June 23
On this day the Catholic Church remembers
St. Joseph Cafasso

St. Joseph Cafasso

priest, apostle of prisoners · 1811 – 1860
Today you will be with me in paradise.
— Luke 23:43

A priest of Turin, teacher and confessor of Don Bosco. He visited prisons and accompanied 68 condemned men to the gallows – they called him the “priest of the gallows.” He considered no one lost. For God no one is written off.

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