{"id":5427,"date":"2022-11-05T07:42:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T09:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/index.php\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T14:29:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T14:29:27","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5427\" class=\"elementor elementor-5427\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ecf5da8 dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ecf5da8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7cba2c08 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"7cba2c08\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de410c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6de410c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.0 - 30-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:columns {\"backgroundColor\":\"gray\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-gray-background-color has-background\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\"} -->\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa6754e dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fa6754e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a67293 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"2a67293\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2737e6 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-dsvy_icon_heading\" data-id=\"e2737e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"dsvy_icon_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox dsvy-ihbox-style-4\"><div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-box d-flex align-items-center\">\r\n<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-icon\"><div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-icon-wrapper dsvy-ihbox-icon-type-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Michael-Ansoldo-New-1.png\" alt=\"Servant of God Michael Ansaldo\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-contents\">\r\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"dsvy-element-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tServant of God Michael Ansaldo\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .dsvy-ihbox-contents -->\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e9309c dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e9309c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3cd4157 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"3cd4157\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbb117a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dbb117a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Michael Ansaldo was one of the most memorable eighteenth-century\u00a0 Jesuit missionaries in Pondicherry. He lived as a missionary for 33 years which was exactly half of his lifetime in Pondicherry. He lived through the most turbulent times of suppression of the Society of Jesuits and witnessed Christ by leading a prophetic life among the people of Pondicherry. He also played an important role in\u00a0 bringing identification to the downtrodden, in giving life to the afflicted women, hope to the homeless, and education to the girl children to whom it was forbidden in Indian Society<\/p>\n<p>He was born in the city of Messina which is the third-largest city on the island of\u00a0Sicily, and the 13<sup>th<\/sup> largest city in Italy. The city has been a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catholic_Church\">Roman Catholic<\/a> Archdiocese and Archimandrite seat since 1548 and is home to a locally important international fair<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\"><\/a>. The city has the\u00a0 University of Messina, founded in 1548 by\u00a0Ignatius of Loyola. In 1548, \u00a0this was the first\u00a0Jesuit\u00a0college in the world, which later gave birth to the\u00a0<em>Studium Generale<\/em>\u00a0(the current\u00a0University of Messina)\u00a0In 1783, an\u00a0earthquake\u00a0devastated much of the city, and it took decades to rebuild and rekindle the cultural life of Messina<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\"><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ae4fbd dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"1ae4fbd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-733378b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"733378b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c86a83a dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"c86a83a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae42b06 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"ae42b06\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c8a88f elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-dsvy_icon_heading\" data-id=\"1c8a88f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"dsvy_icon_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox dsvy-ihbox-style-4\"><div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-box d-flex align-items-center\">\r\n<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-icon\"><div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-icon-wrapper dsvy-ihbox-icon-type-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Michael-Ansoldo-New-1.png\" alt=\"Holy Life Started\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-contents\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"dsvy-element-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\n\nHoly Life Started\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .dsvy-ihbox-contents -->\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a0d9a4 dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a0d9a4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-086d5be dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"086d5be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e69e22f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e69e22f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-01-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-01-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-01-1-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a71e277 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"a71e277\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a3ea5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a3ea5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-02.jpg 700w, https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-02-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-898bb11 dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"898bb11\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-777b8eb dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"777b8eb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b08c56 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-dsvy_icon_heading\" data-id=\"4b08c56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"dsvy_icon_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox dsvy-ihbox-style-4\"><div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-box d-flex align-items-center\">\r\n<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-icon\"><div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-icon-wrapper dsvy-ihbox-icon-type-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Michael-Ansoldo-New-1.png\" alt=\"Family back ground\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-contents\">\r\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"dsvy-element-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFamily back ground  \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .dsvy-ihbox-contents -->\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f528ae8 dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f528ae8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7cfe49 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"d7cfe49\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e3fba8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e3fba8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-03.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-03.jpg 700w, https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-03-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d52c20 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"8d52c20\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b84d4b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b84d4b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Michael Ansaldo hails from one of the European, especially the Italian noble families. The Family surname is \u201cAnsaldo\u201d\u00a0it is included in the list of Italian Noble families. Michael Ansaldo was a close relative of a young Jesuit St. Aloysius Gonzaga,\u00a0\u00a0 the Patron Saint of youth in the Catholic Church. The mother of Michael Ansaldo hails from this particular, noble family \u201cGonzaga\u201d. The father\u2019s family of Michael Ansaldo was engaged in assisting the \u201cPoreban Kings\u201d\u00a0 family in Spain who had migrated to Messina, Sicily. Similarly, the Gonzaga family who was with the Austrian Royal family came in contact with each other at Messina on the island of Sicily.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\"><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5766fcf dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5766fcf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3682bf dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"c3682bf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4bf7ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4bf7ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He was born to a noble couple who was from a noble family, which was a very pious and God-fearing family. This pious couple was blessed with two\u00a0male children, the elder one is Joseph Ansaldo and the younger one is Michael Ansaldo. The eldest son was born in the year 1737 and was named Joseph Ansaldo because in Europe there is a custom to name the eldest son in the family as Joseph, thus the brother of Michael\u00a0 Ansaldo was named Joseph Ansaldo. And the younger son, our Servant of God\u00a0 Michael Ansaldo was born on 29<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0September, at Messina, in the year 1739 on the feast of St. Michael the Archangel thus, his parents named him Michael Ansaldo<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f40dfb8 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"f40dfb8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-361de06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"361de06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-03-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-03-3.jpg 700w, https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-03-3-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d983738 dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d983738\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-379fdd7 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"379fdd7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28460d8 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-dsvy_icon_heading\" data-id=\"28460d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"dsvy_icon_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox dsvy-ihbox-style-4\"><div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-box d-flex align-items-center\">\r\n<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-icon\"><div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-icon-wrapper dsvy-ihbox-icon-type-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Michael-Ansoldo-New-1.png\" alt=\"Priestly formation\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-contents\">\r\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"dsvy-element-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPriestly formation\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .dsvy-ihbox-contents -->\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca78b15 dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca78b15\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b8cb02 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"5b8cb02\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-759763f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"759763f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On 15<sup>th<\/sup> January 1754 when Servant of God Ansaldo was just fifteen years old, he and his elder brother Joseph Ansaldo entered the Society of Jesus (Novitiate) at Messina. At that time Rev. Fr. Simone Castiglia SJ was Rector and novice master\u00a0 After their novitiate both of them were still considered as young to study philosophy hence, they were sent to study new languages and grammar (grammar of Latin, Italian, Spanish etc..)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\"><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45d9166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45d9166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-04-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-04-2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-04-2-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-746e8aa dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"746e8aa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77b6814 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77b6814\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the year 1765 both Michael Ansaldo and his brother Joseph Ansaldo had studied their first-year theology at the College of Massimo at Palermo. Michael Ansaldo studied his second-and third-year theology in the years 1766 and 1767 at Palermo instead his brother Joseph studied second and third-year theology at Messina. Thus both of them grew in virtuous Ignatian spiritual life and in religious formation according to the rules and regulations of the Society of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\"><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11d2442 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"11d2442\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-04-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-04-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-04-1-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a0ff60b dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a0ff60b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9fe459 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"b9fe459\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18ff8e0 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-dsvy_icon_heading\" data-id=\"18ff8e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"dsvy_icon_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox dsvy-ihbox-style-4\"><div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-box d-flex align-items-center\">\r\n<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-icon\"><div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-icon-wrapper dsvy-ihbox-icon-type-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Michael-Ansoldo-New-1.png\" alt=\"Ordination and final vows\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-contents\">\r\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"dsvy-element-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOrdination and final vows \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .dsvy-ihbox-contents -->\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-117afa2 dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"117afa2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13006a6 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"13006a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-120ff06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"120ff06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Like any other Jesuit, Ansaldo had to complete the religious profession, and to enter the mission field, he had to \u201cpossess sufficient learning in humane letters, in liberal arts and scholastic theology and sacred scripture.\u201d At the end of the third year on 19 September, 1767 Michael Ansaldo and his elder brother Joseph Ansaldo both were ordained together as priests at Palermo. Both of them left for Rome on 19th December 1767 as all the Jesuits were forced to leave Sicily according to the orders of the king. Later on within a few days his beloved brother Fr. Joseph Ansaldo went to receive the eternal reward. The death of his dear brother turned into a big loss for the Servant of God Michael Ansaldo.<\/p>\n<p>This was also the period in which all the Jesuits were expelled from the Kingdom of Sicily by Pope Clement XIII with Papal Bull Apostolicum pascendi, after appropriate examination in the seminary by clerics of Viterbo Italy and were promoted to the fourth year of theology. Thereby Ansaldo was judged suitable ad habendum actum parvum and to teach theology in seminary. After the completion of his studies in the major seminary, he spent his life for a few years as a teacher of literature in one of the Jesuit colleges . Thus On 15th of August 1771 &#8211; he pronounced his final vows in the Church in Templo Peritateis Hortae at Orte Italy in the hands of Father Vincenzo Ippoloito<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\"><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5eb68da dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5eb68da\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa25d6f dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"aa25d6f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-687abc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"687abc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-05-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-05-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-05-1-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f574446 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"f574446\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3f4854 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d3f4854\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-05-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-05-5.jpg 700w, https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-05-5-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49138f9 dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49138f9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b63a18c dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"b63a18c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99fa6cc elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-dsvy_icon_heading\" data-id=\"99fa6cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"dsvy_icon_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox dsvy-ihbox-style-4\"><div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-box d-flex align-items-center\">\r\n<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-icon\"><div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-icon-wrapper dsvy-ihbox-icon-type-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Michael-Ansoldo-New-1.png\" alt=\"Missionary journey to Pondicherry\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-contents\">\r\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"dsvy-element-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMissionary journey to Pondicherry \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .dsvy-ihbox-contents -->\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e76640e dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e76640e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6bbd9a8 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"6bbd9a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91bea23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"91bea23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-08.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-08.jpg 700w, https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-08-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34d0719 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"34d0719\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86c4024 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86c4024\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ansaldo made every effort to know about the lives of a few of those missionaries who traveled oceans to preach the good news. With due permission from Rev. Fr. Lorenzo Ricci the Superior General of the Society of Jesus (May 21, 1758, August 16, 1773, November 24, 1775, July 21, 1773 (Suppressed)). He began his journey soon after his final profession as an obedient Jesuit in the Society of Jesus along with his 5 more companions \u201cSaint-Amour; Busson; Ansaldo; Fabri; Sinc\u00e9re; Jean Baptiste Choiseille \u201d. They have travelled in one of the French ships that was going to India along with the French missionaries . After a long travel of struggling with the wind and bad weather on the high seas, Ansaldo landed in Pondicherry in 1771.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\"><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4efb528 dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4efb528\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fa7582 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"6fa7582\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20893e0 dsvy-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-dsvy_custom_heading\" data-id=\"20893e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"dsvy_custom_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-custom-heading left-align\"><h2 class=\"dsvy-element-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\nLife of Servant of God Michael Ansaldo in Pondicherry, India\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e365c00 dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e365c00\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4035cb dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"c4035cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbc5a7d elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-dsvy_icon_heading\" data-id=\"cbc5a7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"dsvy_icon_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox dsvy-ihbox-style-4\"><div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-box d-flex align-items-center\">\r\n<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-icon\"><div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-icon-wrapper dsvy-ihbox-icon-type-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Michael-Ansoldo-New-1.png\" alt=\"Michael Ansaldo at the shore of Pondicherry\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-contents\">\r\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"dsvy-element-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Ansaldo at the shore of Pondicherry\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .dsvy-ihbox-contents -->\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c7c39a8 dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c7c39a8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2424311 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"2424311\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c0f3d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c0f3d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During those days\u2019 their journey on the ship was too hard and it was neither safe nor secure yet Ansaldo traveled with all his love for God. It is said that Saint Francis Xavier, during his travels to Japan and China had briefly stayed at what is now called Uppalam. At Church commemorating his visit now stand at Uppalam, Netaji Nagar, Pondicherry. Likewise, the journey of Servant of God Ansaldo came to an end with his arrival at the shore of Arikamedu Pondicherry.<\/p>\n<p>Ansaldo was welcomed wholeheartedly by Rev. Fr. MM. Mosaic the Superior of the Jesuit Community in Pondicherry. A Memorandum from Fr. Vernet, dated May 13, 1771, will give us the names of the Jesuit missionaries and their respective positions in Pondicherry: MM. Mosaic, Superior; Coeurdoux, blind; Vernet, Prosecutor; Guirbaldi, in Ariancoupam: Saint-Amour; Busson; Ansaldo; Fabri; Sincere; Jean-baptiste Choiselle, non-priest, apotiquary (brotherhood).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f3342e dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"0f3342e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3051e8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3051e8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-08-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-08-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-08-1-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5ec72b dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5ec72b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25a7716 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"25a7716\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce5eb05 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-dsvy_icon_heading\" data-id=\"ce5eb05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"dsvy_icon_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox dsvy-ihbox-style-4\"><div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-box d-flex align-items-center\">\r\n<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-icon\"><div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-icon-wrapper dsvy-ihbox-icon-type-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Michael-Ansoldo-New-1.png\" alt=\"As the director of Carmel Convent\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-contents\">\r\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"dsvy-element-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAs the director of Carmel Convent \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .dsvy-ihbox-contents -->\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6005645 dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6005645\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1648f86 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"1648f86\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ca0bad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ca0bad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the first half of the eighteenth century, the Society of Jesus, was rendering it\u2019s service to Carmel convent, evangelizing the Malabar populations of Carnatic, on the Coromandel Coast, one of his Religious was leaving Europe to sow the good seed in this distant mission. It was the Reverend Fr. Coeurdoux, reached Pondicherry in the year 1739 after many struggles, heavy winds during his marine voyage. He even prayed to God to save the ship from dangers so that he would begin a religious convent for women in the name of St. Therese of Avila in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel . Later on when Ansaldo was responsible of Carmel nuns had given them St. Aloysius Gonzaga as their second patron saint.<\/p>\n<p>While the waves threatened to damage the ship, the missionary, raising his heart to St. Teresa Child Jesus, tried to ward off the danger by the vow he made to work to find a Carmelite monastery. Finally the missionary reached to the shore and was able to kneel on the shore of Pondicherry, where he was going to spend many years, spending his life, before dying there as the superior of this part of the mission<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\"><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-94edb5c dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"94edb5c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0ed9e5 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"d0ed9e5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8aab1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a8aab1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-12.jpg 700w, https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-12-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-02cd30f dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"02cd30f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc496ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cc496ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"689\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-13-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-13-1.jpg 689w, https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/resize-13-1-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80d01f4 dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"80d01f4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0896ccc dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"0896ccc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8d37ec elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-dsvy_icon_heading\" data-id=\"e8d37ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"dsvy_icon_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox dsvy-ihbox-style-4\"><div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-box d-flex align-items-center\">\r\n<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-icon\"><div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-icon-wrapper dsvy-ihbox-icon-type-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Michael-Ansoldo-New-1.png\" alt=\"Death and burial of Servant of God Ansaldo\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"dsvy-ihbox-contents\">\r\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"dsvy-element-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDeath and burial of Servant of God Ansaldo\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .dsvy-ihbox-contents -->\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ce419b dsvy-col-stretched-none dsvy-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ce419b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9160f3 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"a9160f3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6e5126 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6e5126\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When he was appointed as the Visitor of Madras Capuchins, Ansaldo felt that that task could have been given to someone else, finally humbly he accepted it. After the appointment he left for Madras on 16<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0October 1805. He fell sick during his journey to Madras and\u00a0from the 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0October, till his death he could not eat anything.\u00a0 Ansaldo before his death, prayed for the Congregation to which he was the director and his special loving prayers for the convents which he had begun with the name of St. Aloysius Gonzaga for the orphan children in it .<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rev. FATHER MICHAEL ANSALDO Belonging to the Ex- Order of the Jesuits, and of the Malabar Missionary of Pondicherry.\u00a0A man highly esteemed and respected, and who during thirty-three years of residence in India, discharged the duly of his profession with true Christian zeal which was evinced by the concourse of attendants at his funeral and the grief of his brethren- he died at Madras, on the 2<sup>nd\u00a0<\/sup>November, 1805.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the age of 67, on Saturday\u00a02<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0November 1805\u00a0he died and buried at the Capuchin Monastery<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>in Madras.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df4aad4 dsvy-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"df4aad4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-263ba65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"263ba65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/death-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/death-1.jpg 791w, https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/death-1-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/death-1-768x688.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/death-1-770x690.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Servant of God Michael Ansaldo Michael Ansaldo was one of the most memorable eighteenth-century\u00a0 Jesuit missionaries in Pondicherry. He lived as a missionary for 33 years which was exactly half of his lifetime in Pondicherry. He lived through the most turbulent times of suppression of the Society of Jesuits and witnessed Christ by leading a prophetic life among the people of Pondicherry. He also played an important role in\u00a0 bringing[&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5427","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5427"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6161,"href":"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5427\/revisions\/6161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelansaldo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}