{"id":25260,"date":"2025-09-23T16:11:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T23:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=25260"},"modified":"2025-09-23T16:21:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T23:21:46","slug":"on-the-path-to-the-canonization-of-sister-maria-troncatti-fma-corteno-golgi-her-birthplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/09\/23\/on-the-path-to-the-canonization-of-sister-maria-troncatti-fma-corteno-golgi-her-birthplace\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Path to the Canonization of Sister Maria Troncatti, FMA: Corteno Golgi, Her Birthplace"},"content":{"rendered":"

(ANS \u2013 Rome)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 In the second stage of the journey, preparing for the canonization of Daughter of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) Sister Maria Troncatti (1883\u20131969), the focus turns to her roots, and especially to her birthplace: Corteno Golgi. This small town of 2,000 inhabitants, located in Val Camonica in the Province of Brescia, Lombardy, is where Sister Maria Benvenuta Troncatti \u2013 her full baptismal name \u2013 was born on 16 February 1883.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pride of a Mountain Community<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the Mayor of Corteno, Giuseppino Lippi, expresses the pride of the entire community in Sister Maria Troncatti and the attention her memory has brought back to their village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCorteno is a mountain town that has given so much to communities around the world, precisely because our Blessed, Maria Troncatti, crossed an ocean, embraced the missionary spirit, and offered the world the determination of a mountain person, used to rolling up her sleeves and giving the best of herself,<\/em>\u201d said the Mayor in a video prepared by the FMA\u2019s Historical-Spiritual-Liturgical Commission for the canonization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCorteno is grateful for this figure because she shows how much the willpower of one person can accomplish: it is a life lesson for society,<\/em>\u201d he added. Mayor Lippi is himself distantly related to Blessed Maria Troncatti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also emphasized that her canonization is \u201ca unique opportunity to renew a sense of community spirit,<\/em>\u201d noting that the municipality is working to restore her birthplace so that visitors may come to learn more about the future saint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Witness of Faith in Today\u2019s World<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fr. Mauro Zambetti, parish priest of Corteno Golgi since 2020, highlighted the importance of Sister Maria\u2019s testimony in a time when communicating the faith is not easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBlessed Maria becomes a model that the Church offers us to imitate. Reading her life carefully, one sees the fruit of the faith formation she received, which bore great results,<\/em>\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He recalled that even during her lifetime, she showed deep trust in \u201cthe powerful intercession of the saints.<\/em>\u201d As a nurse, \u201cshe would place holy cards inside bandages, pray herself, and invite the sick person to pray to the saints as well.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the parish priest, her canonization carries a double meaning for Corteno Golgi: Sister Maria becomes a \u201cgreat point of reference, perhaps even a Patron<\/em>\u201d of the community, while her life story may also encourage \u201cnew vocations<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Memories from Family<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video also captures family testimonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gianna Marniga, granddaughter of Elisabetta Lucia Troncatti (sister of the future saint), recalls:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I went to my grandmother\u2019s house, I remember the anxious wait for the letters that arrived from Ecuador. When they came, it was a huge emotion; I always saw her cry. \u2018Maria has written,\u2019 my grandmother would say, worrying about the dangers she faced crossing rivers or encountering animals in the forest<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucia Bianchi, granddaughter of Giacomo Troncatti (brother of the blessed), adds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSister Maria was a joyful, content girl, a hard worker who never missed Mass, even in summer when she had to take the animals up to the pasture.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These testimonies confirm what others in the village also recall: Sister Maria\u2019s holiness did not begin suddenly in Ecuador, but grew gradually from childhood and youth, nourished by simple faith, daily prayer, frequent sacraments, dedication to work, and deep humility. She even carried out farming tasks \u2013 including spreading manure in the fields \u2013 until just before leaving for her missionary life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn More<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video with interviews from Sister Troncatti\u2019s fellow townspeople can be viewed here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For further information, visit the official site dedicated to her canonization:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0mariatroncatti.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(ANS \u2013 Rome)\u00a0\u2013 In the second stage of the journey, preparing for the canonization of Daughter of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) Sister Maria Troncatti (1883\u20131969), the focus turns to her roots, and especially to her birthplace: Corteno Golgi. This small town of 2,000 inhabitants, located in Val Camonica in the Province of Brescia, Lombardy, is where Sister Maria Benvenuta Troncatti \u2013 her full baptismal … Continuar leyendo On the Path to the Canonization of Sister Maria Troncatti, FMA: Corteno Golgi, Her Birthplace<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":25262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[775865498,516714022],"tags":[35890],"class_list":["post-25260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salesian-holiness","category-salesian-world-news","tag-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ab2073cfd1317f66628de2122eef3e94_xl-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C573&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-6zq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25260"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25263,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25260\/revisions\/25263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}