Preghiera fratel carlo carretto biography

Italian writer and Catholic priest

Not to be confused with Carlo Domenico del Carretto.

Carlo CarrettoPFE (2 April 1910 – 4 October 1988) was an Italian writer, Catholic priest, and member of the Little Brothers of the Gospel.

Biography

Early life

Born in a peasant family from the Langhe, Carretto was the third of six children, four of whom went on to join religious orders. Early in his life, the family moved to a suburban neighborhood in Turin, where there was a Salesian oratory which would have much influence on the formation of the whole Carretto family. He became a teacher and worked with Italian Catholic youth.^[1]

Social activism

He entered the youth sector of the Catholic Action in Turin at the age of twenty-three by the invitation of its then president Luigi Gedda. After completing his studies, he graduated in Philosophy from Turin. From 1936 to 1952, his involvement in Catholic Action grew until he became its Nati