Come & See Inspirations

On the podcast excerpt this week John and Shane are joined by Mary-Aoife and Seamus Ong who are part of Carlo Acutis Ireland to tell us about Blessed Carlo Acutis who is in line to be the first canonised millennial saint!Carlo was a young website designer born in London to Andrea Acutis and Antonio Salazano in 1991. Carlo grew up in Milan and had huge interest in video games, football, films, and animals, particularly his own pets. At first appearance he seemed like an ordinary boy. However, what separated Carlo from so many people was his constant pursuit of holiness. Although Carlo’s parents Andrea and Antonio were not religious, Carlo’s grandparents had great faith and from a very young age Carlo became deeply invested in serving a life for Jesus. He had many questions for his parents growing up and eventually he brought his parents back to their faith. Carlo was a shining example for his friends in school, and on his football team showing them that Jesus was the way to go in life. He also had a deep inter