FRASSATI
FELLOWSHIPS:
YOUNG ADULTS BUILDING
A CATHOLIC CULTURE
Ingrid Abeleda (left) and members of the Frassati
Fellowship of NYC pray and offer counseling across
from Planned Parenthood in Manhattan.
Photo by Jon Marquez.
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, 1901-1925, was
a Third Order Dominican known for his love
of the poor, his rich spiritual life, and his joyful
personality, by which he drew many of his
peers to Christ. He was a tireless organizer
of his fellow students for Catholic causes in
an era marked by the empty ideologies of
Fascism and Communism in his native Italy.
In 1990, Frassati was beatified by Pope Saint
John Paul II. Today, young adult fellowships
that bear his name are building a thriving
Catholic culture in a skeptical age.
than go to Mass on Sunday. You need a
Catholic culture that is more powerful for
you than the worldly culture that surrounds
you,” says Father Zeiler.
Father Jerome Zeiler, O.P., parochial vicar of
Saint Patrick’s Church in Columbus, Ohio,
is the chaplain of the Columbus Frassati
Society, which offers a packed roster of
spiritual, social, and service events that
regularly gather from 20 to 50 young adults.
“How do you confront the Culture of Death—a
materialistic, secular, godless culture—when
you’re immersed in it? You have to do more
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Father Dominic Bump, O.P., keeps vigil across from
an abortion clinic in lower Manhattan with the
Frassati Fellowship of NYC.