Blessed Carlo Acutis Eucharistic Miracles Exhibit On Display At St. Rita of Cascia Parish

CHICAGO — The Vatican International Exhibit of Eucharistic Miracles of the World designed by the soon-to-be-canonized first millennial saint is coming to Chicago Lawn, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 9 and Aug. 10.

Visitors will have two chances to view the exhibit at St. Rita of Cascia Parish, 6243 S. Fairfield Ave., Chicago, from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. The Eucharist Miracles of the World exhibit is designed by the Blessed Carlo Acutis, considered to be the Patron Saint of the Internet.

Pope Leo XIV announced that the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis will take place on Sept. 7.

Acutis was a British-born Italian student known for his life-long devotion to the Eucharist. Prior to his death at age 15 from leukemia, Acutis developed a website dedicated to logging Eucharistic miracles from around the world, making the information accessible to a wider audience through various digital platforms. Often referred to as the “patron saint of the Internet,” he used his computer skills and love for technology as a powerful tool for evangelization.

The exhibit features a series of panels with an assortment of photographs and historical descriptions of the Eucharistic miracles Acutis documented on his website. Videos explaining Acutis’s life and mission will also be played. The exhibit and video will be in English and Spanish.

While at the exhibit, visitors will have the opportunity to see and reflect before a relic of Acutis. This is a form of religious remembrance known in Catholic tradition as veneration of relics.

Children can participate in a craft activity they can take home as meaningful way for them to connect with Acutis’s message of love for the Eucharist.