Young, athletic, resistant, faithful, free. In a word: saint. Pier Giorgio Frassati, the young man who will become a saint on August 3, embodies all the categories of a fully lived lay life, animated by a deep faith rooted in the Gospel, which led him to never play for the lowest and to give himself totally.
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If we look back and reflect on the path we have traveled in these years as leaders of the Youth Sector and of the Fuci, we cannot help but feel great gratitude for the beauty of the path we have experienced in these years.
We all remember the amendment approved at the XVIII National Assembly of Aci and the motion of... Keep reading
There is a phrase pronounced by the American writer Susan Sontag that has always made me think a lot: "to be serious - Sontag claimed - means to be there, to feel the weight of things". And meditating on the life of Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901-1925) one of the most luminous figures of youthful sanctity of the twentieth century, we can recognize the truth of Sontag's words; the sanctity... Keep reading
Perhaps the astonishment of his father, Alfredo Frassati, in front of the unexpected crowd present at his son's funeral should have prepared us: yet one always feels a sense of astonishment when discovering the renewal, generation after generation, of devotion towards Pier Giorgio.
Pier Giorgio Frassati has been indicated several times as the Saint of young people, a patron for all... Keep reading
The National Presidency of Italian Catholic Action, on behalf of the entire association, expresses immense joy and profound gratitude to Pope Francis for the announced canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, scheduled for the next Jubilee of Youth, from July 28 to August 3, 2025. A joy and gratitude shared with the other ecclesial realities present such as the... Keep reading
Sometimes I wonder what will be left of us, of our memory, the day we die. When I think about it, I remember a song by Fray Orlando Rueda. In it, Dominic responds: “Under the feet of my friars I must remain. At their feet my footsteps will continue. On their lips my voice will be heard”. We Dominicans will live forever, if our brothers and sisters... Keep reading
1. On May 28, 1922, in the church of San Domenico in Turin, Pier Giorgio Frassati became a Dominican tertiary, taking the name of Fra Girolamo, in honor and memory of the great XNUMXth century Dominican Girolamo Savonarola.
All those who knew Pier Giorgio well testified that from that moment he took an even more decisive impulse towards sainthood.... Keep reading
Born in Turin on 6 April 1901, Pier Giorgio Frassati dedicated his life to studies, piety, apostolic and social activities, sports and charity: a shining example for young people of an authentic Christianity lived in the world.
At 18, when he was a university student at the faculty of engineering, he began contacts with the Order of St. Dominic, studied its charisma and... Keep reading
Pier Giorgio Frassati, the boy who loved to take his friends to the mountains to push their gaze "towards the High", will be declared a saint next year. The young blessed from Turin, a lover of God and men, will be canonized during the Jubilee of 2025. The great announcement was made this afternoon by the prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal... Keep reading
Tenacity and charity, deep and intense faith, gentleness and boldness, a life spent for others in full communion with God, a young man who climbed life with the care of never leaving anyone behind. Pier Giorgio was described with “a serene and happy face”, his was an existence woven in the transparency of the relationship with God, a continuous and intense dialogue that took... Keep reading