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by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2022 | Easter, Featured, Lives of Saints, News, Pier Giorgio Frassati, Saints, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |
“When you possess peace every day you will be truly rich.” Just before spending his last Easter on earth, Pier Giorgio wrote a long letter to his best friend, Marco, and ended it with this beautiful wish: “I send you my best wishes, rather just one, but I believe it to be the only wish […]
by bcadmin | Apr 5, 2022 | Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Christus Vivit, Eight Beatitudes, Featured, Frassati, Livestream, Local News, Lolek, Man of the Eight Beatitudes, News, Open Window Theatre, Pier Giorgio Frassati, St. Maria Goretti | 0 |
Pier Giorgio Frassati was an avid mountaineer, engineering student and political activist in Turin, Italy. He also was deeply devoted to the poor, his family and the Eucharist.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 10, 2021 | Featured, News, Pier Giorgio Frassati, Saints, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |
What would a revolution of charity in the spirit of Blessed Frassati look like? What if we all arose each morning determined not to go to sleep until we had done something kind and loving for someone? Imagine a world ablaze with the love of Christ. Not only would such a world be something to see; it would be a wonderful place to live.
by bcadmin | Sep 28, 2021 | Frassati, News, Open Window Theatre, Picks, Pier Giorgio Frassati, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Pier Giorgio Frassati was an avid mountaineer, engineering student and political activist in Turin, Italy. He was also deeply devoted to the poor, his family and the Eucharist. When he died of polio in 1925 at age 24, droves of mourners lined the streets outside his funeral to pay respects. According to biographies, the Frassatis — an influential Italian family — were shocked to know their son had been so close to orphans, the sick and people in poverty. The poor were equally surprised to find that their friend was from such a prominent family.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 27, 2021 | Featured, Marian Devotions, Mary, News, Pier Giorgio Frassati, Saints, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |
He belonged to many Marian organizations and prayed the Little Office of Our Lady. A very tangible witness of his all-consuming love for her was pinned to his study door: his handwritten copy of Saint Bernard’s Hymn to the Virgin from Dante’s Paradiso. Like many of us, he had a special fondness for her under […]
by bcadmin | Jul 2, 2021 | Eucharist, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, Pier Giorgio Frassati, Saints, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |
Have you ever attended a Eucharistic Congress? It is a thing of true beauty to attend the closing Mass and see a great procession of bishops, priests, deacons, seminarians, and altar servers making its way through a gathering of thousands of lay faithful — all for Jesus in the Eucharist. Pier Giorgio made it a […]
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