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Blessed Giuseppe Allamano (21 January 1851 – 16 February 1926) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. He established the Consolata Missionaries (I.M.C.) congregation for males and another for females, known as the Consolata Missionary Sisters. Allamano also served as the rector of the Santuario della Consolata and transformed the shrine into a source of spiritual renewal for the faithful. He was beatified (the last stage before canonization) on 7 October 1990. == Life == Giuseppe Allamano was born in Asti in 1851 as the fourth of five children to Marianna Cafasso. He was the maternal nephew of Saint Joseph Cafasso. His father died when he was three. Allamano studied in Valdocco and he was a spiritual student of Saint John Bosco. He commenced his studies to become a priest in Turin in November 1866. He was ordained to the priesthood on 20 September 1873 and was appointed as the rector of the Santuario della Consolata on 2 October 1880 - he maintained that position until his death. In 1874 he graduated in his theological studies. Allamano ensured that the shrine became a source of spiritual renewal. He opened himself to the promptings of God and decided to form a group of priests and brothers to share the message of the Gospel in Africa as missionaries. Thus the Consolata Missionaries was born on 29 January 1901. The first missionaries reached Kenya in 1902. He also founded the Consolata Missionary Sisters for women on 29 January 1910. Due to the increasing size of the Christian population it became quite clear that there were not enough priests and brethren to cater to the pastoral needs of the people. Allamano expressed this deep concern to Pope Pius X during a visit to Rome in 1912. He urged the pope to do something and perhaps establish an annual mission day to awaken missionary vocations. Allamano died in 1926. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Giuseppe Allamano」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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