Heavenly Father,
give me the courage
to strive for the highest goals,
to flee every temptation to be mediocre.
Enable me to aspire to greatness,
as Pier Giorgio did,
and to open my heart with joy
to your call to holiness.
Free me from the fear of failure.
I want to be, Lord,
firmly and forever united to you.
Grant me the graces I ask you
through Pier Giorgio's intercession,
by the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.


 

Dear Friends of Frassati House:

I'm sorry to have to share the news: Frassati House will not be reopening in 2017-2018.

Unfortunately, we did not get the response for which we had hoped to our recent call for new parish missionaries, leaving us without a sufficient number of applicants from which to form a healthy community and an effective evangelization team.  We remain so very grateful to the five pioneering missionaries who came here in 2015-2016, and who’s many efforts continue to bear so much good fruit.  And we also remain committed to finding new ways to continue the mission of Frassati House: "to give living witness that holiness is within reach."

I’m not sure what the future might hold for Frassati House—the program or the building.  From the first, it’s been “God’s project”…so that’s in his very capable hands.

Please keep St. André’s Parish in your prayers as we seek to do the work of the New Evangelization.

Verso l’alto!
—Fr. Joe

Fr. Scott, Katie Brizek, Rachel Daly, Fr. Joe, Lauren Numrich, Zach Monson, & Michael Jacobs
Campout at Catlin Bay on Long Lake, June 23-24, 2016

Pier Giorgio Frasatti was born on April 6, 1901, in Turin, Italy, into a wealthy and influential family.  His mother was a painter and his father (an agnostic) was the owner/editor of a leading liberal newspaper who served as both an Italian Senator and  ambassador to Germany.  Pier Giorgio was a pious youth, average student, and outstanding athlete with a particular passion for mountain climbing.  He was extremely popular with his peers and known for his practical jokes.  After high school he began to pursue a degree in engineering.  He was very involved in the Catholic youth movements of the day, opposed Fascism, promoted the Church’s social teaching, and was of great service to the needy—regularly visiting the sick and devoting nearly all of his resources to the poor without the knowledge of his family.  It was while giving care to the less fortunate that he contracted polio, which swiftly took his life at the age of 24 on July 4, 1925.  He was beatified on May 20, 1990.