Saint Guido’s Kids’ Korner How the Xaverians Came to Be
Written by Oliviero Ferro, Drawings by Fabrizio Zugani Translated by Mattia Sallemi Can you tell us about the special thing that happened to Guido Conforti, Angelica?
When He finished elementary school, Guido told his dad that he wanted to be a priest.
But his father had a big heart and he let him go. So Guido started his new life.
His dad go “I need t angry… yo care of u to take our fiel ds!”
In the seminary Guido studied and worked hard. But during the winter he suffered from the cold.
Doctors didn’t know what was wrong. The bishop said, “You are ill! I can’t ordain you a priest!”
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One day a friend gave him a book about Saint Francis Xavier. I want to be a missionary like him!
But the Blessed Mother helped him to recover. So at 23 years old, on September 22, 1888 he became Father Guido Conforti.
When he was 18 years-old he became very sick. He fainted and fell to the ground.
I was looking at the crucifix and He was looking at me. He seemed to say many things. It’s because of Him that I have my vocation.
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There he would stop to pray in front of a big crucifix
When Guido was a boy he went to the Church of Peace and Glory before school each day.
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