{"id":3989,"date":"2019-07-02T05:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T03:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3989"},"modified":"2019-06-14T01:29:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T23:29:01","slug":"carlo-domenico-albini-omi-1790-1839","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3989","title":{"rendered":"CARLO DOMENICO ALBINI OMI, 1790 – 1839"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Angelo Capuano tells us about Carlo Domenico Albini, born in 1790 in Italy and ordained a diocesan priest in 1814.<\/p>\n

In July 1823, he was appointed to teach moral theology in the major seminary of Nice. He did not limit his activity to teaching, however, but gladly did priestly ministry in the city\u2019s cathedral. It was when he was helping the parish priest conduct a retreat for ex-prisoners and misfits in July 1824 that he met Fathers de Mazenod and Suzanne: the latter had been called in to preach this retreat.<\/p>\n

Father Albini was struck by their apostolic zeal, by the missionary ideal which animated them, by their fraternal relationship. From this he began to entertain the idea of living in a religious community. At the end of the retreat, he decided to join the recently founded Society of the Missionaries of Provence.<\/p>\n

In 1824 he began mission preaching – an activity that he excelled at for the rest of his life –\u00a0 and then was appointed professor in the Oblate scholasticate in Aix. In 1825, he was to undertake to translate part of the Constitutions and Rules into Latin in preparation for their presentation to the Holy See for approval. It was Father Albini who pressurized the Founder and convinced him to go to Rome in view of obtaining an official recognition of the Congregation.<\/p>\n

In October 1827, Father Albini was appointed to teach moral theology at the major seminary of Marseilles which had just been entrusted to the Oblates. At the end of July 1828, he was given the spiritual care of the \u201cWork for the Italians\u201d in Marseilles. This was an apostolate among the Italian immigrants and Father Albini carried it out with passionate dedication.<\/p>\n

Appointed to the group of Oblates going to Corsica, Father Albini had to wait until October 1835 before he could join the missionary group. The Founder, in fact, had hesitated a great deal before letting him go, for he saw Father Albini as almost indispensable for the apostolic service he was rendering to the\u00a0Work of the Italians.<\/p>\n

He was a seminary professor and a successful missionary preacher who was known for bringing reconciliation between warring families and communities.<\/p>\n

He became seriously ill in November 1838, to the point that his death was feared to be imminent. He rallied somewhat in February 1839 and was beginning eagerly to look ahead to more mission preaching. His health become more problematical, however, and he began to weaken. He died on May 20, 1839.<\/p>\n

Father Albini\u2019s demise was felt as a grave loss for the Congregation, especially so by the Founder who considered him an example of apostolic zeal and holiness of religious life that all Oblates should look up to as a model. The people, too, lamented his passing and began to look upon him as a saint. His cause for beatification is complete, and awaits the mandatory miracle through his intercession.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.omiworld.org\/lemma\/albini-charles-dominique\/<\/a><\/p>\n

see also https:\/\/www.omiworld.org\/our-charism\/our-saints\/oblate-causes\/venerable-charles-dominique-albini-1790-1839\/biography\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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