Saint of the Day for June 17: Saint Joseph Cafasso
Saint Joseph Cafasso’s story: even as a young man, Joseph loved to attend Mass and was known for his humility and fervor in prayer
After his ordination, he was assigned to a seminary in Turin.
There he worked especially against the spirit of Jansenism—an excessive preoccupation with sin and damnation.
He used the works of Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Alphonsus Liguori to moderate the rigorism popular at the seminary.
Joseph recommended membership in the Secular Franciscan Order to priests
He urged devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and encouraged daily Communion.
In addition to his teaching duties, Joseph was an excellent preacher, confessor, and retreat master.
Noted for his work with condemned prisoners, he helped many of them die at peace with God.
Joseph urged one of his former pupils—Saint John Bosco—to establish the Salesians congregation to work with the youth of Turin.
Joseph Cafasso died in 1860, and was canonized in 1947.
His liturgical feast is celebrated on June 23.
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