St Carlo Acutis relic ends 4-month Australian mission

A four-month mission involving the major pilgrim relic of St Carlo Acutis concluded with a farewell Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney on 25 October. The pilgrimage, which traveled across Australia, began on 25 June with a welcome Mass celebrated by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP.

During the farewell, children and teenagers gathered to learn about the saint and touch prayer cards to the relic. Many attendees wrote petitions for intercession to be placed at the saint's tomb in Assisi. Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo, the custodian of the relic, stated that the pilgrimage aimed to bring hope and moral change to those involved.

Archbishop Fisher sent a video message from Assisi to mark the conclusion of the mission. He noted that the pilgrimage also served to promote the upcoming International Eucharistic Congress in Sydney.