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Father Celso is invited by Robert Gonzalez of Elijahs Cloak to share his memories of being involved in the documentation work for the Cause of Beatification of Luisa Piccarreta, including the exhumation of manuscripts from the Vatican Secret Archives. He also talks about what Life in the Divine Will is and what it means for us, today and in the near future. * * Father B. Thomas Celso, BDV was born in Newark, NY on May 27, 1950. He was ordained a priest on March 9, 1979, at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, on the feast of St. Frances of Rome. In 1994, the Bishop of Rochester gave Father Celso permission to work with the Secretariat of the Cause in Trani, Italy, for the promotion of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta. Father Celso has given and continues to give retreats and days of recollection throughout the United States and Europe, focusing on the Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta, and the Divine Will. In 2016, Father Celso also became an Oblate member of the Third Order of the Benedictines of the Divine Will, connected to the communities of Mother Gabrielle and Father Elijah in Italy.