Friends of Saint Carlo Acutis Philippines
We are a Filipino Catholic community dedicated to honoring the legacy of Saint Carlo Acutis and promoting his legacy and promoting his mission in the Philippines.
✝️ "To always be united with Jesus, this is my life's plan." – Saint Carlo Acutis
Life of Saint Carlo Acutis
“I am happy to die because I have lived my life without wasting a minute on those things that do not please God.” —Carlo Acutis
Born in London and raised in Milan, Carlo’s wealthy parents were not particularly religious. Upon receiving his first communion at age seven, Carlo became a frequent communicant, making a point of praying before the tabernacle before or after every Mass. In addition to Francis of Assisi, Carlo took several of the younger saints as his models, including Bernadette Soubirous, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, and Dominic Savio.
At school Carlo tried to comfort friends whose parents were undergoing divorce, as well as stepping in to defend disabled students from bullies. After school hours he volunteered his time with the city's homeless and destitute.
Considered a computer geek by some, Carlo spent four years creating a website dedicated to cataloguing every reported Eucharistic miracle around the world. He also enjoyed films, comics, soccer, and playing popular video games.
Diagnosed with leukemia, Carlo offered his sufferings to God for the intentions of the sitting pope—Benedict XVI—and the entire Church. His longtime desire to visit as many sites of Eucharistic miracles as possible was cut short by his illness. Carlo died in 2006 and was beatified in 2020.
Born in London and raised in Milan, Carlo’s wealthy parents were not particularly religious. Upon receiving his first communion at age seven, Carlo became a frequent communicant, making a point of praying before the tabernacle before or after every Mass. In addition to Francis of Assisi, Carlo took several of the younger saints as his models, including Bernadette Soubirous, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, and Dominic Savio.
At school Carlo tried to comfort friends whose parents were undergoing divorce, as well as stepping in to defend disabled students from bullies. After school hours he volunteered his time with the city's homeless and destitute.
Considered a computer geek by some, Carlo spent four years creating a website dedicated to cataloguing every reported Eucharistic miracle around the world. He also enjoyed films, comics, soccer, and playing popular video games.
Diagnosed with leukemia, Carlo offered his sufferings to God for the intentions of the sitting pope—Benedict XVI—and the entire Church. His longtime desire to visit as many sites of Eucharistic miracles as possible was cut short by his illness. Carlo died in 2006 and was beatified in 2020.
Mission
We are committed to extending the mission of evangelization of Saint Carlo Acutis to Filipino Catholics, especially to the young people, to raise their awareness and value of the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, deepen their devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and promote holiness amid widespread immorality and disinformation in modern times.
Vision
A Eucharist-centered community where the transforming love of God guides us to walk in the footsteps of Saint Carlo Acutis that leads personal conversion, community formation, and Christian perfection, whose aim is the “infinite” and “to always be close to Jesus.”
Goals
Through the inspiration of Saint Carlo Acutis, we aspire to:
(1) Strive for holiness in the face of the enticement of worldly pleasures.
(2) Emulate his profound love for the poor, the Eucharist, and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
(3) Awaken the faithful’s consciousness with a deep sense of adoration for the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist by organizing the Eucharistic Miracles of the World exhibition and posting relevant content that encourages active participation through our social media sites.
(4) Combat false and misleading information that destroys the essential nature of truth and seek to constantly defend it through the responsible use of technology, whether it be online or in practice.
(5) Ignite a fiery desire to encounter Christ in the Tabernacle by regularly attending Mass and devotedly adoring the Most Blessed Sacrament.
(6) Strengthen the foundation of our spiritual resilience throughout the formation process.
(1) Strive for holiness in the face of the enticement of worldly pleasures.
(2) Emulate his profound love for the poor, the Eucharist, and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
(3) Awaken the faithful’s consciousness with a deep sense of adoration for the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist by organizing the Eucharistic Miracles of the World exhibition and posting relevant content that encourages active participation through our social media sites.
(4) Combat false and misleading information that destroys the essential nature of truth and seek to constantly defend it through the responsible use of technology, whether it be online or in practice.
(5) Ignite a fiery desire to encounter Christ in the Tabernacle by regularly attending Mass and devotedly adoring the Most Blessed Sacrament.
(6) Strengthen the foundation of our spiritual resilience throughout the formation process.
Chapters
Official Prayer
Carlo, smile of heaven for this wounded and peaceless world, we praise God for your simple, joyful and holy life.
You accepted with trust to be stripped of your youth to dedicate yourself in heaven, with Jesus and Mary, to a mission of boundless love. Resting with your mortal body where Francis of Assisi stripped himself of every earthly good, you cry out with him to the world that Jesus is all our joy.
Young man, full of dreams, attracted by nature, by sports, by the internet, but even more enraptured by the miracle of Jesus truly present in the Sacred Host, help us to believe that He is there alive and true, the mystical "highway" that leads to heaven, and teach us to contemplate Him with Mary, in the mysteries of the Holy Rosary.
Explain to us, Carlo, that, beyond every fashion, only Jesus, by uniting ourselves to Him, makes us "originals and not photocopies," truly free. Grant us know how to meet Him in every creature, but especially in the poor, so that humanity may be more just and fraternal, rich in beauty and hope, to the glory of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be
Imprimatur + Domenico Sorrentino
Bishop of Assisi - Nocera Umbra - Gualdo Tadino and of Foligno
You accepted with trust to be stripped of your youth to dedicate yourself in heaven, with Jesus and Mary, to a mission of boundless love. Resting with your mortal body where Francis of Assisi stripped himself of every earthly good, you cry out with him to the world that Jesus is all our joy.
Young man, full of dreams, attracted by nature, by sports, by the internet, but even more enraptured by the miracle of Jesus truly present in the Sacred Host, help us to believe that He is there alive and true, the mystical "highway" that leads to heaven, and teach us to contemplate Him with Mary, in the mysteries of the Holy Rosary.
Explain to us, Carlo, that, beyond every fashion, only Jesus, by uniting ourselves to Him, makes us "originals and not photocopies," truly free. Grant us know how to meet Him in every creature, but especially in the poor, so that humanity may be more just and fraternal, rich in beauty and hope, to the glory of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be
Imprimatur + Domenico Sorrentino
Bishop of Assisi - Nocera Umbra - Gualdo Tadino and of Foligno