Description: Blessed Carlo AcutisSingle Decade RosaryBeautiful pocket rosary dedicated to a newly beatified teenager who will soon be canonized a saint and is the patron saint of computers users and programmers!The 1" nickel silver medal has the smiling face of Carlo Acutis on the front and an image of the Holy Eucharist in a monstrance on the back. All the beads are 8 mm. The Our Father bead is a genuine Tiger Eye gemstone. The ten Hail Mary beads are genuine Czech glass, faceted and fire-polished, in alternating olivine green and clear brown colors. The 1-1/2" two-toned crucifix was made in Italy and has red enamel on the cross. The medal was also made in Italy; the chaplet itself was designed and handmade in the USA by me.Chaplet is about 10" long and comes gift boxed and with the following: A gift bag and tissue paperBlessed Carlo Acutis Prayer cardBlessed Sacrament prayer cardcarry pouch How to Pray the Rosary pamphletHow to Pray the Divine Mercy cardThe 15 Promises of Mary cardI love this young "saint"! Born in 1991 in England to Italian parents who were not particularly religious, Carlo grew up in Milan, Italy. He exhibited a great love for God from an early age, along with a gifted intelligence especially in technology, computers and the internet. At 11 he was reading college level computer programming books! He began to be interested in religious practice at 4, and the family's Polish baby-sitter answered many of his questions. He asked to receive First Holy Communion at 7, which he did after the family arranged for his instruction in the faith. Thereafter he attended daily Mass, saying that the Holy Eucharist was his "highway to Heaven." Devoted to the Real Presence, as a young teen he developed a website that catalogued all of the known Eucharistic Miracles from all over the world which he completed in 2006 not long before he died of leukemia at age 15. Upon his diagnosis, he said he offered all the suffering he would have to undergo for Jesus, the Pope and the Church. He was also devoted to the Blessed Mother; defended disabled kids from bullies and volunteered to help the homeless; and at age 11 he started teaching young children in the Faith. His mother and other family members returned to the faith through his influence. He especially admired as role models Saints Francisco & Jacinta, Dominic Savio, Francis of Assisi, Bernadette and Tarcissius. After Carlo's death his cause for canonization proceeded quickly; and the required miracle was approved in 2020 (a young boy born with a pancreatic disorder was cured after the family prayed a novena to then "Venerable" Carlo Acutis). He was beatified on October 10, 2020 and is officially the patron of computer programmers and youth, although I would add "computer problems" to that, see my story below! Now, for a personal story: I asked for Blessed Carlo's help when I had a computer problem - the computer and software program I used to make and print my prayer cards just stopped working properly, (they were old) and I had to transfer all my files to my new computer and buy another software program that was supposed to work with my old prayer card files - but it just didn't work right, and I was faced with re-making all 300 or so prayer cards. After struggling with the new program for a week, I asked our new Blessed computer expert Carlo if he could please help. Two days later I started up the program and it worked perfectly and has ever since! Thank you, Carlo!!! (I say it every time I print prayer cards now). The prayer cards which come with our rosaries, medals and pictures are home-made, created using a "greeting card" program on a computer and printed in full color on nice quality paper. Although they are not like the usual smaller professionally printed prayer cards, most of our customers prefer them since they are like a pamphlet with 4 "pages" and several images, prayers, patronages and often other information about the saint or Catholic devotion. Any questions please ask! Visit our Ebay store where we have lots of religious medals, as well as our specialty - Chaplets on over 300 different Saints and Catholic Devotions. Thanks for looking!
Price: 19.99 USD
Location: Shaftsbury, Vermont
End Time: 2024-09-13T06:14:01.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Religion: Christianity
Material: Genuine Tiger Eye & Czech glass beads
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Handmade: Yes
