22–28 November | Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo:
Step into Sacred Heart Cathedral this November and encounter the remarkable witness of Saint Carlo Acutis, the ‘saint of the Internet’, ‘God's Influencer’, and the first ‘millennial saint’; a teenager whose love for the Eucharist continues to ignite hearts all over the world.
The Saint Carlo Acutis Eucharistic Miracles Exhibition invites us to rediscover the mystery at the heart of our faith: that Christ is truly present among us in the Eucharist, body, blood, soul and divinity.
The exhibition features an overview of the life, faith, and vision of St Carlo, alongside over 150 striking posters featuring his online Catalogue of Eucharistic Miracles which he chronicled as a teenager.
Among the exhibition’s treasures are first-class relics of St Carlo – strands of his hair. Each strand, a tangible reminder of his faithful life and God’s transforming power at work in His saints.
Kate Hobbs, a parishioner from Queensland who brought the travelling exhibition to Australia, believes the relics deepen the encounter. “They give people an opportunity to draw near, to pray, and to experience that connection with the holiness of this young saint,” she said.
From her experience, St Carlo’s work has a magnetic quality that speaks to all. “It is not unusual to see a light of belief turn on as people read the posters,” said Kate. “Carlo is not just a saint for the young — he resonates with all ages.”
Carlo Acutis was just fifteen when he died of leukaemia in 2006. A typical teenager in many ways, he loved superheroes, video games and his computer, yet his heart burned with a love for Jesus in the Eucharist. Using his technological gifts, he built a website that mapped and described 151 documented Eucharistic Miracles, extraordinary moments throughout history where the bread and wine at Mass have been visibly changed into the Body and Blood of Christ. For St Carlo, these miracles were not curiosities but signposts — reminders that the invisible reality of God’s love is powerfully, physically present among us.
St Carlo’s holiness lies not in grand gestures, but in the everyday. As Pope Leo XIV said in his homily at the canonisation of Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlos Acutis:
“Sometimes we portray [saints] as great figures, forgetting that for them it all began when, while still young, they said ‘yes’ to God and gave themselves to him completely …
Pier Giorgio and Carlo cultivated their love for God and their brothers and sisters through simple acts, available to everyone: daily Mass, prayer, and especially Eucharistic Adoration.
Carlo once said, “In front of the sun, you get a tan. In front of the Eucharist, you become a saint.” And again, “Sadness is looking at yourself; happiness is looking at God. Conversion is nothing more than shifting your gaze from below to above; a simple movement of the eyes is enough.”
St Carlo’s power lies in his relatability to us today. He knew how to wisely oppose and overcome the great challenges and snares of our days. Through his example and his intercession, we can avoid these snares and maintain the original and only plan that God has in store for each of us.
The significance of St Carlo’s work for our millennials and generations in our time, is well-summarised by the Associazione Amici di Carlo Acutis (Association of Friends of Carlo Acutis):
“St Carlo was well aware that the whole apparatus of communications, advertising and social networking can be used to lull us, to make us addicted to consumerism and buying the latest thing on the market, obsessed with our free time, caught up in negativity. Yet he knew how to use the new communications technology to transmit the Gospel, to communicate values and beauty. Carlo didn’t fall into the trapl He saw that many young people, wanting to be different, really end up being like everyone else, running after whatever the powerful set before them with the mechanisms of consumerism and distraction. In this way, they do not bring forth the gifts the Lord has given them; they do not offer the world those uniquely personal talents that God has given to each of them. As a result, Carlo said, “All people are born as originals but many die as photocopies.”
As young people from Sandhurst prepare to gather at the Australian Catholic Youth Festival later this month — to pray, to learn, and to celebrate their faith — may St Carlo’s example draw them closer to the Eucharistic heart of Jesus. And may all who visit the exhibition come to know, with renewed conviction, that Christ truly dwells among us — alive and radiant in the Blessed Sacrament, calling each of us to holiness in our own time, in our own way.
The exhibition is open at Sacred Heart Cathedral Bendigo
from Saturday 22 November to Friday 28 November 2025
10.00 am to 4.00 pm.