Bonaventure was born in 1221, although some accounts say 1217, in Bagnoregio, Tuscany, the Papal States. His parents were Giovanni di Fidanza, a physician, and Maria di Ritella. He fell ill while a boy, and, as he said, was saved from death by the intercession of St. Francis of Assisi.

Eugène de Mazenod, OMI (born Charles-Joseph-Eugène de Mazenod (1782 - 1861) was a French aristocrat and Bishop who founded the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. He was born into a wealthy aristocratic family in Aix-en-Provence on 1 August 1782. He was baptized the following day.

Some Notes on St. Joseph the Worker

“When Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home” (Matthew 1:24).

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