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Mr. and Mrs. Alfredo Frassati welcomed their son Pier Giorgio Michelangelo Frassati on Holy Saturday, April 6, 1901. It was more appropriately the vigil of Easter Sunday, as he arrived in the evening around 7:00 p.m. According to biographies by his sister Luciana,
the bells at the parish church in Turin, "La Crocetta," were ringing joyously for the celebration of the Vigil Mass.
There could have been no way for anyone to know that his birthday would be celebrated around the world for centuries to come.
After his beatification in 1990, the idea began to give Pier Giorgio a gift on his birthday - a special spiritual bouquet. Praying the novena for the nine days leading up to his birthday is now a wonderful tradition. Prayers begin on March 28th.
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Birthday Gift for Blessed Pier Giorgio, April 6, 2025
In honor of Blessed Frassati's 124th birthday, you are invited to perform one act of charity (for example, a prayer, an action, a sacrifice, giving alms) in his name today! If possible, be anonymous.
Also, please see the letter from Wanda Gawronska, a niece of Blessed Frassati, in the Documents section below. -
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Birthday Gift for Blessed Pier Giorgio, April 6, 2024
Wanda Gawronska, a niece of Blessed Frassati, has requested that anyone wishing to celebrate her uncle's birthday with a spiritual gift will "pray the Rosary together this year for our youth: that they may discover the beauty and value of praying the Rosary, so that it may also become for them an instrument— as John Paul II said (in reference to Frassati) — that will “transform their lives into a wonderful adventure.”"
Her letter of invitation and the meditations for the mysteries of the rosary can be found here.