Who was Saint Carlo Acutis?
Carlo was born in London in 1991 and grew up in Milan, Italy. After his First Communion, at seven, he went to Mass every day he could, and he called the Eucharist his “highway to heaven”.
He was an ordinary boy in many ways. He played soccer, made funny videos with his dogs and cats, and loved video games, but he limited himself to about an hour a week. He stood up for classmates who were teased and brought food to people living on the street.
Carlo was very good with computers, and he used them to build a website and an exhibit about Eucharistic miracles that has traveled all over the world. When he got sick at 15, he offered his suffering for the Pope and the Church. His tomb is in Assisi, where many young people visit him.
When is Saint Carlo Acutis’s feast day?
Saint Carlo Acutis’s feast day is October 12. It’s the day he died, in 2006, in Monza, Italy.
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