Blessed Carlo Acutis Shrine: Progress update

​OUR SHRINE FOR SAINT CARLO is nearly finished. All we are waiting for now is the red carpet to be delivered that will go under the altar. The shrine is the result of months of hard work from local artisans, and it is wonderful that they all live in our parish! Many thanks to Peter Pennington, Barry Owen, Daryl Hill, and two other parishioners who have crafted the shrine so beautifully. The altar cloth is made of very precious material and if we had ordered it to be made by an ecclesiastical fabric company, it would have literally cost us thousands!
It has been designed to represent our three church communities and to show Saint Carlo’s great love for the Eucharist and for the two great saints of Assisi. He loved Assisi so much that he asked to be buried there and now his tomb is in the Church of the Renunciation, halfway between the churches of St Francis and St Clare.
Let us pray that when pilgrims come to pray at our shine they will also be led to devotion of St Francis and St Clare, so that all three saints will accompany them through life.