St. John's to Receive Relics of Saints
The relics of Bl. Carlo Acutis and St. Manuel Gonzalez Garcia, special intercessors of the Eucharistic Revival, will be in the Diocese of Toledo.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) has been presented with a relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis by Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino of the Diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino in Italy.
Blessed Carlo Acutis was an Italian teenager who used technology to spread devotion to the Eucharist before his death at age fifteen from leukemia in 2006. He offered his sufferings for the Church and for the Holy Father, and Pope Francis has called him a role model for young people. He was beatified in 2020 and is one of the intercessors for the national Eucharistic Revival, a multi-year initiative by the bishops of the United States to reinvigorate devotion in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
The relics of Blessed Carlo Acutis and St. Manuel Garcia Gonzales will be at St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church on Wednesday, April 26th, from 9 AM till 8 PM. They will be received into the Diocese for the purpose of promoting Eucharistic devotion. The committee for promoting Eucharistic Revival is looking for all people who could possibly be in the church to provide security for the relics. This will entail enforcing restrictions on the handling of the relics only.
Please keep an eye out for information on how you, as a member of the Delphos KofC, can help with this important event. We are in need of men to volunteer to protect this relic while it is on display at St. John's Church.