Mar 15
2012
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Born
November
12,
1923
Professed
September
8,
1945
Ordained
May
27,
1954
Died
March
6,
2012
Dear
Brother
and
Sister
Salesians:
On
March
6
our
province
lost
another
confrere
when
Fr.
Paul
Caporali,
SDB,
at
the
age
of
88,
breathed
his
last,
apparent
victim
of
a
heart
attack
while
awaiting
an
opinion
from
the
City
of
Hope
as
to
whether
surgery
for
his
colon
cancer
was
advisable.
May
he
rest
in
heaven’s
peace,
where
no
second
opinions
are
necessary,
where
all
are
healthy
in
mind
and
heart,
and
where
the
only
thing
to
await
is
the
resurrection
of
the
body.
Not
even
ten
years
old,
little
Paolino
began
playing
in
the
Salesian
Oratory
near
his
home
in
Terni,
Italy.
For
Ƥ
ǡƤ
made
increasingly
important
due
to
the
demands
of
World
War
II.
In
fact
he
and
another
student
were
sent
to
Milan
to
work
in
a
weapons
factory
with
their
technological
background
and
specialized
preparation.
Then
he
fell
in
love
and
was
engaged
to
be
married.
But
in
one
single
day
he
Ƥ
±ǡ
other
family
members
to
the
bombing
raids.
Rather
than
curse
the
day,
he
transformed
that
pain
into
a
vocation,
understanding
that
he
was
meant
to
stay
with
Don
Bosco
and
become
a
ǤǡƤ
and
philosophical
studies,
he
did
two
years
of
practical
training
in
that
same
Oratory
where
his
vocation
began.
Upon
volunteering
for
the
missions
he
was
sent
to
our
province!
First
stop,
Richmond,
to
do
a
third
year
of
practical
training
and
to
learn
English.
After
four
years
of
theology
in
Aptos
he
was
ordained
a
priest
in
1954,
the
Marian
Year.
“I
understand,”
he
wrote,
“how
my
having
been
engaged
to
marry
might
be
useful
in
helping
young
people
with
their
relationships
and
problems.
My
life
in
the
Oratorio
could
be
somewhat
of
an
asset
in
dealing
with
young
people
as
well
.
.
.
but
why
did
I
have
to
spend
four
years
in
college
studying
metallurgy
if
I
was
to
become
a
priest?”
He
was
convinced
that
Mary
had
a
hand
in
this
too,
because
with
Father
Felix
Penna
he
co-‐founded
the
newest
school
in
our
province,
Don
Bosco
Technical
Institute.
He
remained
there
a
total
of
27
years,
holding
various
positions,
including
chairman
of
the
metallurgy
department,
of
course,
and
eventually
dean
of
technology.
After
a
six
year
period
as
director
next
door,
at
St.
Joseph’s
Renewal
Center,
he
returned
to
the
Tech
once
again,
this
time
as
development
director.
In
that
capacity
he
worked
hard
to
maintain
some
of
the
personal
contacts
he
and
Fr.
Penna
had
made
with
the
early
captains
of
industry.
He
even
asked
me
to
see
about
returning
him
to
the
Tech
as
president!
After
leaving
the
Tech
in
1987
he
spent
12
years
as
associate
pastor
Ǥ
ǡƪǡ
then
from
1999
until
his
death
last
week
once
again
at
St.
Joseph’s,
an
assignment
which
he
took
as
a
special
charge
to
make
the
Marian
grotto
there
a
center
for
Marian
spirituality
in
the
province
and
a
center
from
which
to
spread
devotion
to
Mary.
He
wrote
his
life’s
story
in
a
little
booklet
which
he
entitled:
“And
Now
You’ll
Be
My
InTouch 1 3.15.12
Mom
.
.
.
A
Marian
Story.”
He
really
saw
all
the
facts
of
his
life
as
a
Marian
story.
Fr.
Paul
had
a
joking
and
childlike
character,
which
made
young
people
feel
comfortable
with
him,
regaling
them
with
silly
magic
tricks,
even
sillier
jokes,
but
always
with
a
kind
and
winning
smile.
That
everyone
knew
the
punch
lines
of
his
jokes
never
stopped
him
from
telling
them.
Over
and
over
again.
Please
pray
for
Paul’s
eternal
rest.
As
per
R
76
let
each
community
ơǤ
for
more
vocations
to
take
his
place:
Salesian
educator,
priest
for
the
young,
devoted
son
of
Mary.
Sincerely
in
Christ,
Rev.
Timothy
C.
Ploch,
SDB
Provincial
Provincial’s Calendar
March
2012
9-‐19
Visitation:
Berkeley
15
Board
Meeting,
Los
Ange-‐
les
Salesian
Boys
&
Girls
Club
16
Funeral
for
Fr.
Paul
Capo-‐
rali,
St.
Dominic
Savio
17-‐18
SLIM
19
Burial
of
Fr.
Paul
Caporali,
Richmond
Conclusion
of
Berkeley
Visitation
20
Travel
Day
21
Members
Meeting,
St.
John
Bosco
High
School
22-‐25
Religious
Education
Con-‐
gress,
Anaheim
26-‐30
Visitation:
Provincial
Resi-‐
dence,
San
Francisco
29
Chrism
Mass:
St.
Mary’s
Cathedral,
San
Francisco
