Feast of Beato Tommaso Maria Fusco

Beato Tommaso Maria Fusco, ora pro nobis

February 24th is the feast of Beato Tommaso Maria Fusco, Priest and Confessor. Born to a noble family in Pagani, Salerno on December 1, 1831, Tommaso was the seventh of eight children. Losing both parents at an early age, the children were raised and educated by their fraternal uncle, who was a priest and school teacher. Extremely pious, Tommaso entered the seminary in 1847 and was ordained a priest on December 22, 1855. Joining the Congregation of Missionaries of Nocera, he travelled around the Kingdom of Naples for a few years to preach. Opening a school of moral theology in his home, he also founded the Priestly Society of the Catholic Apostolate to support missions and the Daughters of Charity of the Most Precious Blood to care for orphans. He died in Pagani on February 24, 1891.

In celebration, I’m posting a prayer for the Glorification of Blessed Tommaso Maria Fusco. Pictured are the front and back of my reliquary pin with second class relic (ex indumentis). Evviva Beato Tommaso Maria Fusco!

Prayer

O God, Father of life, in the Blood of Christ, your Son and our Redeemer, you manifested your love for the world, you established the new and eternal alliance, you made up for us source of all holiness. Accept this humble prayer: grant, if it is in your will, full glorification among your saints by the priest Tommaso Maria Fusco, and, through his intercession, the grace that I ask of you (mention your request here…) so that I too can put me in service of your plan of salvation and witness the charity of Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.