Father Juan Manuel Gutierrez, associate pastor at St. John the Baptist Church in Baldwin Park, California, spoke at a Dec. 16 press conference at his parish to share his experiences of being healed from a serious sports injury after seeking the intercession of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati.
Pope Francis announced that he will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati next year and that the Vatican will host a world meeting on the rights of the child Feb. 3.
Beatified in 1990, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati is the subject of a play that is being livestreamed 6:30 p.m. CDT April 6 — the 121st anniversary of Frassati’s birth —from Open Window Theatre in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.
The parishes of St. Paul and Our Lady of the Angels in Sauk Centre and St. Alexius in West Union, along with Holy Family School, have been following the sainthood cause of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati for more than a year.
