Guardian of the Wheat of the elect
- Parent Categories: Cult of Saint Joseph
This singular invocation to Saint Joseph is found in the church of Grosio (Sondrio). The Catholic people wanted a grandiose construction dedicated to the holy Patriarch. Typical desserts are prepared in its annual festival.
Pietro's Franzini
Grosio is a charming town in the upper Valtellina, with over 4.000 inhabitants, located between Sondrio and Bormio. Its patron saint is Saint Joseph and the majestic church built in 1626, consecrated in 1674 and then became a parish church in 1818 is dedicated to him.
Don Cirillo and his nephew
- Parent Categories: Life of the Church
He was parish priest of Courmayeur (Aosta) and
he was the protagonist of a simple but heroic act. She hosted a little Jew, Giulio Segre, for over a year under the guise of "the priest's nephew" and saved him from deportation. The memory of this fact is now collected in a book.
by Lucio Brunelli
«In memory of Don Cirillo Perron. Parish priest and mountaineer. Nominated "Righteous Among the Nations" for saving the life of a Jewish child, Giulio Segre, who lived with him."
Aware of danger and generous in everything
Sister Irma, despite her advanced age and dangers, remained at her post in Chipene (Mozambique). Last September she was killed by the jihadist madness. May the memory of her and so many others who offer their lives for Christ not disappear.
by Alba Arcuri
È a strange twist of fate, that of knowing someone – their name, their face, what they did – after they have passed away. it also happened in the case of Irma Maria De Coppi, an 83-year-old Comboni nun, killed in Mozambique, in Chipene, by a jihadist commando on 6 September 2022.