About Saint Joseph Cafasso
Joseph Cafasso was a nineteenth-century Piedmontese priest who formed clergy at Turin’s ecclesiastical institute and served as a trusted spiritual director, including to Saint John Bosco. He regularly visited prisons and accompanied condemned prisoners to execution, insisting on their dignity and hope in God’s mercy. He also promoted careful preaching and confession.
Prayer
Pray with Saint Joseph Cafasso
God of inexhaustible mercy, you made Saint Joseph Cafasso a wise teacher and companion to prisoners facing death. Through his intercession, renew confessors and spiritual directors, comfort incarcerated people and their families, and help us defend human dignity where society sees only failure. Amen.
