Category: Life of Padre Pio da Pietrelcina

The life of Padre Pio: the years of childhood. Francesco Forgione (Saint Padre Pio) was born in the bosom of a humble and religious family, on Wednesday, May 25, 1887 at 5 o’clock in the afternoon, time when the bells of the Church sounded to call all the...

The life of Saint Padre Pio. Studies to prepare him for Religious Life – Admission to the Novitiate and First Profession (1901 – 1909 ) Francesco had a great thirst to learn. Because there were no schools in the village, some farmers volunteered to teach the children in...

Biography of Padre Pio. Priestly Ordination, Seven years of sickness, First appearance of stigmas. (1909 – 1916 ) On August 10, 1910, Padre Pio is ordained a priest in the Cathedral of Benevento, Italy. The afternoon of that day, write this prayer: “Oh Jesus, my sigh and my...

History of Padre Pio. Entry into the convent of San Giovanni Rotondo. Proclamation of Padre Pio Blessed and Saint. (1916 – 2002) On July 28, 1916, Padre Pio arrived in San Giovanni Rotondo for the first time. San Giovanni Rotondo was at that time a small village on...

Thw first years of school of Padre Pio Zi Grazio tells: “I had five or six small sheeps for family use and one day, while the boy was grazing his sheeps, I stopped to look at him and said to myself, just look at this, for a handful...

Padre Pio of Pietrelcina: The man Francesco Forgione. Padre Pio was a man like other men, prodigious among others and at the service of all. In his life Padre Pio did not know heavenly favors, he was not a person sent from heaven dressed as a man, but...

Memories and images of Padre Pio. The places between Pietrelcina and Piana Romana preserve intact, the memories and images of Padre Pio in his way of life and in his path of faith. The stories told by his playmates, by his mother and father, by his teachers and...

The novitiate of Padre Pio, departure for Morcone and the holy wools. On the morning of the 6th of January 1903, Francesco left to enter into the novitiate. When he knocked on the old convent door, he found in front of him a happy surprise: Fra (brother) Camillo,...

Padre Pio da Pietrelcina: Seven years ok sickness. The year 1909 would be a particular and difficult year for the monk, who was assigned to different convents in hopes that the change of climate would better his health. Seeing that there was no improvement, at the beginning of...

Padre Pio da pietrelcina: The Priestly Ordination. The only worldly desire that remained in this young monk was to be ordained a priest. Because of his state of health, it was consented a special dispense to receive his ordination ahead of time. Brother Pio began the preparation for...