Spiritual Lenten Renewal
April 1 – 4
2014
Presenter
Fr. Louis Caputo, S.D.V.
April 1, 2, and 3
6 pm: Mass at Our Lady of Seven Dolors
7 pm: Spiritual presentation on Lent by Fr. Caputo in St. Mary’s School.
A light meal of finger sandwiches, chips, and vegetables will be provided during the presentation at St. Mary’s
School.
April 4
6 pm: Mass at Our Lady of Seven Dolors
7 pm: Confessions at Our Lady of Seven Dolors
Sponsored by
Our Lady of Seven Dolors
10 Washington St.
Fair Haven, VT 05743
St. Mary’s School is on Washington St. across the road from Our Lady of Seven Dolors.
Rev. Louis Caputo, S.D.V.
Fr. Louis Caputo, S.D.V., on July 29, 2000, during the XII General Chapter of the Vocationist Fathers
was elected Superior General of the Society of Divine Vocations. He became the 4th successor of
Blessed Fr. Justin M. Russolillo, founder of the Congregation.
Son of Bartolomeo Caputo and Antonia Cassano Irpino, Ludovico Caputo
was born on March 3, 1941. He was the ninth of 11 children. On 15
September 1953, at the age of 12 years old, he entered the seminary of
Plain-Naples, where he had the joy of knowing Fr. Justin, the holy
founder of the congregation. He made his religious vows on October 29,
1959. He studied theology at the Pontifical University of St. Luigi in
Naples at the Jesuits and two months later he was sent by his superiors
with his confrere, Fr. Michael Vassallo, in the United States to join the
first group of Vocationist Fathers in t he mission. He finished his
theological studies at the Seminary of the Third Order Regular of the
Franciscan Fathers in Loreto, Pennsylvania. He was ordained a priest in
Newark on May 27, 1967.
While working as an associate pastor in the Church of St. Jame s in Penns
Grove, New Jersey, he continued his studies at the University of
Glassboro, NJ, where in 1971 he obtained a licentiate in Education. He taught Italian and Spanish in
secondary schools in Penns Grove, NJ and Latin and Spanish in secondary schools in Carney’s Point,
NJ. In August of 1973, he was transferred to Newark where he worked as an associate pastor in the
Church of Perpetual Help. In the same period he also taught English in secondary schools of Webster.
In 1977 he was appointed Treasurer Di rector of the parish of St Michael and principal of St. Michael’s
elementary and secondary school.
From 1974 to 1994 he served the U.S. Army as a lieutenant colonel has received various awards and
military decorations.
On June 1, 1989, he was elected pastor of the Church of St. Michael’s in Newark. In 1995 he realized
his dream to renovate St. Michael’s rectory, home of the religious
community of the Fathers Vocationist. During his time as pastor, he also
inaugurated the third floor of the school, built to increase the number of
students (about 2000) of primary and secondary schools and provide
opportunities for young people to be able to have a massive library, a
computer lab and a good comprehensive music .
Fr. Louis has published, in English, the life of the Blessed Fr. Justin and
translated many of his writings as “The Devotional” and “The
Ascension.”
In 1985 he began to visit Nigeria with a desire to install a new
Vocationist mission in that country. In 1991, his drea m became reality. Accompanied by his religious
brother, Fr. Michael Vassallo, S.D.V., he went to Nigeria to help some young Nigerians who desired to
consecrate themselves to the Lord. Later he helped to buy the land and build a Vocationary (this is
defined in the seminars of the Fathers Vocationist) in the city of Operanadim, Imo State. His love for
vocations pushed him up to Trichur, Kerala in India where he opened another seminar. He was also, for
12 years, secretary and treasurer of the Delegation of the Vocationists in the United States.
Fr. Louis was elected Father General of the Society of Divine Vocations on July of 2000, and he served
two terms of six years each. He is now Parochial Vicar at St. Nicholas RC Church in Palisades Park, NJ.
He has re-established the Vocationist Apostles of Universal Sanctification and the Friends of Father
Justin’s groups in the parish. He also celebrates masses in English, Italian and Portuguese.