September 16, 2025 // Diocese
Area Schools Honor Carlo Acutis, the First Millennial Saint
At St. John the Baptist Catholic School in New Haven, students, staff, and community members join Father Nathan Maskal in a Eucharistic procession from the parish’s church to its nearby cemetery on Friday, September 12. The procession was held in honor of St. Carlo Acutis and his love for the Eucharist. – Provided by St. John the Baptist Catholic School
Photos provided by Bishop Luers High School
Below: Father Theodore Ekwem, chaplain at Bishop Luers High School in Fort Wayne, poses next to a banner with an image of St. Carlo Acutis on Wednesday, September 10, before students joined him for an all-school Mass to honor the Church’s first millennial saint. Father Ekwem celebrated Mass with a first-class relic of St. Carlo on the altar, above.
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