Maternal
nephew of St Joseph Cafasso, was born in Castenuovo d'Asti, on the 21st
January 1851. He did his first years of primary school at Valdocco, under
the guidance of Don Bosco. At the age of 22 he was ordained priest in
Turin. Immediately following the ordination he was put in charge of other
seminarians, under formation. At the age of 29 he was appointed as rector
of the biggest Marian shrine in the city of Turin, the one dedicated to
Our Lady Consolata. At the same time he was appointed to be in charge
of the newly ordained priests of the diocese, who, then resided at the
Convitto ecclesiastico.
He founded the Institute of Consolata Missionaries on the 29th January
1901 in Turin. The event was then documented in the shrine bulletin as
follows: "The devotion to Consolata will not only be contemplative
but also active". Which implied that with the Consolata missions,
the marian shrine acquired a universal dimension. On the 8th of May 1902
he bade farewell to the first four missionaries who left Torino for Kenya.
The first group consisted of two priests and two brothers.
In the year 1910 Joseph Allamano founded the congregation of the Consolata
Sisters.
He died in Turin on the 16th February 1926. His remains are currently
conserved within the church of Blessed Joseph Allamano, adjacent to the
motherhouse of the Consolata Missionaries in Torino.
Maternal
nephew of St Joseph Cafasso, was born in Castenuovo d'Asti, on the 21st
January 1851. He did his first years of primary school at Valdocco, under
the guidance of Don Bosco. At the age of 22 he was ordained priest in
Turin. Immediately following the ordination he was put in charge of other
seminarians, under formation. At the age of 29 he was appointed as rector
of the biggest Marian shrine in the city of Turin, the one dedicated to
Our Lady Consolata. At the same time he was appointed to be in charge
of the newly ordained priests of the diocese, who, then resided at the
Convitto ecclesiastico.