Subj : June 7th - St. Antony Gianelli, Bishop of Bobbio To : All From : rich Date : Sat Jun 06 2020 09:33:09 From: rich June 7th - St. Antony Gianelli, Bishop of Bobbio [Founder of the missioners of St. Alphonsus and the sisters of St. Mary Dell' Orto ] d. 846 ANTONY GIANELLI was born in the diocese of Genoa in 1789 of a middle-class family. As a youth he was conspicuous for his gentle docility and industry and for the promise of more than ordinary intellectual gifts. A generous benefactress made it possible for him to pursue his studies at Genoa, and there, entering the ecclesiastical seminary, he so distinguished himself that when still only a subdeacon he was allowed to preach and attracted great crowds by his eloquence. By special dispensation he was ordained priest in 1812 before he had reached the canonical age. Though employed in important educational work he still found time to deliver sermons and give missions resulting in a great harvest of souls, as well as to discharge the functions of an ordinary parish priest, his confessional being at all times besieged by penitents. Before he was forty he had organized two religious congregations, the one of priests who were known as the Missioners of St. Alphonsus Liguori, the other of women living under rule whose activities in teaching poor children and nursing the sick were dedicated in honour of Santa Maria dell' Orto ("of the Garden"). These sisters are now well known in Italy and they have houses in other parts of Europe as well as in America and Asia. Meanwhile, in the year (1838, St. Antony was appointed bishop of Bobbio, and in that office he gave an extraordinary example of virtue, prudence and firm government. He died, all too soon, in 1846, and he was canonized in 1951. There are Italian biographies by L. Bodino (1924) and L. Sanguinetti (1925); this last is an illustrated volume of nearly six hundred pages. The decree of beatification is printed in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis, vol. xvii (1925), pp. 176-179. The saint's canonization was the occasion of further biographies. Saint Quote: =C2 "God, indeed, who has predestined us to adoption as his sons, has conformed us to the glorious Body of Christ.=C2 So then you who have become sharers in Christ are appropriately called 'Christs.'" Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechism mystogogia 3,1 Bible Quote: O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! =E2=80=9CFor who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?=E2=80=9D=C2 [Romans 11:33-34] <><><><> A MOTHER'S PRAYER TO THE GUARDIAN ANGEL OF HER CHILDREN I humbly salute you, O you faithful, heavenly Friends of my children! I give you heartfelt thanks for all the love and goodness you show them. At some future day I shall, with thanks more worthy than I can now give, repay your care for them, and before the whole heavenly court acknowledge their indebtedness to your guidance and protection. Continue to watch over them. Provide for all their needs of body and soul. Pray, likewise, for me, for my husband, and my whole family, that we may all one day rejoice in your blessed company. Amen. --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .