BISHOP TO BLESS NEW SHRINE OF SOON TO BE SAINT
A new statue honouring a beatified teenager who was devout as well as being a computer whiz kid and fan of computer games and football has been unveiled at Holy Family Church, Ardfinnan, Co Tipperary. It was installed the same week as Pope Francis declared that Blessed Carlo Acutis will be Canonised as Saint Carlo at a Mass in the Vatican on April 27th2025.
The statue was donated and commissioned to celebrate the Holy Year of 2025, and in preparation of the Parish Pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi in the Spring, where parishioners will go to a visit the tomb of the soon to be saint and to have Mass at the shrine where he lies in repose.
The statue in Ardfinnan was made in Italy, and has Carlo depicting a games console, mobile phone and football, along with a shirt of his beloved football team A.C. Milan, and is in a specially designed shrine which has some history of him, along with some of the quotes of his love of the Eucharist. There is also a livestream showing his tomb which is being venerated from Assisi, and prayer cards and candles are also available for people who wish to use these.
On January 29th at 7pm, Bishop Cullinan will come to Ardfinnan Church to bless the statue, and a First Class Relic will be present in which many schools and parishioners near and far will be invited to come and pray for the soon-to-be first Millennial Saint.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
