Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

Blessed Pier Giorgio was born in a family of the Italian gentry on April 6, 1901 in Turin. At the age of 12 he entered the Jesuit College, where he began to participate in the Apostleship of Prayer and the St. Vincent de Paul Conference. He studied Mining Engineering at the Politecnico di Torino. In 1920 he joined the Italian Popular Party. He entered the Third Order of St. Dominic in 1922. In June 1925 he was diagnosed with fulminant poliomyelitis, which caused his death on July 4, his feast day. He was beatified on May 20, 1990.

Rosary

This young saint exuded a vitality befitting his age, but his spiritual maturity was superior. The Rosary and his devotion to Our Lady strengthened his whole being.

Prayer

Father, 
you who gave the young Pier Giorgio Frassati 
the joy of encountering Christ and of living his faith 
consistently in the service of the poor and the sick, 
intercede for all young people and for us that we may be like him, 
pure and holy, and imitate his generosity 
in spreading the Spirit of the Gospel in society. 
Through Christ our Lord. 
Amen.   

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