“Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry” – Issue 72

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Padre Pio – Saint and Mystic – Part III Download Newsletter Issue 72(opens in new tab) Whenever things go wrong, the first casualty is always hope. It is fragile, like rare cut glass. We can lose it so easily. St. Paul tells us that, for those who follow Christ, there is someone who protects and…

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“Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry” – Issue 71

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Padre Pio – Saint and Mystic – Part II Download Newsletter Issue 71 Padre Pio had a human aspect. He appears like others in the civilian registers. He is a fellow countryman and a contemporary of our own, born into a certain family, into a certain society, which gives him an identity card like any…

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“Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry” – Issue 69

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Padre Pio and his Friend from Pietrelcina, Italy – Brother Modestino Fucci Download Newsletter Issue 69 Modestino Fucci was born in Pietrelcina, Italy on April 17, 1917. The people of Pietrelcina were proud that their town was the birthplace of its most famous citizen, Padre Pio (Francesco Forgione). Modestino’s mother, Anna Fucci, loved to share…

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“Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry” – Issue 68

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Padre Pio and his Friend from Donegal, Ireland – John McCaffery – Part II Download Newsletter Issue 68 On John McCaffery’s many visits to San Giovanni Rotondo, he met a number of people who were very close friends of Padre Pio. One was Dr. Guglielmo Sanguinetti. Dr. Sanguinetti was one of the major collaborators in…

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“Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry” – Issue 67

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Padre Pio and his Friend from Donegal, Ireland –John McCaffery Download Newsletter Issue 67   John McCaffery was a man of many talents and accomplishments. In different periods of his life he had worked as a writer, a university professor, a journalist, and a business man. In Donegal, Ireland, he tried his hand at farming,…

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“Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry” – Issue 66

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Padre Pio – A Friend Forever – Part III Download Newsletter Issue 66(opens in new tab) Prayer was the key to Padre Pio’s existence and the guarantee of his mission. Prayer was his daily activity. He also dedicated many hours of the night to prayer. It was the task which he felt was particularly his…

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“Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry” – Issue 65

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Padre Pio – A Friend Forever – Part II Download Newsletter Issue 65(opens in new tab) In the life of holiness, there are moments of profound obscurity when one must be buried like the seed that falls to the ground to die. . .When many years ago, a poor sick friar, Padre Pio, came to…

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Today’s Reflection Sept. 9

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To be a child of love, is to sacrifice oneself to the love of God for the conversion of sinners . . . If we had to pray hundreds of years in order to have a man brought back to the love of God, we would have reason enough to rejoice on account of it…

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