Preparing for the canonisation of Carlo Acutis
Blessed Carlo Acutis relics now in Rome
Three relics of the future millennial saint, Carlo Acutis can be now found in the church of Sant’Angela Merici in Rome. The relics are a piece of Carlo Acutis’ bed, another of the sheet that was used to cover him after his death, and a fragment of one of the sweaters he often wore.
The canonisation of Carlo will take place during the Jubilee of Teenagers, 25 - 27 April 2025. It is expected that Carlo will officially join the altar of saints on Sunday, 27 April 2025. In the Diocese of Rome, preparations are already underway. Thousands of young people from all over the world are expected to be part of this important and special moment at the Vatican.
The celebrations will also involve Assisi. Work is underway planning the event for presentation to the many teenagers and young people who will flock to Rome during the Jubilee.
Carlo died of leukaemia at the age of 15 and used the Internet to evangelise. He was a computer genius but, above all, he was a teenager like any other, with hobbies and worries, wearing a sweatshirt, jeans and sneakers. His ordinary nature may be what has made such an impact on millions of young people across all continents.
That’s what Camilla Marzetti highlights. She only learned about Carlo in 2018. But after hearing his story, it changed her life.
“Carlo’s presence is like that of a friend or a college or high school friend. And I always feel him close in everything I do, he really helps me to look at life and everything that happens with a different perspective”, she said.
“He helps me look at everything according to God’s plan. It happens every day, even in ordinary things. We think that holiness is something far and away from us. That it is extraordinary. It is certainly extraordinary but it is part of what passes for everyday life.”
Carlo was beatified in 2020 in Assisi. Because of COVID, there were limitations on the number of attendees in Assisi. For his canonisation, millions of people are expected to flock to Rome to see Carlo, known as “God’s influencer”, be named a saint.
Preparing for the canonisation of Carlo Acutis
The Carlo Acutis feast day is 12 October.
Chatswood parish relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis
The Chatswood parish have secured a first-class relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis which will be installed in a proposed Eucharistic chapel in the Our Lady of Dolours church in Chatswood. The parish will formally install the relic on Saturday, 12 October with a week of prayer and festival leading up to and following the event.
Relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis to be installed in Chatswood (Broken Bay News extract) (PDF 176.3KB)
Celebrating the Feast Day of Blessed Carlo Acutis
Our Lady of Dolours Catholic Church
94 Archer Street Chatswood
Novena
In the lead up to the celebration on the vigil of the feast day of Blessed Carlo Acutis, you are invited to join in an online novena, reflecting on, and giving thanks for, the life of Carlo Acutis. The novena will run from October 3 to 10, with the final day of the novena in person at the vigil celebration in Chatswood on October 11.
You may also join in online via Zoom at the link tinyurl.com/2hx38nme or Meeting ID: 847 7632 9194, with no password.
Feast Day Vigil Mass
You are also invited to join the Chatswood Vigil Mass Feast Day celebration of Carlo’s life at 7pm, Friday, 11 October.
Veneration of Relic and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
After Mass, everyone will have an opportunity to venerate the relic of Blessed Carlo. Once Adoration has finished, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will occur all night, finishing at 9am on Saturday, 12 October.
www.carloacutis-en.org
Includes original material by Rome Reports.