointment was to Pancalieri in 1882, and he remained there until his death.

Although he enjoyed the seminary, he viewed his parochial assignment as an opportunity for evangelization. When, in 1884, cholera struck the village, he personally tended the sick. Afterwards he established the Hospice of Charity to care for those left abandoned or homeless by the epidemic, including orphans and the poor elderly. He founded the Poor Daughters of St Cajetan to continue the work of the hospice. Within a few years the congregation spread throughout Italy. He went to his eternal reward on December 30, 1913 and was beatified by John Paul II. on May 24, 1998.

Source: https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/boccardo-giovanni-maria-bl

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Blessed Giovanni Maria may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. 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.

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