ROGATE! FIAT! May the Divine Will always be blessed! Newsletter Special Edition June 15 A.D Father Bernardino Bucci s 80 th Birthday

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1 The Pious Universal Union of the Children of the Divine Will Official Newsletter for The Pious Universal Union for Children of the Divine Will USA Come Supreme Will, down to reign in Your Kingdom on earth and in our hearts! ROGATE! FIAT! May the Divine Will always be blessed! Newsletter Special Edition June 15 A.D Father Bernardino Bucci s 80 th Birthday Please send your rosaries, prayers Holy Hours for thanksgiving to God the Father for having granted Padre Bernardino all these years to His Holy Priesthood and the promotion of the Cause for the Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta 1

2 Holy First Communion for Padre Bucci s Sister Gemma and Brother Agostino Bucci Once, little Gemma hid under Luisa s bed, perhaps to give Aunt Rosaria a surprise and unwittingly witnessed a mystical phenomenon. Luisa had a bedside table on which stood a glass bell containing a figurine of the Child Jesus. At a certain point my sister was aware of something unusual. A great silence fell, not even the chatter of the girls working in the next room could be heard. Then Gemma came out from under the bed and saw the Child who had come to life, whom Luisa had taken in her arms and was covering with kisses. Seminary Student Giuseppi Peppino Bernardino Bucci With his Sister Luisa Bucci Padre Bucci s name Giuseppi and the name of his sister Gemma were suggested to their parents by Luisa 2

3 Fra Bernardino Giuseppe Bucci, a Capuchin student with the other students in a souvenir photograph (standing, second from the left beside the director) 3

4 Seminarist Giuseppe Bucci standing next to Father Cataldo Tota Giuseppe wearing a gift from Luisa Piccarreta A surplice hand made by Luisa still in possession to this day Giuseppe Bucci again next to Fr. Tota in procession of the Pilgrim Madonna At the church of Saint Francis in Corato, Italy Fr. Tota knew Luisa very well according to Padre Bucci 4

5 Photos from the Priestly Ordination of Padre Bernardino On March 14, 1964, he was ordained a priest by Archbishop Nicodemo of Bari in the Capuchin church of Triggiano 5

6 First Holy Mass celebrated by Father Bucci In the Mother Church Cathedral of Corato, Italy Card from First Holy Mass celebrated by Father Bernardino In the Mother Church Cathedral of Corato, Italy 6

7 Padre Bucci at the wedding of his sister, Gemma Brother Luigi Bucci (1920) far Left, Maria Bucci (1929) Nunzia Garofalo next to Padre Bucci (June 15, 1935) Gemma Bucci, Luisa Bucci (1926) Aunt Rosaria (April 4, 1898) far right Luisa Bucci prepared Luisa for her funeral because Aunt Rosaria and Luisa s sisters were too distraught 7

8 Aunt Rosaria at the right of the Groom and Nunzia Garofalo to left of Bride Gemma Nunzia lost her husband and two children all in the same year. Left without any income or support and out of food she prayed for Luisa s help. At that exact moment a young man appeared at her door with a month s supply of food. He left the food and without a word and disappeared from her sight. She later was able to find work support herself. Aunt Rosaria on the left next to Sister-in-law Rita married to Luigi Bucci Gemma in center next to her husband and Padre Bucci on far right 8

9 A young Padre Bucci with Photo of Luisa Father Bernardino Giuseppe Bucci was born in Corato on 15 June In 1955, he entered the Novitiate of the Capuchin Friars at Alessano, in the Province of Lecce and completed his philosophical studies at the Studentate in Scorrano. On 14 March 1964, in the Capuchin church of Triggiano, he was ordained a priest by Archbishop Nicodemo of Bari. He was sent to the International College in Rome to specialize in Missionary Theology. When he returned to his Province, he was appointed Spiritual Director of the Seraphic Seminary of Scorrano. He studied for a licentiate and a doctorate, taking the course at the Ecumenical Faculty of St. Nicholas of Bari; where at the same time, in 1972, he acquired a degree in Literature. As co-founder of the Association of the Divine Will, he spent many years as the spiritual adviser of the Association which was canonically erected in Corato on March 4, He was a member of the Tribunal for the cause for beatification of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarretta, which was opened on the Feast of Christ the King, 1994, in the main church of Corato by Archbishop Carmello Cassati, now emeritus, in his role as Promoter of the Faith. 9

10 SIGN TODAY PETITION THE RETURN OF LUISA S ORIGINAL VOLUMES! Dear Fathers: Receive our most sincere condolences for the passing away of Fr. Gustavo Morelos. At the IV International Congress of Luisa Piccarreta in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Luisa, we request: To return as soon as possible, all the original writings of Luisa Piccarreta in your posession (Volume 35 and Volume 36 of Luisa's diary, The Hours of the Passion, The Queen of Heaven in the Kingdom of the Divine Will, Memoirs of my Infancy, Letters written by Luisa and any other original material of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta) to the Archbishop of Trani, Mons. Giovan Battista Picchierri, for the continuation of the Cause of Beatification. We are sure that the true love of the Divine Will will lead to the successful completion of this great work. 10