Divine Will Priests

Fr. B. Thomas Celso was born in Newark, NY on May 27 in the Holy Jubilee Year 1950, on the Eve of Pentecost, on the Feast of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, to Bernard and Katherine Celso, first of five children. After a number of years of study, he entered St. Bernard Seminary, with completing Clinical pastoral studies in 1976 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield MA. From there he was introduced to the writings of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta and the Holy Divine Will. He was ordained to the Deaconate on October 14, 1977, and Ordained to the Holy Priesthood on March 9, 1979. While serving as Associate pastor in various parishes of the Rochester, NY Diocese, Father Celso received, in 1993, permission from his Bishop to work with the Secretariat of the Cause in Trani, Italy, for the promotion of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta. Soon after, Father celebrated the opening of the Cause of Luisa on November 20, 1994, Solemnity of Christ the King. The following year, Father was asked to help copy the original manuscripts of Luisa Piccarreta held within the Secret Archives of the Vatican. This process was successful under the Direction of Cardinal Ratzinger during the week of and ending on February 2, 1996, Feast of the Presentation. Further, he celebrated at the Closing of the Cause of Luisa on October 29, 2005, in which the Diocese of Trani gave its positive evaluation, asking for the Vatican’s approval for Luisa’s Canonization. Since the 1990s and continuing to this day, Father has provided retreats and days of recollection throughout the United States and parts of Europe, speaking to countless numbers of souls, always about Luisa Piccarreta and her writings on the Most Holy Divine Will. Everyone is awaiting Luisa to be named Venerable soon. Many miracles attributed to Luisa are under investigation by the Vatican at this time.