Frassati Festival at the Manila Cathedral from June 25 to July 4, 2026

The University of Santo Tomas-based Young Thomasian Professionals Lay Dominican Fraternity (YTP-LDF), in partnership with The Manila Cathedral and the Frassati Society-Philippines (FSP), will mark the Turin, Italy-born Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati’s first feast day since his elevation to sainthood in 2025.

“Frassati Day 2026,” a Catholic youth social action festival now on its second year, consists of a string of events at the Manila Cathedral that will run from June 25 to July 4, 2026, Frassati’s very feast day. This time, it takes the theme “Pataas sa Diyos, Pababa sa Kapwa,” evoking the young saint’s charism and spirituality as a member of the Dominican Lay Order, activist, and athlete and mountaineer at the turn of the 20th century.

St. Pope John Paul II described Frassati as a “man of the beatitudes” during his beatification in 1990, extolling his dedication and selflessness in serving the ailing and the marginalized, as well as his being an exemplar for the youth. He was canonized alongside another saint of the youth and another Italian, Carlo Acutis, considered to be the first from the millennial generation.

A festival highlight is an exhibit on Frassati’s life at the Cathedral’s Chapel of Saint Jude from June 27 to July 4, 2026. Meanwhile, on July 4, 2026, Frassati Day, the schedule is as follows: Morning Prayers and Eucharistic Adoration, 8 am; Youth Social Action Talks on Frassati featuring Dr. Dave Dela Cruz, OP, President of the Order of Preachers-Laity, San Roque Chapter Marikina, and Fr. Christopher Jeffrey Aytona, OP, Spiritual Adviser of FSP, 9 am; Recitation of the Holy Rosary, 12 noon; and Eucharistic Celebration presided by His Eminence Jose Cardinal Advincula, DD, OP, Archbishop of Manila, 12:30 noon.

The festival is open to the public. Attendees of the Frassati Day activities are requested to pre-register using this link: https://bit.ly/frassati2026prereg.

Commemorative merchandise are also offered and may be pre-ordered here, for claiming on July 4, 2026 at the Cathedral: http://bit.ly/3SeQ9Ky.

For more information, or to access prayers seeking the intercession of Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati, visit the Young Thomasian Professionals Lay Dominican Fraternity Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LayDominicanYTP.

Press release