04/08/2026
Come venerate a first-class relic of St. Carlo Acutis (1991–2006) Saturday, April 18, 12:30 pm- 2:20 pm at St. Luke Catholic Church in Temple.
Carlo was a tech-savvy Italian teenager and self-taught programmer known as the "Patron Saint of the Internet." He used his skills to document global Eucharistic miracles online before dying of leukemia at age 15.
He was was officially canonized on September 7, 2025, by Pope Leo XIV.This historic event made him the first Millennial saint in the Catholic Church, following a remarkably fast path to sainthood after his death in 2006 and his beatification in 2020.
What is a First-Class Relic?
In the Catholic Church, a first-class relic consists of the actual physical remains of a saint, such as a piece of bone, hair, or even a drop of blood. These are held in the highest veneration because they were once the "temple of the Holy Spirit" and served as the physical means through which the saint performed God's work on earth.