Newsletter Archives

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Below are links to some of the past issues of the Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry quarterly newsletter. Many have a PDF (Acrobat) file attached, containing the entire issue that can be printed out in newsletter format. Newsletters as well as the prayers of Padre Pio are no longer sent out through the mail.

Newsletters From 2019

2019 #79

By Padre Pio Devotions | May 7, 2024

Pray, Hope and Dont Worry Issue 79 Spring 2019 Padre Pios Hospital The Home for the Relief of Suffering Part II (Continued from Issue 78) On one occasion, a very…

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2019 #80

By Padre Pio Devotions | May 7, 2024

Pray, Hope and Dont Worry Issue 80 Summer 2019 Anecdotes from the Home for the Relief of Suffering Francesco Lotti was just a teenager when he met Padre Pio for…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 78

By Padre Pio Devotions | February 26, 2019

Padre Pio’s Hospital – The Home for the Relief of Suffering In July 1916, Father Paolino of Casacalenda, the superior of Our Lady of Grace monastery in San Giovanni Rotondo,…

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Newsletters From 2018

2018 #74

By Padre Pio Devotions | May 8, 2024

Pray, Hope, and Dont Worry Issue 74 Winter Download Newsletter Issue 74 Winter 2018 Padre Pio True Friend and Guide I consider what writers say about the kingfishers, little birds…

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2018 #75

By Padre Pio Devotions | May 8, 2024

Pray, Hope and Dont Worry Issue 75 Spring -2018 Download Newsletter Issue 75 Spring 2018 Padre Pios Love for the Blessed Virgin Mary One of the outstanding characteristics of Padre…

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2018 #76

By Padre Pio Devotions | May 8, 2024

Pray, Hope, and Dont Worry Issue 76 Padre Pio‘s Love for the Blessed Virgin Mary – Part 2 May Jesus always be the pilot of the little boat of your…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 77

By Padre Pio Devotions | October 23, 2018

Padre Pio’s Holy Death For many, death is a sorrowful event. For Padre Pio, it was like a release from prison or a long awaited journey home. His life was…

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Newsletters From 2017

2017 #70

By Padre Pio Devotions | May 8, 2024

Pray, Hope, and Dont Worry Issue 70 Download Newsletter Issue 70 Winter 2017 Being holy means living exactly as our Father in heaven wants us to live. You will say…

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2017 #71

By Padre Pio Devotions | May 8, 2024

Pray, Hope, and Dont Worry Issue 71 Padre Pio Saint and Mystic Part II Download Newsletter Issue 71 Spring 2017 Padre Pio had a human aspect. He appears like others…

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“Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry” – Issue 73 –

By Padre Pio Devotions | September 5, 2017

Padre Pio: ”Saint and Mystic” Part IV Download Newsletter Issue 73 – Autumn 2017 We should foster a social consciousness which will help us to meet the needs of our…

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Newsletters From 2016

2016 #66

By Padre Pio Devotions | May 9, 2024

Pray, Hope, and Dont Worry Issue 66 Jan 2016 Padre Pio A Friend Forever Part III Download Newsletter Issue 66 January March 2016 Padre Pio at the Home for the…

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2016 #67

By Padre Pio Devotions | May 9, 2024

Pray, Hope, and Dont Worry Issue 67 April 2016 Padre Pio and his Friend from Donegal, Ireland John McCaffery Download Newsletter Issue 67 April 2016 John McCaffery was a man…

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2016 #68

By Padre Pio Devotions | May 9, 2024

Pray, Hope, and Dont Worry Issue 68 July 2016 Padre Pio and his Friend from Donegal, Ireland John McCaffery Part II Download Newsletter Issue 68 July September 2016 On John…

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2016 #69

By Padre Pio Devotions | May 8, 2024

Pray, Hope, and Dont Worry Issue 69 Autumn 2016 Padre Pio and his Friend from Pietrelcina, Italy Brother Modestino Fucci Download Newsletter Issue 69 Autumn 2016 Modestino Fucci was born…

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

By Padre Pio Devotions | September 21, 2016

Padre Pio and his Friend from Pietrelcina, Italy – Brother Modestino Fucci Download Newsletter Issue 69 – Autumn 2016 Modestino Fucci was born in Pietrelcina, Italy on April 17, 1917.…

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“Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry” – Issue 68 – July 2016

By Padre Pio Devotions | June 24, 2016

Padre Pio and his Friend from Donegal, Ireland – John McCaffery – Part II Download Newsletter Issue 68 July – September 2016 On John McCaffery’s many visits to San Giovanni…

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“Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry” – Issue 67 – April – 2016

By Padre Pio Devotions | March 20, 2016

Padre Pio and his Friend from Donegal, Ireland – John McCaffery Download Newsletter Issue 67 April 2016 John McCaffery was a man of many talents and accomplishments. In different periods…

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“Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry” – Issue 66 – Jan – 2016

By Padre Pio Devotions | December 19, 2015

Padre Pio – A Friend Forever – Part III Download Newsletter Issue 66 January – March 2016 Prayer was the key to Padre Pio’s existence and the guarantee of his…

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Newsletters From 2015

“Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry” – Issue 65 – Oct – 2015

By Padre Pio Devotions | September 27, 2015

Padre Pio – A Friend Forever – Part II Download Newsletter Issue 65 October – December 2015 In the life of holiness, there are moments of profound obscurity when one…

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“Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry” – Issue 64 – July – 2015

By Padre Pio Devotions | June 30, 2015

Padre Pio – A Friend Forever Download Newsletter Issue 64 July – September 2015 We are hard pressed on every side yet not crushed; we are perplexed but not in…

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“Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry” – Issue 63 – April – 2015

By Padre Pio Devotions | April 2, 2015

Padre Pio: Director of Souls – Part III Download Newsletter Issue 63 April – June 2015 In this issue of our ‘Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry’ newsletter, we have included…

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Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry – Issue 62 – January – March 2015

By Padre Pio Devotions | January 1, 2015

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…

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Newsletters From 2014

Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry – Issue 61 – October-December 2014

By Padre Pio Devotions | September 30, 2014

Padre Pio – Director of Souls Download Newsletter Issue 61 October – December 2014 Padre Pio, in his lifetime, reconciled innumerable souls back to God through the sacrament of confession.…

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Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry – Issue 60 – July – September – 2014

By Padre Pio Devotions | June 27, 2014

Download Newsletter Issue 60 July – September 2014 Let us always strive more and more to love the Lord. This great truth of loving God must not seem hard to…

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Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry – Issue 59 – April – June 2014

By Padre Pio Devotions | March 31, 2014

Download Newsletter Issue 59 April – June 2014 Padre Pio had a human aspect. He appears like others in the civilian registers. He is a fellow countryman and a contemporary…

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Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry – Issue 58 – Jan – March 2014

By Padre Pio Devotions | December 21, 2013

Download Newsletter Issue 58 January – March 2014 Prayer was the key to Padre Pio’s existence and the guarantee of his mission. Prayer was his daily activity. He also dedicated…

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Newsletters From 2013

Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry – Issue 57 – Oct – Dec 2013

By Padre Pio Devotions | September 27, 2013

Stories from the Early Years Download Newsletter Issue 57 October – December 2013 In July 1916, Father Paolino of Cascalenda, the superior of Our Lady of Grace monastery in San…

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Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry – Issue 56 – July – Sept 2013

By Padre Pio Devotions | June 30, 2013

Dreams of Padre Pio – Part III Download Newsletter Issue 56, July-September 2013   There was once a Capuchin Brother at Our Lady of Grace monastery in San Giovanni Rotondo…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 55 – April-June 2013

By Padre Pio Devotions | March 21, 2013

Download Newsletter Issue 55, April-June 2013 Dreams of Padre Pio – Part II Lina Fiorellini met Padre Pio in 1919. At that time, Lina was employed by the Pontremoli family.…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 54 – January-March 2013

By Padre Pio Devotions | March 21, 2013

Download Newsletter Issue 54, January-March 2013 Never let us put aside the thought of our ultimate aim. And what is this ultimate aim? To know God, principally, is why he…

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Newsletters From 2012

Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 53 – October-December 2012

By Padre Pio Devotions | March 21, 2013

Download Newsletter Issue 53, October-December 2012 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…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 52 – July-September 2012

By Padre Pio Devotions | July 12, 2012

Download Newsletter Issue 52, July-September 2012 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…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 51 – April-June 2012

By Padre Pio Devotions | April 21, 2012

Download Newsletter Issue 51, April-June 2012 Clarice Bruno Clarice Bruno, was born in Chicago, Illinois into a devout Italian Catholic family. She attended Catholic schools throughout her youth and graduated…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 50 – January-March 2012

By Padre Pio Devotions | January 20, 2012

Download Newsletter Issue 50 January-March 2012 Diana Graves was an actress by profession who lived and worked in London, England. She suffered from emphysema and bronchiectasis. Both diseases were progressive…

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Newsletters From 2011

Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 49 – October-December 2011

By Padre Pio Devotions | October 19, 2011

Download Newsletter Issue 49, October-December 2011 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…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 48 – July-September 2011

By Padre Pio Devotions | July 18, 2011

Download Newsletter Issue 48, July-September 2011 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…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 47 – April-June 2011

By Padre Pio Devotions | April 17, 2011

Download Newsletter Issue 47, April-June 2011 You may for a time have to suffer the distress of many trials; but this is so that your faith, which is more precious…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 46 – January-March 2011

By Padre Pio Devotions | January 16, 2011

Download Newsletter Issue 46, January-March 2011 With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord . . . I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in…

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Newsletters From 2010

Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 45 – October-December 2010

By Padre Pio Devotions | October 15, 2010

Download Newsletter Issue 45, October-December 2010 I am ready for everything, as long as Jesus is content to save the souls of my brothers, especially those he has entrusted to…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 44 – July-September 2010

By Padre Pio Devotions | July 14, 2010

Download Newsletter Issue 44, July-September 2010   I feel all your troubles, as if they were my own. – St. Pio of Pietrelcina A Testimony by Fr. Louis Solcia, CRSP…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 43 – April-June 2010

By Padre Pio Devotions | April 13, 2010

Download Newsletter Issue 43, April-June 2010 We recently heard that a man named Alex Quinn from Northern Ireland had received a very special grace through the intercession of Padre Pio.…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 42 – January-March 2010

By Padre Pio Devotions | January 12, 2010

Download Newsletter Issue 42, January-March 2010 In Heaven, everything will be spring as far as beauty is concerned, autumn as far as enjoyment is concerned, summer as far as love…

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Newsletters From 2009

Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 41 – October-December 2009

By Padre Pio Devotions | October 11, 2009

Download Newsletter Issue 41, October-December 2009 Let us always keep before our eyes the fact that, here on earth, we are on a battlefield, and that in Paradise we shall…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 40 – July-September 2009

By Padre Pio Devotions | July 10, 2009

Download Newsletter Issue 40, July-September 2009 Charity is the measure by which Our Lord judges all things. – St. Pio of Pietrelcina An Interview with Mario Bruschi for the “Pray,…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 39 – April-June 2009

By Padre Pio Devotions | April 9, 2009

Download Newsletter Issue 39, April-June 2009 Be cheerful and tranquilly rest in the arms of Jesus and mitigate your fears with the greatest confidence in Jesus, as it is from…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 38 – January-March 2009

By Padre Pio Devotions | January 8, 2009

Download Newsletter Issue 38 Padre Pio let himself be guided solely by the intense desire to disappear in Jesus. . . He considered this complete and voluntary subjection to be…

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Newsletters From 2008

Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 37 – October-December 2008

By Padre Pio Devotions | October 7, 2008

Download Newsletter Issue 37 Padre Pio – The Matchmaker We visited Ortrud and Dr. Germain Bianchi at their home in Somers, Connecticut and they spoke to us about their memories…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 36 – July-September 2008

By Padre Pio Devotions | July 6, 2008

Download Newsletter Issue 36, July-September 2008 I am ready for anything as long as Jesus is happy and will save the souls of my brothers, especially those he has entrusted…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 35 – April-June 2008

By Padre Pio Devotions | April 5, 2008

Download Newsletter Issue 35, April-June 2008 We recently spoke to Fr. James DeVita, SDB of Florida and he shared his story of Padre Pio with us. Father James DeVita, SDB,…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 34 – January-March 2008

By Padre Pio Devotions | January 4, 2008

Download Newsletter Issue 34, January-March 2008 “Be of good cheer; abandon yourselves to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and let Him take care of everything.”   – St. Pio of…

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Newsletters From 2007

Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 33 – October-December 2007

By Padre Pio Devotions | October 3, 2007

Download Newsletter Issue 33, October-December 2007 Padre Pio and His Friends from Long Island, New York We recently visited the Reali family at their home in Long Island, New York.…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 32 – July-September 2007

By Padre Pio Devotions | July 2, 2007

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,…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 31 – April-June 2007

By Padre Pio Devotions | April 1, 2007

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…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 30 – January-March 2007

By Padre Pio Devotions | January 30, 2007

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…

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Newsletters From 2006

Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 29 – October-December 2006

By Padre Pio Devotions | October 29, 2006

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…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 28 – July-September 2006

By Padre Pio Devotions | July 28, 2006

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…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 27 – April-June 2006

By Padre Pio Devotions | April 27, 2006

“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…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 26 – January-March 2006

By Padre Pio Devotions | January 26, 2006

“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…

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Newsletters From 2005

Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 25 – October-December 2005

By Padre Pio Devotions | October 25, 2005

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…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 24 – July-September 2005

By Padre Pio Devotions | July 24, 2005

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…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 23 – April-June 2005

By Padre Pio Devotions | April 23, 2005

Download Newsletter Issue 23, April-June 2005 “Around Padre Pio, the supernatural became fused with the natural. One could not distinguish where one ended and the other began.” – Padre Eusebio…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 22 – January-March 2005

By Padre Pio Devotions | January 22, 2005

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

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Newsletters From 2004

Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 21 – July-September 2004

By Padre Pio Devotions | July 21, 2004

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…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 20 – July-September 2004

By Padre Pio Devotions | July 20, 2004

Download Newsletter Issue 20, July-September 2004 I love my spiritual children as much as my own soul and even more. I have regenerated them through prayer and suffering. – St.…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 19 – April-June 2004

By Padre Pio Devotions | April 19, 2004

Download Newsletter Issue 19, April-June 2004 Brothers and sisters, we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were pleading through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 18 – January-March 2004

By Padre Pio Devotions | January 18, 2004

Download Newsletter Issue 18, January-March 2004 “By his life given wholly to prayer and to listening to his brothers and sisters, Padre Pio, this humble Capuchin friar, astonished the world.”…

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Newsletters From 2003

Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 17 – October-December 2003

By Padre Pio Devotions | October 17, 2003

“The war is a solemn moment for us all, but if we know how to live this moment with the pain and suffering that it necessarily brings, it will give…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 16 – July-September 2003

By Padre Pio Devotions | July 16, 2003

Download Newsletter Issue 16, July-September 2003 Therefore, since we are surrounded by this great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every encumbrance. . .and let us run with endurance…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 15 – April-June 2003

By Padre Pio Devotions | April 15, 2003

Download Newsletter Issue 15, April-June 2003 “What fame he had. How many followers from around the world. Why? Was it because he was a philosopher, a scholar, or because he…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 14 – January-March 2003

By Padre Pio Devotions | January 14, 2003

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord. Your decrees are my delight, they are my counselors. You are near, O Lord, and…

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Newsletters From 2002

Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 13 – October-December 2002

By Padre Pio Devotions | October 13, 2002

Download Newsletter Issue 13, October-December 2002 I do not count my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 11 – April-June 2002

By Padre Pio Devotions | April 11, 2002

Download Newsletter Issue 11, April-June 2002 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face; now I know in part; but then shall I know even…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 10 – January-March 2002

By Padre Pio Devotions | January 10, 2002

Download Newsletter Issue 10, January-March 2002 Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us, by letting us be called God’s children; and that is what we are.…

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Newsletters From 2001

Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 8 – July 2001

By Padre Pio Devotions | July 8, 2001

Download Newsletter Issue 8, July 2001 Even if my life is to be poured out as a libation over the sacrificial service of your faith, I am glad of it…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 6 – January 2001

By Padre Pio Devotions | January 6, 2001

An Encounter with Padre Pio as told by Alfredo Lapertina The year was 1950. I had always heard talk about the friar with the stigmata and I wanted to go…

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Newsletters From 2000

Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 5 – October 2000

By Padre Pio Devotions | October 5, 2000

PADRE PIO AND THE THIRD COMMANDMENT “Remember to Keep Holy the Sabbath Day.” Exodus 20:8 We should often reflect on the third commandment and the significance it held in the…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 4 – July 2000

By Padre Pio Devotions | July 4, 2000

  I turned every way, but there was no one to help me.I looked for one to sustain me, but could find no one.But then I remembered the mercies of…

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