“Pray, hope, and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.
“Bear in mind that the more the enemy assaults you, the closer God is to your soul. Fear nothing because God is with you.” – Padre PioThere is a Shrine of Padre Pio, located in Saint John the Baptist Church in the heart of New York City.
Relics of Padre Pio include the iconic one of the brown fingerless woolen gloves of St. Pio and the other was the white linen sock, which has the stains of his blood.
Other reliquaries are displayed on his feast day and other special occasions at the parish. Those include his crystal cruets, a fountain pen with a photo of Padre Pio writing with it, and the backside of a Christmas Greeting written by in his hand.
One of the special occasion reliquaries contains a cloth used to absorb the blood from the sacred stigmata, which still bears the stain.
According to the parish, these relics “came to St. John’s through Mary Pile, a friend and secretary for Padre Pio. The relics were given to Fr. Armand Dasseville, OFM. It was the vision and grace that St. John’s Church served by the Capuchin Franciscans should be a center for devotion to Saint Pio of Pietrelcina.”
Shrine website: http://www.padrepioshrine.com
Parish website: https://christinthecity.nyc/padre-pio-shrine-testimonials
Images of the shrine are by Chancery staffer Joyce Bibey, who visited the parish last summer.
