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Dussault Is Praying for a Miracle
"He is the patron of my journey," Rebecca Dussault, above, said of Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died 80 years ago and was devoted to the needy.
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"He was a lover of life. He was in love with a girl. He climbed mountains. He was handsome, he came home without his jacket because he would give it to someone who was poor. He ran over the mountain to the seminary to pray, he wouldn't take public transportation so he could give the money to someone who needed it. He was amazing."
Frassati was buried in a park in the middle of Turin. But when a movement rose in 1981 to have him moved to the cathedral, his body was exhumed. The casket was opened and, to the shock of those who looked inside, his body had not decomposed. To the believers, it was a sign that he was incorruptible.
And now Dussault has come here to help make him a saint. She visited along with Sharbel and Tabor in the summer, kneeling in the church and touring the Frassati family home. She was taken to his sister, Luciana, who is 103, and on Friday she was to see Frassati's cousin who had asked to meet the American woman whose Olympic dreams were dedicated to his relative. Undoubtedly the cousin will ask about the medal.
"I think it's impossible" to win, Dussault said. "That's why I say, 'If I win, it will be a Frassati miracle.' "
The other day, she was asked what inscription she would like engraved on her official Olympic ring.
She asked for the letters "Bl. Frassati."
Blessed Frassati.
They are here together.
