1. Father Giovanni Di Tullio
2. Father Amanzio Abram
3. Father Giuseppe De Bortoli
4. Brother Tito Campora
5. Father Gerolamo Nava
6. Father Ampelio Ambrogio Alfeo Nardin
7. Father Paolo Saltarini
8. Father Luigi Camillo Cervini
9. Father Ermes Boran
10. Father Germano Pegoraro
1. Father Giovanni Di Tullio
Born in Montagano (CB) on February 27, 1937
Entered Rome-Via Aurelia on August 28, 1948
Novitiate in Barza d’Ispra (Varese) on September 12,1953
First Profession in Barza d’Ispra on September 12, 1955
Final Profession in Chiavenna on September 24, 1961
Priestly Ordination in Como on June 23, 1963
Died
at Gemelli hospital, Rome on March 13, 2007
Rests
at Rome-Prima Porta, Tomb
of the Congregation
My last will
Rome, 23 June 2003, 40
th
anniversary of Priesthood
“On this occasion, first of all I would like to express my immense gratitude
to the Lord for his gifts and for the unending mercy shown to me during these 40
years of priesthood.
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DECEASED
CONFRERES
DECEASED
CONFRERES
I thank my parents for the life I have received, and for the generous love
filled with many sacrifices; the Eternal Love may be their best reward. My
heartfelt gratitude goes to the Congregation and to the confreres for all I have
received from their fraternal welcome and generous forgiveness.
As for me today, I feel more than ever the value and the beauty of my
everyday life that Divine Providence gives me, especially after the critical
experience suffered on February 2000.
I confide and entrust myself to the will of God who is always the true good
for me in the present and in the future. I still need a lot of help to follow it with
serenity and confidence. Regarding earthly possessions, it was never difficult for
me to detach myself from them... (
omissis)...
What matters is how much I have allowed the Lord to write in my life, and
the image of Jesus that I was able to model in me. I entrust myself to the mercy
of God, and to the prayer of my brothers”.
Giovanni Di Tullio
His life...
Father Giovanni Di Tullio was born in Montagano (Campobasso), Molise
Region, on February 27, 1937.
His parents were Alessandro Di Tullio and Maria Concetta Galuppo. He
was baptized the following March 4, and Confirmation on July 15, 1950 in
Montagano at the age of 13. After middle school at St. Joseph al Trionfale
(Rome), and high school at Anzano del Parco (Como), he entered the Novitiate
in Barza d’Ispra (Varese) on September 12, 1953, where, two years later, he
made his first religious profession. He professed perpetually in Chiavenna
(Sondrio) on September 24, 1961. He received the minor orders at the Como
Cathedral, and was ordained a priest at the Mother House in Como on June
23,1963, where he lived his first year of priesthood as educator.
He then moved to Napoli-Miano for a six-year term until 1970, before
coming to St. Joseph at Trionfale as assistant parish priest for 12 years until
1982. He was superior and parish priest of St. Joseph Cottolengo Parish at Valle
Aurelia for nine years from 1982 to 1993, and councilor of the St.
Joseph Roman
Province. As provincial councilor, he would be one of the first Guanellian priests
to reach Poland in order to look into the possibility of our presence in the land of
John Paul II.
Now, that intuition became a reality as two Polish confreres attended his
funeral.
As parish priest, he was in office until 2001. He would return as assistant
parish priest to St. Joseph at Trionfale in 2001 to offer his skills and his failing
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health at the service of the entire parish population. He died at the Gemelli
hospital, Rome, Tuesday morning of March 13, 2007.
The period of formation
“Our dear Father Giovanni began his seminary and Guanellian formation
with me in Rome, in the distant 1948, while the seminary was still under
construction.
Our respected professor Father Emidio Di Nicola, who is still with us,
taught us Latin. Father Giovanni came from his beautiful Montagano in Molise.
We have, therefore, lived an entire experience of Guanellian religious and
priestly life.”
Father Mario Latini, SC
The priest of the Oratory
“Father Giovanni took care also of the oratory other than teaching music. I
remember when he repaired the broken billiards table and above all, when he did
the maintenance. Often he called us to help him and taught us good manners
and, above all, taught the youth to collaborate and be available for the less
fortunate boys. I went to visit the disabled boys at the ‘Vaccari Institute’ after
getting permission from my parents. That was a strong experience, which I still
remember. The sight of so many boys who lived in an institute with various
types of handicap, both physical and psychical, without the consolation of
parents, made me reflect very much on the importance of helping the needy. I
continued this experience during the whole period of Middle School.”
Giorgio Sportello
The pastor
“We remember him as an untiring parish priest of St. Joseph Cottolengo
parish, where he gave his best gifts as a Guanellian priest.”
Father Mario Latini, SC
The priest
“Dear father Giovanni, your person and your soul left a great light. Your
true, authentic, strong Christian life was a unique and irreplaceable support for
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