On 13 October 1972, on the 55th anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima he and two other priests formed the Marian Movement of Priests in a church in Gera Lario near Como, Italy.
Fifty-five years after the miraculous event at Fatima, on 13 October 1972, he and two other clergy members launched the Marian Movement of Priests in a church in Gera Lario, Italy.