Join us at 7 pm, Monday, April 28, to see the new documentary film, “Carlo Acutis: Roadmap To Reality” at Classic Cinemas Charlestowne 18, 3740 E Main St, St. Charles. This movie explores the life of soon-to-be young Saint Carlo Acutis and his approach to the modern digital world. It also follows high school students on a pilgrimage to Italy, encouraging them to disconnect from technology and reflect on Carlo’s impact. “One of the themes in the film is that Carlo was online to lead people offline. He was online to lead people back to the Eucharist, back to real encounters,” Tim Moriarty, director of the new Acutis film.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased after Mass in the narthex or contact the parish office at corpuschristicc@sbcglobal.net or (630) 483-4673. Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/D-UvdrrYi1E?si=iFPTKIWpoDGV0dIl
Who was Carlo Acutis? Blessed Carlo Acutis will become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint at on April 27. 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. Considered a computer geek by some, Carlo was a gamer and computer programmer who loved the Eucharist. He spent four years creating a website dedicated to cataloguing every reported Eucharistic miracle around the world. Carlo was diagnosed with leukemia as a teenager. Before his death in 2006, at the young age of 15, he offered his sufferings for Pope Benedict XVI and for the Church, saying: “I offer all of my suffering to the Lord for the pope and for the Church in order not to go to purgatory but to go straight to heaven.”
