Our partnerships
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Establishing Chapels of Saint Pio in the United States is permitted through a collaborative partnership of the Saint Pio Foundation with the archdiocese or diocese and the selected parish that would host a Chapel of Saint Pio.
We are delighted to have partnered with the Dioceses of Pittsburgh, Fort Worth, and Salina in the establishment of the first three Chapels of Saint Pio and to have been able to support each parish in becoming a beacon of light and a spiritual center dedicated to Saint Pio.
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Helping those in need is at the core of the Saint Pio Foundation. Following Saint Pio's example, the Saint Pio Foundation sponsors many charitable projects in support of the less fortunate, among which are "Panis Angelicus" that provides nutritious food products to struggling American households and “Pizza for a Smile” that delivers thousands of pizzas directly into the hands of needy recipients in the United States with words of encouragement in exchange for a smile.
The Saint Pio Foundation is honored to collaborate with the Dicastery for the Service of Charities in the name of Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, and to donate hundreds of cases of taralli – a popular Italian snack – to Pope Francis’ poorest, i.e., low-income families assisted by the Dicastery. -
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Pictured above: Luciano Lamonarca, Founder and CEO of the Saint Pio Foundation, and Mr. Salvatore Mazzone, Mayor of Pietrelcina, holding the collaboration agreement signed in the Mayor's office, on Saturday, February 17, 2024. On Saturday, February 17, 2024, an important milestone was reached by the Saint Pio Foundation and the Municipality of Pietrelcina. Both the foundation and the town of Saint Pio have been working together to foster devotion to Saint Pio, and at the same time to promote the town where Saint Pio was born, and lived during his youth.
In order to strengthen and consolidate the ties of friendship and cooperation which have developed between their respective administrations and communities, Luciano Lamonarca, Founder and CEO of the Saint Pio Foundation, and Mr. Salvatore Mazzone, Mayor of Pietrelcina, met to sign a first collaboration agreement, signed in the Mayor's office, convinced that these goals can be achieved through collaboration and the mutual exchange of information, knowledge, and experience in the above mentioned areas.READ THE JOINT DECLARATION AGREEMENT WITH THE MUNICIPALITY OF PIETRELCINA
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Pictured from left: Luciano Lamonarca, Angela Alioto, and Father Robert Barbato, OFM Cap. at the entrance of the Porziuncola Nuova On May 19, 2023, Luciano Lamonarca, founder and CEO of the Saint Pio Foundation, met with Angela Alioto, founder of the Arch-Confraternity of The Knights of Saint Francis of Assisi, at La Porziuncola Nuova, to sign a joint agreement that commits the two organizations to promote the teachings and spiritual legacy of Padre Pio and Saint Francis, and to support each other's efforts to fulfill that mission. The joint declaration was signed in the presence of Father Roberto Barbato, OFM Cap, Rector of the National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi.
The Porziuncola Nuova, located adjacent to the Church of the National Shrine of St Francis of Assisi in San Francisco, is a 78% scale replica of the original Porziuncola, a church that is situated two and a half miles from Assisi in Umbria, Italy.