Madre Foresti, l'arcivescovo a Ozzano per i 70 anni dalla morte

In recent weeks, the Archbishop celebrated Mass in the Church of Sant'Ambrogio di Ozzano, seventy years after the death of Mother Maria Francesca Foresti. The celebration was further enhanced by the news that arrived on November 8 from the Holy See Press Office: with a decree, the Pope recognized the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Mother Foresti, Founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, who thus becomes Venerable. "The Lord wants to celebrate!" the Cardinal said during his homily. "Mother Francesca's love was shared and total. This is a house of prayer and adoration of the Eucharist and of life, which helps us share the bread of heaven and, therefore, also that of the earth. Mother Francesca had learned the Franciscan spirit from Padre Pio," the Archbishop continued. "Saint Francis listened to Jesus who asked him to repair his church, as one does with the heart. Love repairs everything with the Band-Aid of the heart." If there is love, things are better, and there is much to repair. Jesus repairs sin with mercy." The "Madre Foresti" choir, directed by Michele Ferrari, celebrated its 10th anniversary with a concert in the parish church of Quaderna.