Blessed james alberione biography

Fr James Alberione ()

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Fr. James Alberione, Founder of the Pauline Family, was one of the most creative apostles of the 20th century.

Bl. Giacomo Alberione - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

He was born in San Lorenzo di Fossano (Cuneo), Italy, on 4 April and baptized the following day. The profoundly Christian and hard-working Alberione family, made up of Michael and Teresa Allocco and their six children, were farmers.

Little James, the fourth child of the family, felt the call of God early in life. When questioned by his first-grade teacher as to what he wanted to be when he grew up, he replied, “I want to be a priest!”.

His childhood years were directed to this goal.

When the Alberione family moved to Cherasco, in the Alba diocese, the parish priest of St. Martin's Church, Fr. Montersino, helped young James to reflect on God's call and respond to it. At the age of 16, James entered the seminary of Alba and immediately met Canon Francesco Chiesa, who would be his father, guide, friend and advis Blessed James Alberione - Simply Catholic RUNU