by Moira Cullings
moira.cullings@theleaven.org
ROELAND PARK — Bishop Miege High School here will display the eucharistic miracles documented by St. Carlo Acutis, as well as a first-class relic of the new saint, on Nov. 12 and 13.
On Nov. 12, Patrick Brueggen, who volunteered at the Eucharistic Miracles display at the National Eucharistic Congress, will speak on the documented miracles from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the school auditorium.
Visitors are invited to view the display and attend the presentation.
Maureen Engen, principal of Miege, said her students started learning about Blessed Carlo last year and were praying for his canonization.
“He was a teenager of their generation,” she said. “He wore tennis shoes, carried a phone, played soccer and used a computer.
“All the encounters of this generation were part of his — from his clothes to the project that he made on the computer. It helps teens understand that holiness is the here and now.”
She hopes the eucharistic miracles display will help students grow in friendship with St. Carlo and that his love of Jesus in the Eucharist will inspire them.
“It is our mission to help our students realize that sainthood is not out of reach — it begins with daily choices to stay close to Jesus,” she said.
