PASQUALE CANZII, SEMINARIAN

PASQUALE CANZII, SEMINARIAN - 24 JANUARY

SERVANT OF GOD PASQUALE CANZII, SEMINARIAN

Servant of God Pasquale Canzii,
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The Servant of God Pasquale Canzii was the first son born to devout parents who had struggled to have children for many years, on November 6, 1914. Due to economic difficulties, his father was forced to emigrate to the United States of America, and stayed in touch with his family from abroad.

On the occasion of a popular mission in Bisenti, in 1926, the Servant of God met a Passionist Priest. Attracted by the figure of Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, he expressed the desire to enter the Congregation of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ but, due to his rather fragile health, he was directed to the diocesan seminary. In October of the same year, the Servant of God entered the Seminary of Penne, receiving the habit of a cleric.

Once questioned about why he was studying for the priesthood, the boy answered, "because, when I am ordained a priest, I will be able to save many souls and I will have saved my own. The Lord wills, and I obey. I bless the Lord a thousand times who called me to know and love him."

In seminary, as in his early childhood, those around Pasquale noticed his uncommon level of holiness and humility. He would often write: "Jesus, I want to become a saint, soon and great." He subjected himself to mortifications, sacrifices and discipline. One fellow student described him as "always easy to laugh, simple, good, like a child." The same student said the young seminarian "burned in his heart with lively love for Jesus and also had a tender devotion to Our Lady."

Pasquale died in the Seminary of Penne (Italy), due to pneumonia, on January 24, 1930, at the age of 15.

The short earthly existence of the Servant of God was characterized by a constant aspiration to holiness, cultivated through love and faithful dedication to his priestly vocation, pursued without reservations and in simplicity.

Sources:

https://www.chieseabruzzomolise.it/2021/01/25/pescara-penne-pasquale-canzi-di-bisenti-dichiarato-venerabile/

https://ioamogesu.com/en/two-twentieth-century-Italians-advance-on-the-via-della-santita/

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/246202/two-20th-century-italians-advance-on-the-path-to-sainthood

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