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Relics of soon-to-be saints Carlo Acutis and Giorgio Frassati will be in Rome for Jubilee of Youth

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The relics of two saints-to-be — Blesseds Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis — will be in Rome for veneration during the Jubilee of Youth July 28-Aug. 3, according to worldyouthday.com.

The Church of San Marcello al Corso will become a “Blessed Carlo Acutis Center” to host talks, prayer, Masses and the veneration of the first-class pericardium relic of the young blessed, it said.

Visitors will also be invited to write their prayer intentions on cards, which will be taken to his tomb in Assisi, Italy, according to Catholic Christian Outreach, which organized the initiative.

The coffin with Blessed Frassati’s body will be brought from his tomb in Turin, Italy, to Rome’s Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, near the Pantheon, for veneration, the website said. The initiative will include a series of talks and Masses organized by the Dominican Order; Blessed Frassati was a member of the Dominican Third Order.

Both Blesseds will be proclaimed saints during a canonization ceremony at the Vatican Sept. 7.

The canonization of Blessed Acutis, a teenager known for his devotion to the Eucharist and creating an online exhibition of Eucharistic miracles, had originally been scheduled for April 27 during the Jubilee of Teenagers, but it was postponed following the death of Pope Francis in April. The late pope had also intended to proclaim Blessed Frassati, who was known for his life of service and charity, a saint during the summertime Jubilee of Youth.

The U.S.-based John Paul II Project will be providing support by having young adult alumni of its project programs keep watch over Blessed Frassati’s body, according to a July 18 press release.

Alumni will also be serving as missionaries in three locations for events that are free and open to the public, it said.

The events in English will include talks, Eucharistic adoration vigils, street evangelization, serving the homeless, and “assisting pilgrims in the veneration of the body of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati,” it said.

“The Centro San Lorenzo, located next to St. Peter’s Basilica and home of the original WYD cross, is their base for most activities,” it said. There will be opportunities for confession and to see “an exhibit on St. John Paul II and a Marian shrine inspired by Pier Giorgio.”

The full program is at jp2project.org/youth-jubilee-mission.

Images of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati appear beside and on his tomb at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Turin, Italy, in this file photo from February 2006. (CNS file photo/Carol Glatz)
A coffin with the body of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati is seen after it was flown to Lednica in northwestern Poland for a June 7, 2025, youth meeting, marking a special occasion to pray to Frassati two months before his Aug. 3 canonization at the Vatican. (OSV News photo/courtesy Polish bishops’ conference)


 

Youth Jubilee Full Program

Tuesday July 29, 2025 (Off Site Day)

5:00 AM- 5:00 PM: 7 Church Pilgrimage & Evangelization Mission (meet at Piazza Farnese Church)

7:00 PM: Opening Mass with Holy Father Leo XIV (St. Peter’s Square)

Wednesday July 30, 2025 (Centro San Lorenzo)

8:30 AM: Liturgy of the Hours

9:00 AM: Talk: “Your Soul Is a Masterpiece: Becoming Who You’re Meant to Be” – John & Ashley Noronha, Founders of Truth & Beauty Project

9:30 AM: Meet for Paninis with Pier Giorgio Homeless Ministry (Centro San Lorenzo: Youth Room)

9:00 PM-11:00 AM: Church, Youth Room & Courtyard open for Marian Shrine, JP2 Exhibit and JP2 Booth

2:00 PM-6:00 PM: Church, Youth Room & Courtyard open for our Marian Shrine, John Paul II Youth Exhibit and JP2 Project Booth

2:00 PM: Holy Hour of Adoration with St. Faustina

3:00 PM: Divine Mercy Chaplet (English & Spanish) & Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament

3:30 PM: Coffee House with Sr. Clare Crockett’s Community, Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother (Youth Room)

4:30 PM: Talk: Theme TBD, Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother

5:00 PM: Holy Hour of Adoration with the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother

5:00 PM: Procession with the original WYD Cross in St. Peter’s Square

6:00 PM: Holy Mass (English & Italian)

8:00 PM: Rosary with meditations

8:30 PM- 10:00 PM: Night of Adoration with John Paul II

Thursday July 31, 2025 (Both Locations)

8:30 AM: Liturgy of the Hours (Centro San Lorenzo: Church)

9:00 PM-11:00 AM: Youth Room & Courtyard open for Marian Shrine, JP2 Exhibit and JP2 Booth (Centro San Lorenzo)

9:30 AM: Meet for Paninis with Pier Giorgio Homeless Ministry (Centro San Lorenzo: Youth Room)

2:00 PM-5:00 PM: Church, Youth Room & Courtyard open for our Marian Shrine, John Paul II Youth Exhibit and JP2 Project Booth (Centro San Lorenzo: Youth Room)

5:00 PM: Procession with the original WYD Cross in St. Peter’s Square (meet at Centro San Lorenzo)

7:00 PM: Mass in English (Piazza Farnese Church)

8:00 PM: Talk: Topic TBD, Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P., author, professor, speaker and regular contributor to podcasts Pints of Aquinas, Classic Catholics, The Thomistic Institute & Godsplaining (Piazza Farnese Church)

8:30 PM- 10:00 PM: Night of Adoration with Pier Giorgio Frassati (Piazza Farnese Church)

Friday August 1, 2025 (Centro San Lorenzo)

8:30 AM: Liturgy of the Hours

9:00 AM: Youth Testimony: “He Makes All Things New: Experiencing my Father’s Passing” – Jonah Pier Condit, JP2 Project

9:30 AM: Meet for Paninis with Pier Giorgio Homeless Ministry (Centro San Lorenzo: Youth Room)

9:00 PM-11:00 AM: Church, Youth Room & Courtyard open for Marian Shrine, JP2 Exhibit and JP2 Booth

2:00 PM-5:00 PM: Youth Room & Courtyard open for our Marian Shrine, John Paul II Youth Exhibit and JP2 Project Booth

3:00 PM: Divine Mercy Chaplet (English & Spanish) & Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

3:30 PM: Coffee House with Joe & Corinne MacDonald, Founders of the JP2 Project

4:30 PM: Talk: “Depression, Discernment & Daring to Live: Pro-Tips from the Saints”- Corinne MacDonald, Founder of the JP2 Project

5:00 PM: Holy Hour of Adoration with Points of Meditation

5:00 PM: Public Procession with the original WYD Cross

8:00 PM: Rosary with meditations, by the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother

8:30 PM- 10:00 PM: Night of Adoration with Pier Giorgio Frassati

Saturday August 2, 2025 (Centro San Lorenzo)

8:30 AM: Liturgy of the Hours

9:00 AM: Talk: “Why God Made Things Beautiful—And Why It Matters to You” – John & Ashley Noronha, Founders of Truth & Beauty Project

9:00 PM-11:00 AM: Church, Youth Room & Courtyard open for Marian Shrine, JP2 Exhibit and JP2 Booth

10:00 AM- 11:00 AM: Holy Hour of Adoration with Points of Meditation

See you at the Jubilee of Youth!