Thursday, July 3

Featured Saint of the Day: St. Thomas the Apostle

Guests: Fr. Christopher Weldon & Fr. Christopher Roberts, Frassati Society of Young Adults

Our guests today told us about Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati, patron saint of youth and namesake of the Frassati Society. Bl. Pier Giorgio is known as the "Man of the Beatitudes". He was born in Italy in 1901 and died at the age of 24 in 1925 from polio that he contracted from helping the poor. He is one of the patrons for this year's World Youth Day in Australia and is a great model of holiness for all of us, especially our young people. His feast day is July 4th. Some recommended reading about Bl. Pier Giorgio includes "A Man of the Beatitudes" by Luciana Frassati, Bl. Pier Giorgio's sister. There are also several other books concerning him most of which you can purchase at our local Catholic bookstore, Divine Treasures on Hickman Rd., including his sister's book.

Our guests also talked about the Frassati Society of Young Adults and the Frassati Conference coming up on July 25-27th in Indiana. To find out more about this great organization, the conference, or how you can start your own local chapter, please visit http://www.frassati.org/.

Here is the prayer for canonization of Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati:

"O merciful God, Who through the perils of the world deigned to preserve by Your grace Your servant Pier Giorgio Frassati pure of heart and ardent of charity, listen, we ask You, to our prayers and, if it is in Your designs that he be glorified by the Church, show us Your will, granting us the graces we ask of You, through his intercession, by the merits of Jesus Christ, Our Lord, Amen."