Father Celso

Learn more about Living in God’s Divine Will through talks and other recordings by Father Celso.

WHO IS FATHER CELSO?

Fr. Tom Celso is a native of Newark, New York. He entered St. Bernard Seminary in 1974 and first encountered the Divine Will in 1976 while participating in a clinical pastoral study.  In upstate New York, he tirelessly served parishes after being ordained to the Holy Priesthood in 1979. Fr. Celso was given permission in 1994 to collaborate with the Secretariat of the Cause in Italy on the promotion of Luisa Piccarreta, the Servant of God. He was present when the Cause of Luisa opened in 1994. Under the guidance of the then-Cardinal Ratzinger, he was invited to assist in 1996 with the copying of Luisa's original manuscripts located at the Vatican's Secret Archives. He additionally went to the Diocese's 2005 closing of the Cause of Luisa Piccarreta.

Fr. Celso conducts retreats and days of reflection on Luisa Piccarreta, a Servant of God, and the Divine Will throughout the US and Europe.  In 2016, he became a member of the Third Order Benedictine Oblate of the Divine Will.  He offers Holy Mass and Confession to professors and students at the neighborhood schools in East Rochester, New York, on a weekly basis as a retired senior priest.  - Source