On November 13, 2021, at 6:00 p.m., in the church of San Domenico, Prato, in the presence of His Excellency Rev. Mgr. Giovani Nerbini, Bishop of Prato, the First Session of the Diocesan Inquiry into the life, virtues, reputation and signs of holiness of the Servant of God Amata Cerretelli, lay Carmelite Tertiary and co-founder of the lay movement "La Famiglia” (The Family) took place.

After the oath of the members of the Diocesan Tribunal, of the Postulator General, and of the Vice Postulator of the Cause, Fr. Nicola Sozzi, O. Carm., in the presence of a large representation of the Carmelite Third Order and of the members of the movement "La Famiglia", Msgr. Giovanni Nerbini presided over a solemn Eucharistic celebration.

In the morning, a large delegation of members of the movement, together with the Postulator General and the Vice Postulator of the Cause, prayed at the tomb of the Servant of God, who rests in the municipal cemetery of Prato.

Cerretelli, born in 1907 a Campi Bisenzio and died at Prato at the age of 56, dedicated herself to prayer and committed to others. In 1948 she met for the first time, in the Basilica of Carmine in Florence, Italy, Fr. Agostino Bartolini, a Carmelite priest, who became his spiritual director and with whom she brought into existence the lay movement “La Famiglia,” a group now present in Tuscany with more than a thousand brothers and sisters. A Prato the largest group, with more than 300 followers of the movement. They are divided into various groups present in almost all of the vicariates. Among their members are a large number of youth and a communities of families.