Carmela Carabelli, born Carmelina Negri (
Melegnano
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, May 9, 1910 –
Milan
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, November 25, 1978), better known as Mamma Carmela (in
English
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: ''Mother Carmela''), was a spiritual daughter of
Pio of Pietrelcina
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and a famous
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mystic.
Biography
Early life
Carmelina Negri was born in the May 9, 1910, the daughter of Gaetano Negri and Teresa Galbiati.
She was integrated in the
Catholic Action
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movement, in which, through its enormous enthusiasm and eventually influenced by some members of her family, who accompanied her on the growth of living the faith in the spirit of prayer, the love for
Jesus
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in the
Eucharist
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, the devotion to the
Virgin Mary
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and service to the
Catholic Church
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.
In 1926, she completed her studies and began work in a bank. She met Giuseppe Carabelli, a virtuous and modest young man whom she married on January 23, 1935. They had both always wanted a large family who could convey the "Good News" of a higher love, like that of
God
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. Within her large family she came to be called by the diminutive and tender name of "Mamma" Carmela.
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In mid-September 1950, Carmela Carabelli made a trip to the convent of
San Giovanni Rotondo
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where she met the supposedly stigmatized
Capuchin friar
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and
priest
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Padre Pio of Pietrelcina. She defined this trip as being "memorable" and it further increased her love for prayer and desire to do good. Carabelli became soon after one of Padre Pio's spiritual daughters.
Spiritual writings
Carabelli in her spiritual writings revealed her interior locutions with Jesus in which he allegedly supplied some mysteries about his life, about God the Father as the father of all mankind; about the Virgin Mary, who in turn spoke on the person of
Joseph
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, among other divine mysteries. Through this privileged personality, Carabelli began to travel the world. Her writings were already translated into major languages and distributed in several countries.
Death and burial
In October 1978, Carabelli suffered serious health problems but recovered in hospital in
Milan
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. However, the following month, after receiving the sacrament of
Holy Viaticum
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, on November 25, 1978, she died. She is buried in the
Monumental Cemetery of Milan
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Designed by the architect Carlo Ma ...
(Section 72 B, ref. 1855).
Further reading
* Carmela Carabelli; ''The Message of Merciful Love - Conversations With Jesus'', Divine Mercy Publications, Australia
* Carmela Carabelli; ''Jesus, Our Teacher (from the writings of Mamma Carmela)'' - volumes 1 to 10, Divine Mercy Publications, Australia
* Carmela Carabelli; ''Mary, Mother and Teacher (from the writings of Mamma Carmela)'' - volumes 1 to 10, Divine Mercy Publications, Australia
* Carmela Carabelli: ''Thoughts and Reflections -'' volumes 1 to 6, Divine Mercy Publications, Australia
See also
*
Visions of Jesus and Mary
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References
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1910 births
1978 deaths
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Burials at the Cimitero Monumentale di Milano