Wow, where does the time go?! I can't believe it's been so long since my last post. A lot has happened since then. My biggest adventure was heading down to Birmingham, Alabama, to appear on EWTN's "Life on the Rock."

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Watch the Australian ABC news coverage of the arrival of Pier Giorgio

It's hard to keep up with all of the stories about Pier Giorgio in Australia! This story links to a few more.

Click here to see a picture of Pier Giorgio's new coffin which is now in the Church of St. Benedict in Sydney, Australia, and read one person's moving experience of the arrival ceremony.

Do you have a very special prayer intention and need Pier Giorgio's help? Now is the perfect time to ask for his heavenly intercession.

After a terrific send-off in Turin, Pier Giorgio's coffin has made the long journey down under and is now in Australia. 

On the occasion of Pier Giorgio's beatification in 1990, the Master of the Dominican Order placed the Laity under the special protection of Pier Giorgio. Click here to read his letter to the Laity.

Some general guidelines for starting a Frassati Society can be found on the FrassatiUSA website. But the blog is a better place for a forum of ideas and I hope some of you will be willing to share your experiences -- what works and what doesn't, etc.

I have a little update on the preparations for Pier Giorgio's trip to Sydney, Australia. A new coffin (satisfying Australian import requirements) was constructed to hold Pier Giorgio's mortal remains.

Pier Giorgio was very concerned about the soldiers who served Italy in World War I and afterward. This is one of the stories about how he reached out to men who were complete strangers out of concern for their spiritual welfare.

It was 18 years ago today that Pier Giorgio was beatified. How many more years will go by before he is canonized? Nobody knows. The canonization process requires another miracle to be reported and attributed to the intercession of Pier Giorgio.

It has been a long time in coming, but we are getting very close to being able to read Pier Giorgio's letters in English. Pier Giorgio was a true correspondent.

Especially now, the headlines are filled with the sad news of death and devastation following various natural disasters. In Myanmar, the struggle to bring aid to the afflicted has been disturbing.

A couple of years ago, I visited Siena and viewed the head of St. Catherine which is on display there. In an email to some family and friends, I talked about that experience and mentioned that I would have to wait until I got to Rome to pray at the tomb of St. Catherine where the rest of her body is located in the beautiful basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva.

All throughout my life, I have had to spell and repeat my last name for people because it is a bit unusual. It's actually a very simple name, a mere five letters, but not very common.

By now, you have heard the news that the mortal remains of Pier Giorgio, found to be perfectly incorrupt in 1981, will be present in Sydney, Australia, for this summer's World Youth Day festivities.

People often ask me how I got involved in the work of promoting Pier Giorgio. To be honest, I had never heard of him until 13 years ago.

Ever since FrassatiUSA was established, I have had the tremendous privilege of communicating with many of you and hearing wonderful stories about how Pier Giorgio is working in your lives.

Pier Giorgio's niece recently sent this message to all friends of Pier Giorgio. Some of you may not have received it because of problems with spam filters. Click here to read her greeting.