Celebration of Padre Domenico da Cese at the Shrine of the Holy Face of Manoppello

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During the morning Holy Mass on September 21, presided over by the Rector of the Shrine Father Antonio Gentili OFM Cap, in the presence of his relatives, and hundreds of faithful who came from Ruvo di Puglia, Andria and various other Italian regions and from all over the world, the anniversary of the birth in heaven of Padre Domenico da Cese was celebrated,  born in Avezzano in 1905 and died in Turin on September 17, 1978, the day of the Stigmata of St. Francis.

 Father Domenico, who defined himself as a "poor friar who prays and asks the Lord for graces", always with the rosary intertwined between his fingers, was constantly dedicated to prayer and was a Capuchin priest with a humble character and a mild temperament, a confessor and spiritual father of those who sought him.

The Marsican friar, for twelve years in service in the shrine of Manoppello, from 1966 until his death, can be considered a true "Apostle of the Holy Face", who worked so hard to spread the knowledge of the most important relic of Christianity and consequently devotion to it.

 The Capuchin friars of Manoppello and the whole community remember dear Padre Domenico with unchanged affection and entrust his soul to the Blessed Virgin Mary and to the Holy Face, so that the Lord may keep him in the shining light of His endless glory. Amen