Monastery Where St. Carlo Acutis Received First Communion in Ruins After Massive Fire

Monastery where Carlo Acutis received First Holy Communion destroyed by massive fire

The nuns of Bernaga Monastery escaped the fire without harm, though initial reports indicate that many historic documents, artifacts, and relics were damaged or completely consumed.

Monastery where St. Carlo Acutis received first Communion in ruins after massive fire

(OSV News) — A 17th-century monastery in northern Italy where recently canonized St. Carlo Acutis received his first Communion was in ruins after a massive fire ravaged the historic building. According to Italian news outlet Rai News, the fire broke out Oct. 11 at the Bernaga Monastery, located in the La Valletta Brianza municipality in the Lombardy region.  Short circuit may have caused fire The fire spread rapidly through the monastery, which …

21 nuns escape devastating fire that engulfed a 400-year-old Italian monastery

Drone footage from an Italian media outlet shows a blaze tearing through the historic Bernaga Monastery in La Valletta Brianza, founded in 1628, about 30 kilometers east of Milan. NY Post Nineteen of the nuns were relocated to another religious facility for temporary housing while two others were hospitalized for unspecified injuries according to Italian […]

Fire damages historic Italian monastery where St. Carlo Acutis received first Communion

ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 13, 2025 / 14:42 pm A fire this weekend severely damaged the 17th-century Bernaga Monastery outside of Milan in northern Italy, forcing 21 cloistered nuns to flee the blaze. The fire [...]

Fire damages Italian monastery where St. Carlo Acutis received first Communion

St. Carlo Acutis. / Credit: carloacutis.com ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 13, 2025 / 14:42 pm (CNA). A fire this weekend severely damaged the 17th-century Bernaga Monastery outside of Milan in northern Italy, forcing 21 cloistered nuns to flee the blaze.The fire broke out around 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 11 as the nuns — part of the Ambrosian hermitages of the Order of St. Ambrose ad Nemus — were watching a live television stream of Pope Leo XIV’s prayer vigil …