MARY DOMENICA MAZZARELLO

Early life Mary Domenica was born on May 9, 1837, in Mornese (Alessandria). At home, she was helped to develop solid piety, untiring work and that outstanding common sense and depth of judgement that she would show in later life

Seminary director Joseph Cafasso was born in Castelnuovo d’Asti in 1811. Son of small land owners, he was the third of four children, of whom the last, Marianna, would be the mother of Blessed Fr Joseph Allamano. From when he