BIOGRAPHY OF ST.

JOSEPH
Joseph Jeffrey Stephen Viale Marello - complete name of St. Joseph Marello
Joseph - came from the name of his grandmother Josefa and his grandfather
Jose
Jeffrey - the name given by his aunt
Stephen - came from St. Stephen
Mare (marello) means SEA
Dec, 26. 1844 the date of his baptism
Turin, Italy birthplace of joseph
Vincenzo Marello and Anna Maria Viale his parents
Venaria reale - hometown of his mother
San martino Alfleri - hometown of his father
Anna maria - second wife of Vincenzo
The SAINT - the title given to anna maria
Setting a little altar and acting like a priest - His favorite recreation
Don Giovanni Baltista Torchlo - the village pastor
1856 - He compeleted the prescribed five years of grammar or elementary
Our lady of mercy shrine in savonna - where they had a pilgrimage with his father as a reward
for his good scholastic records.
- the place where he first felt that we wanted to enter the seminary.
Nov. 9,1856 - joseph entered seminary
Vittorio - young brother of joseph
1862 - Josephs vocation was put to a severe test ( he yielded to his fathers desire of leaving
the seminary).
Dec. 1863- he fell seriously ill of typhoid fever.
Feb. 1864- he went back to seminary in AST.
Sept. 19, 1868- he was ordained to the priesthood in cathedral of asti.
Bishop carlo savior- bishop of asti who ordained joseph to priesthood.
- He made joseph marello stayed in asti to be his secretary.
- Became the constant friend and counselor of St. joseph Marello.
Nov. 21, 1869 pope pius IX opened the council.
July 1870- Bishop savior and Fr. Marello returned to asti.
May. 17, 1873- death of his father (Vincenzo)
1874- he was appointed chancellor of the diocese of asti.
March. 14, 1878- founded the congregation of oblates of St. joseph.
Oblates- means men who offer their lives totally to god in prayer and in the spirit and practice
of the evangelical counsels.
Saint Joseph- His inspiration in building the congregation. The patron saint of OSJ
Insitituto merchelerlo- a vocational school for men in asti, where the first four candidates lives
a life of strict poverty and intense prayer under the wise and fatherly guidance of their
founder.
The little Friars- the little addressed to the candidates by their neighbors foe their simple and
austere way of life.
July 1, 1881- death of Monsignor carlo savio
1882- He became the director of a home for the aged and the handicapped
Ospizio Santa Chiara- Became the home for the aged , the poor and the handicapped
Nov. 4,1884- Fr. Marello provided more ample quarters for his growing community in the
recently purchased building of Santa Chiara.
Little house of divine providence- the name of the congregation that laid claim laid over the
ownership of Santa Chiara.
Pope leo XIII- the pope who nominated joseph marello as bishop of acqui in nov, 1888
Fr. Juan batista