Blessed Timothy Giaccardo, known to the Pauline Family as “Signor Maestro” (CISP 393), has returned to Alba. It is perfectly correct to speak thus about a person whom the Church has recognized as holy and declared worthy of veneration.
On 27 March 2014, the glass coffin containing his mortal remains was removed from the crypt of the Queen of Apostles Sanctuary, Rome and placed in the main church to be venerated. This was followed by a Eucharistic Celebration presided over by Fr. Silvio Sassi, Superior General of the Society of St. Paul.
The next day, 28 March, the casket was taken to Alba. From there it will “visit” the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Flowers in Bra, and after that the community of the Pious Disciples in Sanfré. Fr. Timothy’s mortal remains will return to Alba on 5 May: their final resting place will be the chapel of the Sacred Heart in the Temple of St. Paul.
