St. Pier Giorgio Frassati Canonization Prayer Card (PC-35)
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PC-35 — St. Pier Giorgio Frassati Canonization Prayer Card
"Verso l'Alto" — To the Heights. The saint who lived the Beatitudes with a smile.
Born on April 6, 1901 — Holy Saturday — in Turin, Italy, to a wealthy but largely non-religious family, Pier Giorgio Frassati stood out from an early age for his deep devotion to Christ, his tireless love for the poor, and his infectious joy. His father owned the influential Italian newspaper La Stampa and served as a senator, yet Pier Giorgio spent his days quietly hauling cartloads of food, medicine, and money to the sick and poor of Turin — so consistently that his friends nicknamed him "Frassati Impresa Trasporti" (Frassati Transport Company). He joined the St. Vincent de Paul Society at seventeen, attended daily Mass, spent nights in Eucharistic Adoration, and climbed mountains with the same friends he brought to confession.
He died of polio on July 4, 1925, at just twenty-four years old. His funeral was filled with the poor he had quietly served throughout his life — people his family had never known existed. Pope John Paul II beatified him in May 1990 and called him the "Man of the Eight Beatitudes." On September 7, 2025, Pier Giorgio Frassati was canonized along with Carlo Acutis by Pope Leo XIV — a historic moment for the Church and a thunderclap of joy for young Catholics around the world.
His motto was "Verso l'Alto" — "To the Heights" — written on the back of his final photograph, taken during his last mountain climb. It was not just a mountaineer's aspiration. It was the compass point of his entire life, pointing always upward toward God.
This St. Pier Giorgio Frassati Canonization Prayer Card commemorates his historic canonization and is a beautiful devotional gift for young Catholics, athletes, students, and everyone who wants a joyful, modern, relatable saint walking with them.
Perfect for: Young adults, Catholic youth groups, World Youth Day pilgrims, athletes, students, mountain climbers, Catholic Action members, and anyone inspired by the 2025 canonization.