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SAINT FEAST DAY 23 JUNE: ST JOSEPH CAFASSO

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 23th of June WELCOME! SAINT JOSEPH CAFASSO, CONFESSOR ... There lived in Turin another holy priest, the Venerable Joseph [Giuseppe] Cafasso. In 1835, the Venerable Don Bosco came to take up his theological studies in Turin, and during that time Don Cafasso was his confessor, director, and most trusted friend.  HIS WORD AND EXAMPLE If the Church owed nothing else to Joseph Cafasso but the fact that he trained up a Don Bosco for her, she would be obliged to render him the greatest gratitude. But we can not number the persons who were inspired with zeal for Christ and the Church by the word and example of Cafasso.  There was at that time in Turin what was practically a seminary for young priests - the Institute of Saint Francis of Assisi . In this seminary Cafasso was professor of moral theology, and from 1848 to 1860 director of the Institute.  THE PREPARATION OF THE MIND AND HEART OF THE PRIEST The preparation o...