 In 1922 he transferred to the "Scuola Apostolica Bertoni" of the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata, better known as the Stigmatines, continued his schooling in grammar schools of the Order and graduated from «Scipione Maffei» Junior High school.On November 1, 1927 he entered the novitiate of the Stigmatines in Verona.He was ordained a Catholic priest on April 20, 1935, at St. John Lateran Basilica.