Posts by Padre Pio Devotions

Download Newsletter Issue 32, July-September 2007 The Clergy Remembers Padre Pio – Part III A note from the editors: We recently visited Msgr. John Esseff where he resides in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He shared with us his story of meeting Padre Pio in 1959. Fr. John Esseff, while on a pilgrimage to Rome in 1959, decided…

Download Newsletter Issue 31, April-June 2007 “I felt that Padre Pio had a direct line to heaven.”– Father Leo Fanning   The Clergy Remembers Padre Pio – Part II A note from the editors: We met Father Leo Fanning almost accidentally. We were in Northern New Jersey and had stopped for morning Mass on our…

Download Newsletter Issue 30, January-March 2007 Blessed Padre Pio, who on the altar elevated a never-ending prayer to Our Lord and gathered much spiritual fruit for himself and others, must be an example of holiness to everyone, because all men are called to sanctity. – Cardinal Francis Arinze The Clergy Remembers Padre Pio – Part…

Download Newsletter Issue 29, October-December 2006 “Always be happily at peace with your conscience, reflecting that you are in the service of an infinitely good Father, who comes down to His creatures out of sheer goodness, to raise and transform them in Him, their Creator.” – St. Pio of Pietrelcina Clara and Dan Steele Two…