On the first of November, while the whole church was celebrating the solemnity of All Saints, Don Gaspare Ciuffreda was called home to the house of the Father. Don Gaspare was born in Monte Sant’Angelo (FG) on the 23rd of November 1933. On October 18 1947, he joined the minor seminary of the Congregation, in Ancona. Incorporated into the Congregation on January 6, 1957 and was ordained a priest on July 3, 1960. He has served the Congregation in many different ministries in Italy. His last community house was in Albano, Laziale, where has been living for several year, sick, offering his sufferings for the Congregation, especially for the vocations.
The funeral mass was celebrated on November 2, at the Sanctuary of St. Gaspar, in Albano.
Text: Don Simone Masone, CPPS
Photo: Don Pietro Battista, CPPS