Thousands of young people are heading next week to the eternal city for the jubilee of young people, where they will have the opportunity to pray before the incorrupt body of Pier Giorgio Frassati and a first grade relic of the heart of Carlo Acutis.
From July 28 to August 3, Rome will be full of musical presentations, prayer vigils and special events for young pilgrims around the world. One of the outstanding moments will be the opportunity to venerate the relics of these two young saints who will be canonized together by Pope Leo XIV in September.
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The veneration of relics – physical objects associated with the saints or with Christ himself – has been part of Christian practice since the first days of Christianity, during the apostolic era. The first degree relics, such as bones or parts of the body of a saint, are venerated as a tangible bond with the saints who intercede from heaven.
Festajos de frassati
The incorrupted body of Frassati will be available for public veneration from July 26 in the Basilica of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, located near the pantheon, starting on July 26. His grave will be open to visitors daily from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm until the morning of August 4.
Young volunteers of JP2 Projecta non -profit Catholic organization based in the United States, will be present to accompany pilgrims in prayer in the Basilica, where several masses will be held. Sydney Archbishop, Mons. Anthony Fisher, will celebrate Mass there at 11:00 am on August 4.
A separate event, “Night of Adoration with Pier Giorgio Frassati”, will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on July 31 and August 1 at the Church of Piazza Farnese.
Organized by the JP2 Project, the Night Adoration aims to promote reflection on the spiritual legacy of Frassati. His remains will be returned to his hometown in Turin (Italy) on August 5.
The Carlo Acutis Center
A few blocks away, the church of San Marcello al Corso will house the “Centro Blessed Carlo Acute”Acutis, a 15 -year -old computer programmer who died of cancer in 2006, is known for his devotion to the Eucharist and his efforts to catalog Eucharistic miracles.
A first -degree relic of Acutis’s heart will be available for veneration in the church, where visitors can also leave prayer intentions that will be taken to their grave in Assisi. The center will open at 10:00 am on July 29 and close at 9:30 pm on July 31. The daily Eucharist
The evening events in the Church on July 30 and 31 will include music, testimonies and prayer. On July 29 at 11:00 am, the young artist Johnny Vrba will present his mosaic portrait of 1,000 pieces of Acutis. A sample on Eucharistic miracles created by Acutis before his death will also be exhibited.
In addition to Acutis and Frassati, the jubilee will highlight other young people recognized for their holiness.
On July 30, Jesus Youth International will organize the Blessed Center Ivan Merz In the Basilica of Sant’Andrea della Valle, with veneration of relics, confessions, talks for young people and a night of Eucharistic worship.
Merz, a Croatian and ex -government intellectual who promoted Catholic youth movements, died in 1928 at the age of 31. Also on July 30, the Basilica of San Crisgono in Constarvere will host a talk at 11:20 AM about Merz’s life.
In it San Lorenzo Centera youth center near the Basilica of San Pedro, the pilgrims will be able to know the ministry of homeless people Pier Giorgio and attend an encounter with the servants of the mother’s home, the religious community of sister Clare Crockett, a young Irish nun whose cause of canonization is ongoing.
That event, which will include prayer, worship and coexistence, will take place on Wednesday afternoon July 30.
The jubilee will also have a “Young Saints Walk“Autuated, encouraging pilgrims to visit Churches throughout Rome who house relics of young saints.
The stops include Santa Inés, martyred at age 12; San Luis Gonzaga, who died taking care of the victims of the plague at age 23; as well as San Felipe Neri and San Juan Pablo II, both remembered for their commitment to youth. The full walking route is available Through the Ewtn Travel application.
Translated and adapted by the ACI Press team. Originally published in CNA.
Courtney Mares
Courtney Mares is correspondent in the Vatican of Catholic News Agency (CNA), Ewtn News agency. Graduate from Harvard University, has reported from news offices on three continents and received the Gardner scholarship for its work with North Korean refugees.