[1][2] La Lomia served as part of a papal-commissioned mission to Brazil where he dedicated himself to works of evangelization and the preservation of culture.

[4] La Lomia made his solemn profession in Agrigento on 5 November 1853 and since 1861 underwent his theological and philosophical studies at Caltanissetta.

Ill health forced him to stop his work and return to his homeland and he left on 14 January 1880 to arrive in Rome on 1 April.

His charismatic and humble nature was recognized and even Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil acknowledged him and had La Lomia hear his confessions.

La Lomia preached his final mission starting on 6 April 1903 and knew around Easter that his life was coming to a close.

[1][3] Doctor Sciacca embalmed him on 31 July and his funeral was celebrated on 1 August lasting over three hours; his remains were relocated on 21 April 1912.

The beatification process for La Lomia began in the Agrigento archdiocese that saw the late friar titled as a Servant of God; the Archbishop Giovanni Battista Peruzzo oversaw the informative phase of investigation from 1949 until its closure in 1951.

On 23 April 2002 - in the Clementine Hall - Pope John Paul II proclaimed him to be Venerable after confirming that the late friar had lived a model life of heroic virtue.

In the 1970s there was the first recording of "The Padre Gioacchino Song" in the Sicilian region on 45rpm that Cesare d'Ambra undertook; the orchestration was performed under the direction of Maestro Giuseppe Buttice.