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# Introduce Your Kids to Blessed Carlo Acutis

Oct 12, 2021 8:30:00 AM  |  by [Barb Szyszkiewicz](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/barb-szyszkiewicz-ofs)

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*Barb Szyszkiewicz reviews *Dare to Be More: The Witness of Blessed Carlo Acutis *by Colleen and Matt Swaim.*

Do your kids know about the millennial who's on the path to sainthood? Carlo Acutis, whose feast day we celebrate today, was born in 1991 and only lived to the age of 15, but in that time he made an extraordinary impact on the world -- through the internet. Colleen and Matt Swaim tell the story of Carlo's work on a website that displays information about eucharistic miracles in their new book, *[Dare to Be More: The Witness of Blessed Carlo Acutis](https://amzn.to/3DbmHZ2).*

 

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The 48-page book contains photos of Carlo Acutis throughout his life: as a young child, in kindergarten, building a snowman, praying in an Adoration chapel, and even with his puppy and his soccer team. The book, appropriate for readers 10 and up, discusses the many ways this teenager changed others' lives for the better. The Swaims explain the Church's process of declaring someone a saint and describe the miraculous healing of a child in Brazil, healing that has been attributed to the intercession of Carlo Acutis. This led to Acutis' beatification in October 2020.

[*Dare to Be More*](https://amzn.to/3DbmHZ2) is much more than a biography. On every two-page spread, readers will find websites to visit, Scripture verses to memorize, or questions for journaling, reflection, or group discussion. Each chapter ends with Saintly Challenges: small actions related to the concepts presented in that chapter. These challenges as chapter divisions make this biography easy to read a bit at a time and focus the reader on relating aspects of his or her own life to Acutis'. [*Dare to Be More*](https://amzn.to/3DbmHZ2) would be an excellent gift for a teen preparing for Confirmation.

[*Dare to Be More: The Witness of Blessed Carlo Acutis*](https://amzn.to/3DbmHZ2) is available from [Liguori.org](https://www.liguori.org/dare-to-be-more-carlo-acutis.html#show1) and on [Amazon.com](https://amzn.to/3DbmHZ2).

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Barb Szyszkiewicz, senior editor at [CatholicMom.com](http://catholicmom.com), is a wife, mom of 3 young adults, and a Secular Franciscan. Barb enjoys writing, cooking, and reading, and is a music minister at her parish. Find her blog at [FranciscanMom](http://franciscanmom.com) and her family’s favorite recipes with nutrition information at [Cook and Count](http://cookandcount.wordpress.com). Barb is the author of *[The Handy Little Guide to Prayer](https://amzn.to/2LQB2oL)* and * [The Handy Little Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours](https://amzn.to/3wbDB8k)*, available from Our Sunday Visitor.

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