PADRE PIO DA PIETRELCINA

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PADRE PIO DA PIETRELCINA

CANONIZATION 16 June 2002

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Padre Pio is going to be cannonized this Sunday. If you want to read a biography on him here is the website to go to. http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20020616_padre-pio_en.html

[ELS]

You can see some pictures of the preparation for the canonization tomorrow. One of the pictures is a close up of the statue of Padre Pio. It is beautiful. (Yes, Mike, I got this URL from the ctngreg list.)

[american colleen]

Bump! For Padre Pio!

[Coleus]

The Capuchin Franciscan Friars Joyfully Announce

The Canonization of Their Brother

Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

A Festive Eucharistic Celebration of This Joyful Day Will Take Place

Sunday, June 16, 2002

2:00 PM

St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Fifth Ave and E. 51st. St.

New York, New York

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Following the Eucharist, A Reception will be Held At

St. John The Baptist Church

West 31st. St. Between 7th and 8th Avenue, NY, NY

Refreshments Will Be Provided Followed By A

Closing Prayer Service That will Include The Veneration of the

Relics of Padre Pio

For More Information, Please Contact:

Fr. Nicholas Mormando, O.F.M. Cap.

Immaculate Conception Friary, Bronx, New York

(718)653-2200

Mass Transit:

Subway: E or V to 5th Ave/53rd St. Station

M-4, 32nd St. between 6th/7th Ave. to Madison Ave. & 51st. St.

Return to St. John's: M4, 5th Ave. South to 32nd Between 6th/7th Ave.

Celebrazioni per Padre Pio, preparativi a Roma

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(12 giugno 2002)

[Diago]

Padre Pio Pray for Us!!!

[spectre]

Yes, I have my little icon of Padre Pio...heck, I've had it now about two years. I felt his healing touch, long before he was a Saint.

Thank you ,"Saint Padre Pio".

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[Lady In Blue]

Thanks for the reminder.

PADRE PIO

[NYer]

Thanks for the post ... you beat me to it!

Live coverage on EWTN begins at 4am EDT They will repeat the program several times throughout the day.

Padre Pio .... an awesome saint who endured so much tribulation at the hands of satan. He is truly an inspiration.

[Siobhan]

Blessed Padre Pio, pray for us!

[JMJ333]

Thanks for the beautiful post, and a late welcome to FR. =)

[firewalk]

Thanks for the ping Coleus. bttt

[Domestic Church]

He has been a patron of mine by family name and now I can officially call him my patron Saint. This certainly is a joyful celebration here.

[Siobhan]

[Domestic Church]

That is an amazing likeness!

[american colleen]

That is wonderful!

I was drawn to his kind face as a kid and loved him right away. What an inspiration he is. Whenever I am at a low spiritual ebb, I think of and pray to Padre Pio and Saint Therese of Lisieux and then I can go out and face the world.

[Salvation]

Canononization bump.

[Salvation]

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Padre Pio

b.1887 d.1968

Padre Pio is not yet canonized, but his cause for beatification is currently active. Francesco, named in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, was one of eight children of Grazio and Maria Forgione. Francesco was very devout even as a child, and at an early age felt drawn to the priesthood. He became a Capuchin novice at the age of sixteen and received the habit in 1902. Francesco was ordained to the priesthood in 1910 after seven years of study and became known as Padre Pio. On September 20, 1918, Padre Pio was kneeling in front of a large crucifix when he received the visible marks of the crucifixion. The doctor who examined Padre Pio could not find any natural cause for the wounds. Upon his death in 1968, the wounds were no longer visible. In fact, there was no scaring and the skin was completely renewed. He had predicted 50 years prior that upon his death the wounds would heal. The wounds of the stigmata were not the only mystical phenomenon experienced by Padre Pio. The blood from the stigmata had an odor described by many as similar to that of perfume or flowers, and the gift of bilocation was attributed to him. Padre Pio had the ability to read the hearts of the penitents who flocked to him for confession which he heard for ten or twelve hours per day. Padre Pio used the confessional to bring both sinners and devout souls closer to God; he would know just the right word of counsel or encouragement that was needed. Even before his death, people spoke to Padre Pio about his possible canonization. He died on September 23, 1968 at the age of eighty-one. His funeral was attended by about 100,000 people.

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[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Thanks for pinging me. This is fantastic news!!!

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[Coleus]

He's being canonized today.

Capuchin.com

Order of Friars Minor.org

Inq7

EWTN

[Coleus]

Vatican News

[spectre]

CNN this morning, 9:30am EST, Christian Amanpour will do a feature story on Padre Pio "The Path to Sainthood".

For those who do not know this man, and for those of us who love him, it should be a real treat (if she doesn't mess it up!)... Congratulations to our new Saint Padre Pio..Heaven rejoices, WE rejoice!

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[Catholicguy]

Outside of the irritating crawl that tried to encourage as much doubt as possible, it wasn't too bad a show..I caught the tail end after early Mass today.

I have frinds in Maine who haven't been in any church in over 30 years who heard about Padre Pio while traveling in Italy and stopped near his home town. Even they were incredibly impressed with his life and works. Saints are recogonised even by those who never go to a church. I haven't the slighest doubt they won't also be happy to hear he has been raised to the altars

[spectre]

And then there are the "miracles" that happen without the Vatican ever being informed..but we are content in knowing the truth.

Last year, my friends daughter was in a horrific auto accident, and lay in a coma...for a couple of months. The Doctor's said she registered very little activity on the brain scans and if she regained consciousness, she would be in their words "in a vegetative state".

I got out my Novena to Padre Pio and sent her a copy, we both prayed daily to him from the start..till she opened her eyes and talked..Sooo, the girl recovered and is well on her way to a total and complete healing.

I won't speak of my own personal healing with Padre Pio's intervention...that is my own humbling experience...:~)

The important thing to remember is to pray fervently, with faith and believe in the power of divine intervention. Padre Pio is to me, not a healer, but has a direct line to God to plead for our healings. I believe.

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[Siobhan]

Our beloved Padre Pio Santo

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

bump for today

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Thank you for the picture...made my day

[ELS]

Rats! I just saw your post. I could've made it if I had known.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Padre Pio made Reuters news today.

[ELS]

You know that that statue was made with much love. It shows.

[ELS]

EWTN coverage:

Times are for North America - for other counties click here

ALL TIMES EASTERN

THE CANONIZATION OF BLESSED PADRE PIO FROM ST. PETER’S SQUARE, VATICAN CITY   (3 HOURS)

Reporting live from St. Peter's Square, EWTN News Director Raymond Arroyo is joined by Fr. Francis Mary Stone, Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word, as they bring you full coverage of the canonization of Blessed Padre Pio. The historic event will include commentary by Fr. Andrew Apostoli on the life and works of this beloved twentieth-century Capuchin monk, who bore the wounds of Christ for over 50 years and through whose intercession countless graces, healings, and miracles have been attributed.

Sunday June 16, 2002 4:00 AM LIVE
Sunday June 16, 2002 10:00 AM ENCORE 
Sunday June 16, 2002 7:00 PM  ENCORE
Monday  June 17, 2002 12:00 MID  ENCORE
Monday  June 17, 2002  5:00 PM  ENCORE
Tuesday  June 18, 2002 10:00 PM ENCORE
Wednesday  June 19, 2002 1:00 PM ENCORE

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PADRE PIO: MAN OF GOD (60:00)

Listen to Padre Pio tell his own story through his letters and his writings. Archival footage and photographs, interviews with those who knew him best, and dramatization bring to life this mystic priest, stigmatist and bilocator. This simple friar's biography inspires people of all states of life to hear the call to holiness.
Saturday June 15,  8:00 PM
Tuesday June 18, 3:00 AM
Wednesday June 19,  10:00 PM
Thursday June 20,  1:00 PM

PADRE PIO’S SAN GIOVANNI: "I CAN REFUSE NO ONE" (30:00)

Trace the life, times, and events shaping the miracles associated with Padre Pio. 
Saturday June 15, 2002 9:00 PM
Tuesday June 18, 2002 4:00 AM
Wednesday June 19, 2002 11:00 PM
Thursday June 20, 2002 2:00 PM

ALL TIMES EASTERN

[Coleus]

Page 14 of today's Star Ledger defiles and maligns the name of Padre Pio.

[ELS]

Nuns in habits!! What a sight for sore eyes.

Amen! Last week I attended an event where a nun gave a presentation and she wasn't in a habit. I guess some nuns stopped wearing habits a while ago, but this was the first time I actually saw a nun not wearing a habit. It was the most disconcerting thing for me.

[Coleus]

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Sadly quite true.

[ELS]

See a list of Catholic related threads.

[Salvation]

BTTT
9-23-03

[ELS]

St. Pio, ora pro nobis.

[Salvation]

BTTT on the Memorial of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, September, 23, 2006!