Recording artist Juan Camilo Pérez, a youth pastor at St. Pancras Church in Glendale, Queens, recently had an extraordinary experience: he was a guest of Saint Carlo Acutis’ mother during the canonization of her son as the first millennial saint.
In addition to celebrating the new saint in-person at St. Peter’s Square, on Sept. 7 he also had the chance to meet Saint Carlo Acutis’ brother.
Getting to know the younger sibling of a canonized saint offered a glimpse into the unique challenges of growing up alongside such a holy figure, and now Perez plans to draw on this powerful experience to inspire and evangelize within his parish.