Saint Luigi Guanella
Founder (
1915 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: 24 October
Saints Who Were Champions of the Poor
Luigi was born to a large family near Lake Como in Italy in 1842 
He entered the seminary 
at 18 & was ordained in 1866. At his parish in Savogno , his initiatives for the poor met stiff resistance, & his name was put on a blacklist by the anti-clerical government.
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Forced out of his parish
Luigi went to Turin & joined Saint John Bosco in his work educating poor boys 
3 years later, Luigi 's bishop ♗ recalled him, & he was again assigned to a parish. But after he founded a school for the poor 
the Masons 
opposed him, & he was transferred to a tiny, remote village in the mountains 
Luigi soon found his bearings again & helped run a nearby orphanage & hospice 
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In 1886 A.D. the entire operation was moved to Lake Como , where it became "The Little House of Divine Providence," entirely dedicated to receiving the rejected, the disabled 
& the sick 
To serve them, Luigi founded the Daughters of Divine Providence & the Servants of Charity. Speaking to Luigi's spiritual sons & daughters in 2015, Pope Francis told them, "Saint Luigi so believed in this concrete & provident love 
of the Father that ....
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Luigi often had the courage to surpass the limits of human prudence to put the Gospel into practice. Providence for him was not 'poetry' but reality. God takes care of us & wants us to trust him." 
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Loving Father, through the intercession of Saint Luigi Guanella , let me live not in a realm of ideals, but rather in the place you have placed me, alive to the real needs of my friends and companions 
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