Good morning this end of the business work week!

On Sunday will be the visit to our parish of some amazing relics of Saint Padre Pio from 9am until 5pm, with talks about the Saint who received the Stigmata of Christ in the afternoon at 1pm, 2pm and 3pm, followed by 5:30 evening Mass with Bishop Colacicco, Auxiliary Bishop of New York.

Why do we venerate relics and show great reverence to the Saints? We know that the human person is a union of soul and body - a body that became the temple of the Holy Spirit at Baptism, was a channel of Jesus' grace and life in this world and, as Canonized Saints, on the Last Day will be resurrected to glory! Relics help deepen our belief in the Communion of Saints we are all a part of and that the Saints are that great cloud of witnesses in heaven encouraging us on to the prize of Eternal Life!

We are still in need of volunteers to assist with pilgrims at all hours from 9am-5pm. A little breakfast and also lunch wraps will be provided for such volunteers. Please either reply to this flocknote with your availability or contact the Rectory this morning (723-0276). Thank you!

The first and second-class relics of Saint Pio available for public veneration include:

- The crusts of his wounds

- Cotton gauze bearing his blood stains

- A lock of his hair

- His handkerchief soaked with his sweat only hours before he died

- A piece of Padre Pio's mantle

ABOUT THE RELICS

In the Catholic Church, relics are physical objects associated with a saint or candidate for sainthood – part of the person’s body or something with which he or she was in contact. Relics are not worshiped but treated with religious respect. Touching or praying in the presence of such an object helps a faithful individual focus on the saint’s life and virtues, so that through the saint’s prayer or intercession before God, the individual will be drawn closer to God.

About the Saint Pio Foundation

Founded in 2014, the Saint Pio Foundation is a non-profit, charitable organization that promotes the legacy and teachings of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, popularly known as Padre Pio. 

Contact:

Luciano Lamonarca, President & CEO

Saint Pio Foundation

(203) 416-1471

info@saintpiofoundation.org

Source: Saint Pio Foundation

Related Link: https://saintpiofoundation.org