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Download Newsletter Issue 62 In Padre Pio’s presence, one felt that nothing on this earth was of any importance except one thing, to be in the grace of God. – Kathleen Thornton Padre Pio “Director of Souls” Part II Padre Pio’s fame as a confessor drew immense crowds to the monastery of Our Lady of…

Padre Pio – Director of Souls Download Newsletter Issue 61 Padre Pio, in his lifetime, reconciled innumerable souls back to God through the sacrament of confession. He was always in great demand as a confessor. People were willing to wait many days and brave any inconvenience in order to make their confession to him. In…

Padre Pio – A Priest of Extraordinary Gifts – Part II Download Newsletter Issue 60 Let us always strive more and more to love the Lord. This great truth of loving God must not seem hard to us; on the contrary, we must consider ourselves honored, because the Lord God didn’t limit himself to creating…

Padre Pio – A Priest of Extraordinary Gifts Download Newsletter Issue 59 Bilocation is the phenomenon in which a person is in one place at a given moment and is in another place at the same time. Although bilocation is indeed rare, instances of it in the lives of the saints are well’‘documented. Nevertheless, it…

Father Denys Auvray Download Newsletter Issue 58 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 own and which drew upon him the attention of…

Stories from the Early Years   Download Newsletter Issue 57 In July 1916, Father Paolino of Cascalenda, the superior of Our Lady of Grace monastery in San Giovanni Rotondo, traveled to the Capuchin monastery of St. Anne in Foggia in order to preach for the feast of St. Anne. Padre Pio lived at St. Anne’s…

Dreams of Padre Pio – Part III Download Newsletter Issue 56 There was once a Capuchin Brother at Our Lady of Grace monastery in San Giovanni Rotondo who was assigned to help Padre Pio with many of his daily tasks. The Brother had a great devotion to Padre Pio and performed his work in an…

Elide Bellomo Download Newsletter Issue 53 Today we live in an activist society. We do many things, but we pray little. Padre Pio’s watchword was this: prayer and suffering. On these two foundations, Padre Pio built everything. And not only did he build materially, as in the Home for the Relief of Suffering, but also,…

Download Newsletter Issue 55 Dreams of Padre Pio – Part II Lina Fiorellini met Padre Pio in 1919. At that time, Lina was employed by the Pontremoli family. Lina thought very highly of the family and felt blessed that she could work for them. She spoke to Padre Pio and asked him to always keep…

Dreams of Padre Pio Download Newsletter Issue 54 Never let us put aside the thought of our ultimate aim. And what is this ultimate aim? To know God, principally, is why he conceived our days, our years. Therefore, let us try never to forget this ultimate aim, for everything depends on it. And for what…