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Luigi Caburlotto was born on June 7, 1817, in Venice, Italy, son of a gondolier.
After studying for the priesthood, he was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Venice on September 24, 1842. As a young priest, Father Luigi made it a point to study the community to assess the needs of the people. After his assessment, which was ongoing, he decided to focus on abandoned and homeless young people.
On April 30, 1850, Father Luigi established a school for poor and abandoned girls, and this led to the founding of a new religious order of women to help him, the Daughters of Saint Joseph, an order that later added “of Caburlotto” to its name.
In 1857, Father Luigi founded a home for poor girls, and in 1859, he established a complex for the poor of the community. In 1869, he revived the Manin Institute, a trade school for men. By 1881, Father Luigi oversaw the schools for the poor in the community and made sure they were well staffed and had adequate resources.
Father Luigi encouraged the young people to go to Mass, receive Holy Communion, and celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation frequently.
Unfortunately, as he got older, his health deteriorated. This led him to remain at home most of the time, though he continued to be in contact with the institutions he had founded and loved. In a sense, Father Luigi’s last years were spent as a prayerful hermit priest.
On July 9, 1897, Father Luigi died in Venice. Cardinal Giuseppe Melchiore Sarto, the archbishop of Venice and later known as Pope Saint Pius X, was with him at his bedside when Father Luigi died.
Father Luigi was beatified on May 16, 2015, in Venice, and his feast day is July 9.
Today, the religious order that Father Luigi founded, the Daughters of Saint Joseph of Caburlotto (D.S.J.C.), serve in nations of Africa, Asia, and Europe.
