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PADRE PIO & ME : MY STORY

Before my accident I didn’t really know much about Padre Pio, so you it was an accident that got me involved with him and got my life back on track. I had an accident in 2000 that was to change my life forever, A weight fell down on my head I ended up in hospital for quite a while and was in and out of Hospital on a regular basis, I can barley remember anything, Doctors had told my family that I would be disabled, so you can imagine the impact with which this had on my family. When things did start to get better and I got back to work I was going to work I got a turn while driving luckily the car went into the grass side off the road and no one else was involved, I had taken a seizure, soon the seizures got worse I was having multiple seizures a day, my whole world seemed to be falling apart I couldn’t drive, I couldn’t go fishing, I couldn’t  do things I would normally do, This alone caused me to fall in to very bad depression, I had taken a very bad seizure one time I ended up in ICU connected to wires and tubes ect., My whole family had great devotion to St.Pio and prayed to him for help, my wife and my mother and aunt prayed to him constantly. The glove worn by the Saint was coming locally to my hometown so my family decided to bring me to get blessed with the glove, I remember putting my hand on the glove and getting a warm sensation it was very very peaceful of course when no one else got the warm sensation I taught maybe I had imagined it but I knew It was warm. Padre Pio had starting helping me from there the multiple seizures which were before 6 maybe seven a day was reduced to one a week. When I got blessed again a few years later I smelled roses on this occasion and my seizures went away, I went out to see Padre Pio in San Giovanni in thanks given while I was out there I promised Padre Pio that the next time I came out to San Giovanni Rotondo I would bring more people with me so now I am a Padre Pio prayer group leader and run Pilgrimages to San Giovanni Rotondo every year, I have kept my promise and am forever grateful to Gods Grace Through The Intersession Of Padre Pio

THE VOICE OF PADRE PIO

A bi-monthly magazine of the Capuchin Friar’s of the religious province of "Sant'Angelo & Padre Pio"  It is a beautiful magazine that tell stories about Padre Pio and what is happening in San Giovanni Rotondo and around the world it is available worldwide you can subscribe to the magazine through The Irish Office for Padre Pio in Dublin or thru  www.vocedipadrepio.com/eng  

IRISH OFFICE FOR PADRE PIO

The Office is situated south of Dublin City centre just off the South Circular Road in Dufferin Avenue and near the National Stadium, There is a  Shop there where you can purchase  Religous Objects, Books, Videos, Magazines and other items. There is also our little Oratory in the office, where you can bring St.Pio’s glove up and  spend some time in quiet reflection and prayer. For more information go to www.padrepio.ie

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