“Carlo Acutis is a model of holiness for our times.” I have heard variants of this line over and over again and reading about Carlo’s life online and reading Mgr. Anthony Figueiredo’s book, Blessed Carlo Acutis – 5 Steps to Being a Saint kept confirming that fact. As a young adult, almost 10 years apart from Carlo, his life of holiness serves as an inspiration for my own spiritual life. With the celebration of his 30th birthday this past Monday May 3, I was able to see how many people all over the world are devoted to this young man, and more importantly, how many people are striving to imitate his way to holiness. 

The question I have is, how can we make the story of Carlo Acutis known to younger people, particularly teenagers? The problem is this, there is just not much english material on Carlo Acutis (yet)…