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Saint Gabriel Possenti, Passionist Author: Gabriele Cingolani, C.P. Translated by: S.B. Zak ISBN: 0-8189-0790-8 Paperback: x + 166 pp. Full-color illustrations Price: $12.95 + shipping To Order call: 1 800-343-ALBA (2522) Please have your Master, Visa or American Express card ready. To order online click here. |
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Francis Possenti of Assisi, who became Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows as a Passionist, fell in love with a girl, as was normal for an 18-year-old boy. But he also fell in love with the ideal of spending all of his energies serving God and others. And this is how he remains forever remembered by history -- as a young man in love, dying while his love was still full of passion, song and poetry. He seized life and spent it with such impetuous commitment that, at the age of 24, it was entirely consumed. He had loved to death. Or to life, which is the same. The enthralling adventure of his life is retold here and illustrated with a 16-page color insert in a way that will appeal to anyone who ever fell in love. |
Gabriele Cingolani, C.P., a Passionist missionary, received his
doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. A journalist, writer and
lecturer, he has worked at Vatican Radio and in the Vatican Secretariat of State. Currently involved
in the pastoral activities of his religious congregation in Canada, he has also served as Provincial
Superior and founder of Passionist houses in Indonesia, Canada and India.
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