by Tablet Staff

People of all ages in the Diocese of Brooklyn received spiritual inspiration as students from Sacred Heart Catholic Academy joined parishioners at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Bayside, Queens to celebrate the feast day of Saint Carlo Acutis.

Bishop Robert Brennan celebrated the Mass on Oct. 12. Sacred Heart of Jesus Church serves as the diocesan shrine to the first millennial saint and is home to a first-class relic of Saint Carlo — a lining of his heart.

The next day, on Oct. 13, Bishop Brennan welcomed a first-class relic of Blessed Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, a martyred Polish priest, to the diocese.

A piece of bone from the priest will now be kept at St. Francis de Chantal Church in Borough Park, Brooklyn.