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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…

Download Newsletter Issue 28, July-September 2006 “Father Pio is a giant of sanctity. We wish to thank our Father who is in Heaven for having given rise in the Holy Church of God to a man of great faith, of that unshakable faith that moves mountains and creates gigantic good works in this century of…

“Let us always keep before our eyes the fact that here on earth we are on a battlefield and that in paradise we shall receive the crown of victory; that this is a testing-ground and the prize will be awarded up above; that we are now in a land of exile while our true homeland…

  “With all my heart I bless the children, who are the specially chosen flowers of Jesus.” – St. Pio of Pietrelcina Testimony of Anna Maria D’Orazi Ten-year-old Anna Maria D’Orazi and her mother made a trip to San Giovanni Rotondo in order to attend Padre Pio’s Mass. They planned to stay for several days.…

Download Newsletter Issue 25, October-December 2005 “Padre Pio’s whole life can best be described as a Way of the Cross. He was fully aware that he had been chosen by God to be a collaborator in Christ’s redempive work and that this collaboration would not be achieved unless he shouldered the cross with Jesus.” –…

Download Newsletter Issue 24, July-September 2005 “I believe that Padre Pio received the grace and the burden not merely of renewing in a mystical manner the Sacrifice of the Cross but of living over again, in his heart and in his body, the tragedy of the Passion.” – Most Rev. Mgr. Giuseppe Petralia, Bishop of…

“Around Padre Pio, the supernatural became fused with the natural. One could not distinguish where one ended and the other began.” – Padre Eusebio Notte The Extraordinary Perfume of Padre Pio Padre Clemente da Postiglione, Capuchin, lived in the same friary with Padre Pio for many years. He wrote: On October 3, 1923, the vigil…

“I think people remember this great man, Padre Pio because he was a great saint. He lived the life of a saint.” I think people remember this great man, Padre Pio “I think people remember this great man, Padre Pio What he did during his life touches all nations. I think the world needs Padre Pio.” –…

Download Newsletter Issue 21, July-September 2004 Padre Pio imitated Jesus as the Crucified One out of love of what Our Divine Savior underwent for the sins of men. But Padre Pio also loved the mother of Jesus. He loved her as a son and honored her by always holding the Rosary and using it. For…