OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

With great joy we announce that on
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 10:30 am
in the Shrine of the Holy Crucifix (SS. Crocifisso) in Como (Italy)

His Eminence Cardinal Oscar Cantoni, diocesan bishop,
presided the solemn Eucharistic Celebration
with the opening of the diocesan process for the 

Cause of Beatification and Canonization of
Fr. Stefano Gobbi

Let us together thank Our Lady
by renewing our consecration to Her Immaculate Heart,
of which Don Stefano was an example and apostle,
to learn from Her to adore and live
to the glory of the Most Holy Trinity

Como, 28th of March 2024, Holy Thursday

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Prayer for the Beatification of the Servant of God, Fr. Stefano Gobbi


A prayer asking for Fr Gobbi’s intercession has been composed and approved by the Diocese of Como. This is the only prayer that is officially approved by the Diocese.

O Most Holy Trinity, we thank You for having given your priest servant, Fr. Stefano Gobbi, to the Church and to the world.  In Your Infinite Mercy, through his humble and total yes, You made him a true witness of faith in You, the One and Triune God.

By his unconditional yes, O Father, he was a courageous witness of Your Love.   In his clear and impassioned proclamation of the Gospel, O Divine Son Jesus, he was a shining and true image of You for your people.  With his total abandonment to You, O Holy Spirit, he became in his priestly apostolate, a fruitful minister for Your Bride [the Church], a herald of Mercy and a defender of Truth, always in communion with the Pope and in obedience to the Magisterium.

In him, O God, you made true devotion, filial love and total trust in Your Holy Mother shine resplendently.   As a little apostle, he consecrated himself to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and worked for Her triumph in the world, encouraging everyone to trust in Her.  Through Mary, he showed us the sure path to the Most Holy Trinity.

For his shining example of faith and humility, and for the gifts You bestowed upon him, we ask You, O Most Holy Trinity, to grant us through Fr. Gobbi’s intercession, this grace we now request (…….); all the while wishing to remain totally abandoned to Your Will as Fr. Gobbi himself taught us.

Lord, we beseech You, that soon the Church will advance him as an example for all Your holy people.  And you, beloved Fr. Gobbi, please continue to intercede for us.  It is by imitating you and being supported by you, that we continue on our journey towards Heaven in Jesus Christ, the sure way that you have pointed out to us.  AMEN.*

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

Imprimatur + Oscar Card. Cantoni
Bishop of Como

* Translation into English by MMP-USA (from the original prayer in Italian).

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(Another prayer has been composed by some MMP priests, but it is still awaiting approval.  Once the Diocese approves the prayer it too will be posted to the website.)

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