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Father William Lauriola Download Newsletter Issue 52 I attended Padre Pio’s Mass shortly after my ordination to the priesthood. It was a great school. It was of more benefit to me than all that I had studied in my years of theology. – Father Luigi Pasani From the editors: We visited Father William Lauriola at…

Clarice Bruno Download Newsletter Issue 51 Clarice Bruno, was born in Chicago, Illinois into a devout Italian Catholic family. She attended Catholic schools throughout her youth and graduated from the fine Catholic institution, Rosemont College, in Villanova, Pennsylvania. Clarice, for the most part, took her Catholic faith for granted. She doubted many of the teachings…

Graces through Padre Pio’s Intercession Download Newsletter Issue 50 Diana Graves was an actress by profession who lived and worked in London, England. She suffered from emphysema and bronchiectasis. Both diseases were progressive and incurable, and as time passed, Diana was spending more and more time in the hospital, being treated for her chronic condition.…

Padre Pio’s Love for the Angels Download Newsletter Issue 49 The word angel is derived from the ancient Greek word aggelos which means messenger. The angels are God’s instruments or messengers whom he uses to communicate his will. References to the celestial or non-corporal beings better known as angels, are mentioned more than 100 times…

Download Newsletter Issue 48 Padre Pio’s Prophetic Spirit Giovanna Boschi, had attended Padre Pio’s Mass in San Giovanni Rotondo for more than forty years. She also felt blessed that in those many years, she had been able to go to confession to Padre Pio on a regular basis. On one occasion, Giovanna decided to visit…

Anecdotes of Padre Pio – Part II Download Newsletter Issue 47 You may for a time have to suffer the distress of many trials; but this is so that your faith, which is more precious than the passing splendorof fire-tried gold, may by its genuineness lead to praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ appears.…

Anecdotes of Padre Pio Download Newsletter Issue 46 With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord . . . I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in thy words. My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate upon thy promise. Hear my voice in…

Download Newsletter Issue 45 Stories from the War Years Teseo Isani was a military officer who was stationed in Verona, Italy during World War II. During that time, a friend confided to Teseo that for many days he had been hiding an American soldier in his home. He was aware of the danger of the…

Download Newsletter Issue 44   I feel all your troubles, as if they were my own. – St. Pio of Pietrelcina A Testimony by Fr. Louis Solcia, CRSP Fr. Louis Solcia is the Spiritual Director of the Padre Pio Prayer Group of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, San Diego, CA Amelie Gonzales was a…

A Hymn to Padre Pio Download Newsletter Issue 43 We recently heard that a man named Alex Quinn from Northern Ireland had received a very special grace through the intercession of Padre Pio. We were able to contact Alex in Belfast and learn more about his remarkable story. In June of 1998 Alex Quinn’s fifteen-year-old…