Blessed Carlo Acutis was an Italian teenager who was beatified on October 10, 2020, in Assisi, Italy . He was born in London in 1991 and moved to Milan a few months later . Carlo was diagnosed with leukemia as a teenager and offered his sufferings for Pope Benedict XVI and the Church . He died on October 12, 2006, and was buried in Assisi because of his love for St. Francis of Assisi . His cause for canonization began in 2013, and he was declared “Venerable” in 2018 . Carlo had a special love for God from a young age, even though his parents weren’t especially devout . He loved to pray the rosary and went to Mass as often as he could, making Holy Hours before and after Mass . Carlo’s devotion to the Blessed Sacrament was remarkable, and he used to say, “There are queues in front of a concert, in front of a football match, but I don’t see these queues in front of the Blessed Sacrament” . Carlo Acutis was a gamer, a programmer, a soccer fan, a Eucharistic devotee, and a saint who offered his sufferings for the Church and Pope Benedict XVI .

St Rose of Lima Parish is now the home of a first-class relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis.  We would like to invite you to visit our church to venerate the relic.