St. Joseph Cafasso

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Feastday: June 23
Patron of prison chaplains, captives, imprisoned people and prisoners
1811 - 1860

Joseph Cafasso was born at Castelnuovo d'Asti in the Piedmont, Italy, of peasant parents. He studied at the seminary at Turin, and was ordained in 1833. He continued his theological studies at the seminary and university at Turin and then at the Institute of St. Franics, and despite a deformed spine, became a brilliant lecturer in moral theology there. He was a popular teacher, actively opposed Jansenism, and fought state intrusion into Church affairs. He succeeded Luigi Guala as rector of the Institute in 1848 and made a deep impression on his young priest students with his holiness and insistence on discipline and high standards. He was a sought-after confessor and spiritual adviser, and ministered to prisoners, working to improve their terrible conditions. He met Don Bosco in 1827 and the two became close friends. It was through Joseph's encouragement that Bosco decided his vocation was working with boys. Joseph was his adviser, worked closely with him in his foundations, and convinced others to fund and found religious institutes and charitable organizations. Joseph died on June 23 at Turin and was canonized in 1947. His feast day is June 23rd.

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Joseph Mathew
10 months ago
St. Joseph Cafasso, please intercede for me.
Steve
10 months ago
St Joseph Cafasso, please pray for me, watch over and guide me thru next steps in my life. Thank you.
Mona
10 months ago
Dear Saint Joseph Cafasso, please pray for Jacob that he finds the right path and for his parents that they find the strenght and wisdom to guide him. Thank you.
Dr. Bo O'Hara
1 year ago
I think that St. Joseph Cafasso's prayer is one of the most beautiful, poignant prayers I have ever read! I would like to find any others that he authored. Can anyone help with that one?
Gerard Nordskoven
1 year ago
Saint Joseph Cafasso promised, like Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face (The Little Flower) to spend his time in Heaven watching after the flock. May Saint Joseph Cafasso grant us miracles of healing and conversion; and lavishly help us in finding elegant solutions to problems; all for God's honor and glory. Thanks, Most High God, for the intercession of the saints.
Brian
1 year ago
Double Like, The power of Saints Joseph Cafasso and his influence on the people around him (including Saint John Bosco) is a testament to how God works in miraculous manners.
Ana Mendibles
2 years ago
Wow! That is powerful stuff what God can do through a Saint. That is just so absolutely Amazing!

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