sponsor the tour of the relics of padre pio
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We have been blessed to sponsor tours of the relics of Padre Pio in these past few years in four countries and in more than seventy (arch)dioceses and approximately 100 parishes. As a result, about one million of the faithful have had the opportunity to have a “spiritual encounter” with Padre Pio, to pray to him, and to ask for his intercession. We believe that inviting people to pray the rosary in the "virtual presence" of the relics of Saint Pio brings comfort to all those in search of moral support and physical and spiritual healing.
Starting in 2020, we had planned to make the relics of Padre Pio available for public venerations to those parishes whose pastors request them. Each parish would incur a nominal cost related to the transport of the relics of Padre Pio (shipping, administrative costs, insurance, etc.), and it would share with the Saint Pio Foundation any donations that might be raised during its hosted veneration from those of the faithful, who wish to support our mission.
However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, many of these parishes are no longer able to afford these expenses, and while they have confirmed their intentions to host the relics of Padre Pio and to make them available for public veneration in their parishes, it is clear that in order to fulfill those requests we need to rely on the generosity and goodwill those who believe in great causes and support their accomplishment.
Therefore, we are creating a dedicated web page that will enable donors to support the tour of the relics of Padre Pio directly. The costs associated with a one-day veneration varies from a minimum of $500 to a maximum of $1,000, depending on the distance of the parish from the Foundation’s offices. The more that is raised, the more parishes to which we will be able to bring the relics of Padre Pio without requiring them to meet these costs.
As a measure of our gratitude, we will plan a special Mass in December 2020 in which special intentions will be offered for all who will have generously donated to the tour of the relics of Padre Pio.
“Charity is the measure by which Our Lord judges all things!” – Padre Pio -
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