St. Carlo Acutis relic enshrined at cathedral
SAN DIEGO — The translation, veneration and enshrinement of a relic of St. Carlo Acutis followed a Mass celebrated June 24 by Bishop Michael Pham at St. Joseph Cathedral in downtown San Diego.
St. Carlo Acutis, who was canonized on Sept. 7 of last year, was an Italian teenager who used his computer savvy to spread devotion to the Eucharist before his death from leukemia in 2006. He offered up the suffering caused by his illness for then Pope Benedict XVI and the Church.
For more information, contact the diocesan Office for Youth and Young Adult Ministry at tsotelo@sdcatholic.org.
‘Green Mass’ for mental health clinicians
SAN DIEGO — All Catholic mental health clinicians and therapists are invited to join Auxiliary Bishop Felipe Pulido and the Mental Health Ministry Network at the diocese’s inaugural “Green Mass.”
It will be celebrated at 9 a.m., Friday, July 10, at the diocesan Pastoral Center and will be followed by a reception. July is observed as Mental Health Awareness Month.
With green being the color traditionally associated with mental health awareness initiatives, the purpose of the Mass is to give local Catholic therapists and mental health clinicians a chance to gather with
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