Cause of Beatification and Canonization of Fr. Stefano Gobbi of the Marian Movement of Priests Opens
The cause for beatification of Don Stefano Gobbi opens. The website dedicated to his organization announced:
With great joy we announce that Wednesday 1st of May 2024 at 10.30am in the Shrine of the SS. Crocifisso in Como, Italy, His Eminence Cardinal Oscar Cantoni, diocesan bishop, will preside the solemn Eucharistic Celebration with the opening of the diocesan process for the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of Fr. Stefano Gobbi
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Fr. Gobbi founded the Marian Movement of Priests. He received messages from Our Lady which he recorded in the famous "To the Priests, Our Lady's Beloved Sons" known as the 'blue book,' which are read at cenacles of prayer throughout the world.
«Parish priest of the world». This is how Saint John Paul II defined Don Stefano Gobbi, presbyter of the Company of Saint Paul, originally from Upper Lake Como, animator of the Marian Movement of Priests (MSM) and of the Marian Movement (since last February, with the revision and approval of the Statute, united in a single reality).
The session on May 1st will open with the Eucharistic exposition and the recitation of the Rosary; following, the official moment of introduction of the diocesan phase, at the end of which the Mass will be celebrated and the act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary will be renewed ( here is the link to the live broadcast ).
Fr. STEFANO GOBBI BIOGRAPHY
Fr. Gobbi (March 22, 1930 - June 29, 2011)
Fr. Stefano Gobbi was born in Dongo (province of Como, Italy) on March 22, 1930.
He was ordained a priest in 1964 and belonged to the Company of Saint Paul.
The focal point of his life occurred on May 8, 1972 during a pilgrimage to Fatima. While praying at the “Capelinha”, the Chapel of the Apparitions, the Virgin Mary distinctly spoke to him in the form of what Christian spiritual theology defines as “interior locutions.” Mary invited him to gather together his brother priests who would welcome the idea of consecrating themselves to Her Immaculate Heart, and of being deeply united with the Holy Father and the Church united to him. Fr. Gobbi asked Our Lady for a sign confirming this request, a sign which he received that same month at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth.
On October 13, 1972, he and two other priests launched the MMP which has spread to the five continents and has seen Fr. Gobbi travel the whole world for meetings of prayer and fraternity called “cenacles”.
Throughout his life, the Blessed Virgin Mary would continue to guide him by means of interior locutions and would give him more than 600 messages destined to be published and disseminated throughout the world. These messages are compiled in a book titled, “To the Priests, Our Lady’s Beloved Sons” which we ourselves refer to as the “Blue Book.” This book has received numerous episcopal approvals and imprimaturs, including those of Cardinals Bernardino Echeverria Ruiz, OFM, Ignace Moussa Daoud and Jean-Baptiste Wu.
Fr. Gobbi had a close relationship with Pope Saint John Paul II, who for many years invited him to celebrate Mass with him in his private chapel and who closely followed the activities of the Marian Movement of Priests.
While he was preparing to guide the International Spiritual Exercises for priests in Collevalenza, as he always did, Fr. Gobbi suffered a heart attack and died a few days later, on June 29, 2011, the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul and also the day on which Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his 60 years of priesthood. His Funeral Mass was celebrated in Collevalenza surrounded by his brother priests of the entire worldwide MMP, presided over by Cardinal Ivan Dias. He was buried in his native town of Dongo on Saturday, July 2, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
These circumstances seemed to be a sign for his life: to him who had prayed so much for the Pope and led others to do the same, to him who had founded and directed the MMP, to him who had brought so many people all over the world to consecrate themselves to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and to live this consecration.
Fr. Gobbi founded the Marian Movement of Priests. He received messages from Our Lady which he recorded in the famous "To the Priests, Our Lady's Beloved Sons" known as the 'blue book,' which are read at cenacles of prayer throughout the world.
«Parish priest of the world». This is how Saint John Paul II defined Don Stefano Gobbi, presbyter of the Company of Saint Paul, originally from Upper Lake Como, animator of the Marian Movement of Priests (MSM) and of the Marian Movement (since last February, with the revision and approval of the Statute, united in a single reality).
The session on May 1st will open with the Eucharistic exposition and the recitation of the Rosary; following, the official moment of introduction of the diocesan phase, at the end of which the Mass will be celebrated and the act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary will be renewed ( here is the link to the live broadcast ).
Fr. STEFANO GOBBI BIOGRAPHY
Fr. Gobbi (March 22, 1930 - June 29, 2011)
Fr. Stefano Gobbi was born in Dongo (province of Como, Italy) on March 22, 1930.
He was ordained a priest in 1964 and belonged to the Company of Saint Paul.
The focal point of his life occurred on May 8, 1972 during a pilgrimage to Fatima. While praying at the “Capelinha”, the Chapel of the Apparitions, the Virgin Mary distinctly spoke to him in the form of what Christian spiritual theology defines as “interior locutions.” Mary invited him to gather together his brother priests who would welcome the idea of consecrating themselves to Her Immaculate Heart, and of being deeply united with the Holy Father and the Church united to him. Fr. Gobbi asked Our Lady for a sign confirming this request, a sign which he received that same month at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth.
On October 13, 1972, he and two other priests launched the MMP which has spread to the five continents and has seen Fr. Gobbi travel the whole world for meetings of prayer and fraternity called “cenacles”.
Throughout his life, the Blessed Virgin Mary would continue to guide him by means of interior locutions and would give him more than 600 messages destined to be published and disseminated throughout the world. These messages are compiled in a book titled, “To the Priests, Our Lady’s Beloved Sons” which we ourselves refer to as the “Blue Book.” This book has received numerous episcopal approvals and imprimaturs, including those of Cardinals Bernardino Echeverria Ruiz, OFM, Ignace Moussa Daoud and Jean-Baptiste Wu.
Fr. Gobbi had a close relationship with Pope Saint John Paul II, who for many years invited him to celebrate Mass with him in his private chapel and who closely followed the activities of the Marian Movement of Priests.
While he was preparing to guide the International Spiritual Exercises for priests in Collevalenza, as he always did, Fr. Gobbi suffered a heart attack and died a few days later, on June 29, 2011, the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul and also the day on which Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his 60 years of priesthood. His Funeral Mass was celebrated in Collevalenza surrounded by his brother priests of the entire worldwide MMP, presided over by Cardinal Ivan Dias. He was buried in his native town of Dongo on Saturday, July 2, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
These circumstances seemed to be a sign for his life: to him who had prayed so much for the Pope and led others to do the same, to him who had founded and directed the MMP, to him who had brought so many people all over the world to consecrate themselves to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and to live this consecration.
Source: https://mmp-usa.net/
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