June 23 Saint Joseph Cafasso. CNA on July 6, 2010 Joseph Cafasso (Italian: Giuseppe Cafasso; 15 January 1811 – 23 June 1860) was an Italian Catholic priest who was a significant social reformer in …More
June 23 Saint Joseph Cafasso.
CNA on July 6, 2010
Joseph Cafasso (Italian: Giuseppe Cafasso; 15 January 1811 – 23 June 1860) was an Italian Catholic priest who was a significant social reformer in early 19th-century Turin. He was one of the so-called "Social Saints" of the city who emerged during that era.[a][1]
Cafasso has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.
CNA on July 6, 2010
Joseph Cafasso (Italian: Giuseppe Cafasso; 15 January 1811 – 23 June 1860) was an Italian Catholic priest who was a significant social reformer in early 19th-century Turin. He was one of the so-called "Social Saints" of the city who emerged during that era.[a][1]
Cafasso has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.
Monday of the Twelfth week in Ordinary Time
2nd book of Kings 17:5-8.13-15a.18.
Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, occupied the whole land and attacked Samaria, which he besieged for three years.
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and deported the Israelites to Assyria, settling them in Halah, at the Habor, a river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
This came about …More
Monday of the Twelfth week in Ordinary Time
2nd book of Kings 17:5-8.13-15a.18.
Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, occupied the whole land and attacked Samaria, which he besieged for three years.
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and deported the Israelites to Assyria, settling them in Halah, at the Habor, a river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
This came about because the Israelites sinned against the LORD, their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the domination of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and because they venerated other gods.
They followed the rites of the nations whom the LORD had cleared out of the way of the Israelites (and the kings of Israel whom they set up).
And though the LORD warned Israel and Judah by every prophet and seer, "Give up your evil ways and keep my commandments and statutes, in accordance with the entire law which I enjoined on your fathers and which I sent you by my servants the prophets,"
they did not listen, but were as stiff-necked as their fathers, who had not believed in the LORD, their God.
They rejected his statutes, the covenant which he had made with their fathers, and the warnings which he had given them. The vanity they pursued, they themselves became: they followed the surrounding nations whom the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
till, in his great anger against Israel, the LORD put them away out of his sight. Only the tribe of Judah was left.
Psalms 60(59):3.4-5.12-13.
O God, you have rejected us and broken our defenses;
You have been angry; rally us!
You have rocked the country and split it open;
repair the cracks in it, for it is tottering.
You have made your people feel hardships;
you have given us stupefying wine.
Have not you, O God, rejected us,
so that you go not forth, O God, with our armies?
Give us aid against the foe,
for worthless is the help of men.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 7:1-5.
Jesus said to his disciples: "Stop judging, that you may not be judged.
For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.
Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?
How can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove that splinter from your eye,' while the wooden beam is in your eye?
You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother's eye."
Commentary of the day : The Imitation of Christ
"Stop judging, that you may not be judged."
dailygospel.org/main.php
2nd book of Kings 17:5-8.13-15a.18.
Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, occupied the whole land and attacked Samaria, which he besieged for three years.
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and deported the Israelites to Assyria, settling them in Halah, at the Habor, a river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
This came about because the Israelites sinned against the LORD, their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the domination of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and because they venerated other gods.
They followed the rites of the nations whom the LORD had cleared out of the way of the Israelites (and the kings of Israel whom they set up).
And though the LORD warned Israel and Judah by every prophet and seer, "Give up your evil ways and keep my commandments and statutes, in accordance with the entire law which I enjoined on your fathers and which I sent you by my servants the prophets,"
they did not listen, but were as stiff-necked as their fathers, who had not believed in the LORD, their God.
They rejected his statutes, the covenant which he had made with their fathers, and the warnings which he had given them. The vanity they pursued, they themselves became: they followed the surrounding nations whom the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
till, in his great anger against Israel, the LORD put them away out of his sight. Only the tribe of Judah was left.
Psalms 60(59):3.4-5.12-13.
O God, you have rejected us and broken our defenses;
You have been angry; rally us!
You have rocked the country and split it open;
repair the cracks in it, for it is tottering.
You have made your people feel hardships;
you have given us stupefying wine.
Have not you, O God, rejected us,
so that you go not forth, O God, with our armies?
Give us aid against the foe,
for worthless is the help of men.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 7:1-5.
Jesus said to his disciples: "Stop judging, that you may not be judged.
For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.
Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?
How can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove that splinter from your eye,' while the wooden beam is in your eye?
You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother's eye."
Commentary of the day : The Imitation of Christ
"Stop judging, that you may not be judged."
dailygospel.org/main.php
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23. Juni Hl. Joseph Cafasso
italienischer Name: Giuseppe
Gedenktag katholisch: 23. Juni
gebotener Gedenktag bei den Salesianern Don Boscos
Messe an einigen Orten: 27. Juni
Name bedeutet: Gott hat hinzugefügt (hebr.)
Priester
* 15. Januar 1811 in Castelnuova d'Asti in Italien
† 23. Juni 1860 in Turin in Italien
Joseph Cafasso
Josef wurde 1833 zum Priester geweiht und arbeitete dann als Professor …More
23. Juni Hl. Joseph Cafasso
italienischer Name: Giuseppe
Gedenktag katholisch: 23. Juni
gebotener Gedenktag bei den Salesianern Don Boscos
Messe an einigen Orten: 27. Juni
Name bedeutet: Gott hat hinzugefügt (hebr.)
Priester
* 15. Januar 1811 in Castelnuova d'Asti in Italien
† 23. Juni 1860 in Turin in Italien
Joseph Cafasso
Josef wurde 1833 zum Priester geweiht und arbeitete dann als Professor für Moraltheologie am Konvikt in Turin, dessen Rektor er 1848 wurde. Die Seelsorge an Priestern war ihm ein besonderes Anliegen. Er pflegte gute Kontakte zu Johannes Don Bosco, der Josef entscheidende Impulse zu verdanken hatte und dem er bei der Gründung des Salesianerordens zur Seite stand, sowie zu Josef Cottolengo. Mit ihnen befruchtete er das Gemeindeleben in Turin; als geistlicher Begleiter und Ratgeber hatte er großen Einfluss auch auf viele Laien und konnte seinen Einfluss auch politisch geltend machen.
Mit persönlichen Mitteln und Spenden half er Armen. Sein besonderes Anliegen waren Gefangene, er setzte sich ein für eine Reform des Strafvollzugs und der Haftbedingungen. Seine besondere Zuwendung galt den zum Tod Verurteilten. Er besuchte sie, tröstete sie, unterwies sie im Glauben und hörte ihre Beichte. Die Turiner Zeitgenossen bezeichneten ihn bald als den Galgenpriester.
Kanonisation: Joseph wurde 1947 durch Papst Pius XII. heiliggesprochen.
Patron der Gefängnisseelsorger, der Gefangenen und der zum Tode Verurteilten
www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienJ/Joseph_Cafasso.htm
italienischer Name: Giuseppe
Gedenktag katholisch: 23. Juni
gebotener Gedenktag bei den Salesianern Don Boscos
Messe an einigen Orten: 27. Juni
Name bedeutet: Gott hat hinzugefügt (hebr.)
Priester
* 15. Januar 1811 in Castelnuova d'Asti in Italien
† 23. Juni 1860 in Turin in Italien
Joseph Cafasso
Josef wurde 1833 zum Priester geweiht und arbeitete dann als Professor für Moraltheologie am Konvikt in Turin, dessen Rektor er 1848 wurde. Die Seelsorge an Priestern war ihm ein besonderes Anliegen. Er pflegte gute Kontakte zu Johannes Don Bosco, der Josef entscheidende Impulse zu verdanken hatte und dem er bei der Gründung des Salesianerordens zur Seite stand, sowie zu Josef Cottolengo. Mit ihnen befruchtete er das Gemeindeleben in Turin; als geistlicher Begleiter und Ratgeber hatte er großen Einfluss auch auf viele Laien und konnte seinen Einfluss auch politisch geltend machen.
Mit persönlichen Mitteln und Spenden half er Armen. Sein besonderes Anliegen waren Gefangene, er setzte sich ein für eine Reform des Strafvollzugs und der Haftbedingungen. Seine besondere Zuwendung galt den zum Tod Verurteilten. Er besuchte sie, tröstete sie, unterwies sie im Glauben und hörte ihre Beichte. Die Turiner Zeitgenossen bezeichneten ihn bald als den Galgenpriester.
Kanonisation: Joseph wurde 1947 durch Papst Pius XII. heiliggesprochen.
Patron der Gefängnisseelsorger, der Gefangenen und der zum Tode Verurteilten
www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienJ/Joseph_Cafasso.htm
le 23 juin Saint Joseph Cafasso
Joseph (Giuseppe en italien) Cafasso, né en 1811, mort en 1860, est un prêtre italien, théologien, aumônier des condamnés à mort ; il est le professeur et le guide spirituel de Don Bosco.
C'est un saint catholique fêté le 23 juin.
Giuseppe Cafasso nait en 1811 à Castelnuovo d'Asti, qui maintenant s'appelle Castelnuovo Don Bosco, dans la province d'Asti…More
le 23 juin Saint Joseph Cafasso
Joseph (Giuseppe en italien) Cafasso, né en 1811, mort en 1860, est un prêtre italien, théologien, aumônier des condamnés à mort ; il est le professeur et le guide spirituel de Don Bosco.
C'est un saint catholique fêté le 23 juin.
Giuseppe Cafasso nait en 1811 à Castelnuovo d'Asti, qui maintenant s'appelle Castelnuovo Don Bosco, dans la province d'Asti, au Piémont, alors annexé à la France. Il est le troisième des quatre enfants de Jean (Giovanni) Cafasso et d'Orsola Beltramo. Sa plus jeune sœur est Marianna, future mère de Joseph Allamano[1].
Souffrant d'une malformation de la colonne vertébrale, il est de petite taille, et reste estropié toute sa vie.
Ressentant de très bonne heure l'appel à la vie sacerdotale, il est ordonné prêtre en 1833. Parallèlement, il exerce les fonctions de professeur de théologie morale à Turin dès 1836. Il a comme élève le jeune Don Bosco[2] qu'il a connu alors que ce dernier n'avait que 12 ans.
Nommé curé de la paroisse de Saint-François en 1848, Joseph Cafasso devient un confesseur renommé, très attaché à la vénération du Saint Sacrement. Disciple de Saint François de Sales, il encourage vivement ses ouailles, et aide aussi les prêtres dans leur ministère. Le Pape Pie XII dit lors de sa canonisation que la mission dont l'avait chargé la Providence, fut d'instruire le clergé, de le confirmer dans l'intégrité de la doctrine évangélique, et de l'inciter à la perfection propre à son état.
Il exerce aussi de nombreux ministères, particulièrement auprès des prisonniers qu'il visite et des condamnés qu'il assiste jusqu'à leur dernière heure. Il est surnommé l'aumônier des gibets et est actuellement le saint protecteur des aumôniers de prison. Il donne l'absolution aux condamnés à mort, et comme ceux-ci sont exécutés tout de suite après, Joseph parle d'eux comme des saints pendus. Il travaille toute sa vie à l'amélioration de la condition pénitentiaire.
Le 23 juin 1860, Joseph Cafasso meurt d'une pneumonie à Turin. C'est Don Bosco qui prononça l'homélie pour la messe de funérailles.
Béatifié en 1925 par Pie XI, il est canonisé le 22 juin 1947 par Pie XII. En 1968, l'église San Giuseppe Cafasso dans le quartier de Tuscolano de Rome lui est dédiée.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cafasso
Joseph (Giuseppe en italien) Cafasso, né en 1811, mort en 1860, est un prêtre italien, théologien, aumônier des condamnés à mort ; il est le professeur et le guide spirituel de Don Bosco.
C'est un saint catholique fêté le 23 juin.
Giuseppe Cafasso nait en 1811 à Castelnuovo d'Asti, qui maintenant s'appelle Castelnuovo Don Bosco, dans la province d'Asti, au Piémont, alors annexé à la France. Il est le troisième des quatre enfants de Jean (Giovanni) Cafasso et d'Orsola Beltramo. Sa plus jeune sœur est Marianna, future mère de Joseph Allamano[1].
Souffrant d'une malformation de la colonne vertébrale, il est de petite taille, et reste estropié toute sa vie.
Ressentant de très bonne heure l'appel à la vie sacerdotale, il est ordonné prêtre en 1833. Parallèlement, il exerce les fonctions de professeur de théologie morale à Turin dès 1836. Il a comme élève le jeune Don Bosco[2] qu'il a connu alors que ce dernier n'avait que 12 ans.
Nommé curé de la paroisse de Saint-François en 1848, Joseph Cafasso devient un confesseur renommé, très attaché à la vénération du Saint Sacrement. Disciple de Saint François de Sales, il encourage vivement ses ouailles, et aide aussi les prêtres dans leur ministère. Le Pape Pie XII dit lors de sa canonisation que la mission dont l'avait chargé la Providence, fut d'instruire le clergé, de le confirmer dans l'intégrité de la doctrine évangélique, et de l'inciter à la perfection propre à son état.
Il exerce aussi de nombreux ministères, particulièrement auprès des prisonniers qu'il visite et des condamnés qu'il assiste jusqu'à leur dernière heure. Il est surnommé l'aumônier des gibets et est actuellement le saint protecteur des aumôniers de prison. Il donne l'absolution aux condamnés à mort, et comme ceux-ci sont exécutés tout de suite après, Joseph parle d'eux comme des saints pendus. Il travaille toute sa vie à l'amélioration de la condition pénitentiaire.
Le 23 juin 1860, Joseph Cafasso meurt d'une pneumonie à Turin. C'est Don Bosco qui prononça l'homélie pour la messe de funérailles.
Béatifié en 1925 par Pie XI, il est canonisé le 22 juin 1947 par Pie XII. En 1968, l'église San Giuseppe Cafasso dans le quartier de Tuscolano de Rome lui est dédiée.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cafasso
June 23 Saint Joseph Cafasso
Cafasso was born to a peasant family in the town of Castelnuovo d'Asti (now called Castelnuovo Don Bosco in honor of another sainted native of the town), in the region of Piedmont. He was the third of his parents' four children. His sister Marianna was later to become the mother of the Blessed Joseph Allamano, founder of a missionary religious institute.[2]
As a …More
June 23 Saint Joseph Cafasso
Cafasso was born to a peasant family in the town of Castelnuovo d'Asti (now called Castelnuovo Don Bosco in honor of another sainted native of the town), in the region of Piedmont. He was the third of his parents' four children. His sister Marianna was later to become the mother of the Blessed Joseph Allamano, founder of a missionary religious institute.[2]
As a youth, Cafasso felt called to become a priest and entered the archdiocesan seminary in Turin to undertake his studies for this. During this period he came to know another young native of the town, John Bosco, whom he would later encourage and support in the work of caring for the street boys of the city, giving them training in various trades.[b] Cafasso was ordained to the priesthood in the cathedral of the city on 21 September 1833.[2]
After some further theological studies at the University of Turin, the following year Cafasso came to know Luigi Guala, a co-founder of the Ecclesiastical College of St. Francis of Assisi. This college was dedicated to the higher education of the local clergy, who were still recovering from the destruction of the Catholic Church's institutions under the Napoleonic invasion of the country a generation earlier. He would be connected to this institution for the rest of his life, advancing from student to lecturer to chaplain, and finally being named Guala's successor as the college's rector in 1848.[2]
Cafasso was a noted lecturer in moral theology, drawing on the teachings of the French school of spirituality, with its leading figures such as Pierre de Bérulle and St. Vincent de Paul. A major common element among these figures was the emphasis on the proper formation of the clergy.[2] He worked especially against the spirit of Jansenism, with its strong focus with sin and damnation, which he had found to be highly influential at his seminary. He used the teachings of St. Alphonsus Liguori and St. Francis de Sales to moderate the rigorism of the education there.[3]
Cafasso was also a noted confessor and spiritual director, who guided many men and women who would go on to found new religious institutions or congregations which would help the Catholic Church to meet the needs of both Italy and the whole world. Among them was John Bosco, the Servant of God Giulia Falletti di Barolo, who became noted for her advocacy of women prisoners,[4] and the Blessed Francesco Faà di Bruno.[2] Additionally, Cafasso was known for his extensive ministry in the local prisons and served as the comforter of those condemned to the death penalty, coming to be called "The Priest of the Gallows".[1]
Cafasso died in 1860. When the college he had headed until his death moved to the Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in the center of the city in 1870, his remains were re-interred there.
Cafasso was canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1947. The following year, that same pope declared him to be the patron saint of all Italian prisons and prisoners. In 1950 Pope Pius further offered him as an example to all priests involved as confessors and spiritual directors.[2]
A monument has been erected to his memory in Turin at the road crossing of Corso Regina Margherita, Corso Principe Eugenio and Corso Valdocco (called the Rondò della Forca, or the Gallows Roundabout).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cafasso
Cafasso was born to a peasant family in the town of Castelnuovo d'Asti (now called Castelnuovo Don Bosco in honor of another sainted native of the town), in the region of Piedmont. He was the third of his parents' four children. His sister Marianna was later to become the mother of the Blessed Joseph Allamano, founder of a missionary religious institute.[2]
As a youth, Cafasso felt called to become a priest and entered the archdiocesan seminary in Turin to undertake his studies for this. During this period he came to know another young native of the town, John Bosco, whom he would later encourage and support in the work of caring for the street boys of the city, giving them training in various trades.[b] Cafasso was ordained to the priesthood in the cathedral of the city on 21 September 1833.[2]
After some further theological studies at the University of Turin, the following year Cafasso came to know Luigi Guala, a co-founder of the Ecclesiastical College of St. Francis of Assisi. This college was dedicated to the higher education of the local clergy, who were still recovering from the destruction of the Catholic Church's institutions under the Napoleonic invasion of the country a generation earlier. He would be connected to this institution for the rest of his life, advancing from student to lecturer to chaplain, and finally being named Guala's successor as the college's rector in 1848.[2]
Cafasso was a noted lecturer in moral theology, drawing on the teachings of the French school of spirituality, with its leading figures such as Pierre de Bérulle and St. Vincent de Paul. A major common element among these figures was the emphasis on the proper formation of the clergy.[2] He worked especially against the spirit of Jansenism, with its strong focus with sin and damnation, which he had found to be highly influential at his seminary. He used the teachings of St. Alphonsus Liguori and St. Francis de Sales to moderate the rigorism of the education there.[3]
Cafasso was also a noted confessor and spiritual director, who guided many men and women who would go on to found new religious institutions or congregations which would help the Catholic Church to meet the needs of both Italy and the whole world. Among them was John Bosco, the Servant of God Giulia Falletti di Barolo, who became noted for her advocacy of women prisoners,[4] and the Blessed Francesco Faà di Bruno.[2] Additionally, Cafasso was known for his extensive ministry in the local prisons and served as the comforter of those condemned to the death penalty, coming to be called "The Priest of the Gallows".[1]
Cafasso died in 1860. When the college he had headed until his death moved to the Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in the center of the city in 1870, his remains were re-interred there.
Cafasso was canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1947. The following year, that same pope declared him to be the patron saint of all Italian prisons and prisoners. In 1950 Pope Pius further offered him as an example to all priests involved as confessors and spiritual directors.[2]
A monument has been erected to his memory in Turin at the road crossing of Corso Regina Margherita, Corso Principe Eugenio and Corso Valdocco (called the Rondò della Forca, or the Gallows Roundabout).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cafasso