Father Aldo Trento
Father Antonio (Aldo) Trento was born on January 12, 1947, in Sovramonte, in the city district of Belluno, Italy. He is a missionary priest of the Fraternity of Saint Charles Borromeo and has been living in Paraguay since 1989. He is currently the pastor of San Rafaél Church in the city of Asunción. The life of this parish generated the Clinic "Divine Providence Saint Richard Pampuri Home" for the terminally ill and for the poor, who are usually abandoned, as well as a polyambulatory, an elementary school, a shelter for pregnant women who suffered sexual abuse, four homes for orphans affected by HIV/AIDS, a shelter for chronically-ill children, and two residences for poor and abandoned elderly people. At the present time, they are building new facilities for the Clinic as well as a vocational school with several subject concentrations to facilitate the introduction of the youths who complete their primary education at Pai Alberto school into the job market.
He has been appointed "Knight of the Star of Solidarity", by the president of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano in June 2008. In September 2008, he was also proclaimed an illustrious citizen of the city of Asunción by the City Council and by the intendants of the city.
Father Aldo writes weekly articles for the Observador Semanal del Diario Ultima Hora in Paraguay, and for the weekly Italian magazine Tempi. He contributed to many books published for adults and children. His writings are published throughout the world by means of the movement of Communion and Liberation, to which he belongs. Padre Aldo has been traveling around the world to give lectures, hold meetings, and give talks to witness to the works of San Rafaél and his own life. He also travels to collect donations in order to sustain those works which are nothing other than the fruit of the Divine Providence and of the Mystery who makes him day after day, as he witnesses in his famous quote, "I am You who make me."