NATIONAL SHRINE OF SAINT PADRE PIO || BATANGAS
144We visited the NATIONAL SHRINE OF SAINT PADRE PIO in Sto. Tomas Batangas..The place is so relaxing, refreshing and calming..This place is very good for meditation..The Parish is so silent, you will hear the birds singing, insects sounds na talagang bagay na bagay sa pagmumuni muni.
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History:
Padre Pio Shrine began as a small chapel along Maharlika Highway in Barangay San Pedro. The 10 barangays comprising the proposed parish were under the pastoral care of the Parish of St. Thomas Aquinas in the city proper of Santo Tomas, Batangas. Months after the canonization of St. Padre Pio in 2002, the first of his first-class relics was entrusted to the proposed parish by Cesar Acuin, OFMCap.
On 28 June 2003, the Parish of St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina was canonically erected by then Archbishop of Lipa, Gaudencio Rosales, D.D. It is the first parish in the Philippines under the patronage of the Capuchin Saint. Dale Anthony Q. Barretto-Ko was installed as its first pastor.
Due to the growing number of devotees and parishioners from nearby barangays and towns that the chapel could not accommodate, a 1.6-hectare (4.0-acre) agricultural land also in Barangay San Pedro almost a kilometer away from Maharlika Highway was donated to the Archdiocese of Lipa by a generous couple, Ernesto and Adelaida Gonzaga, where a new and larger church would be built. Dr. Isabel Malvar-Villegas donated a 200-meter (660 ft) parcel of land that would be used as a right of way from the barangay road leading to the site. Groundbreaking ceremonies took place in 2006 and a temporary chapel of nipa leaves and bamboo was built at the new site.
Devotion to St. Padre Pio
Aside from the regular Sunday and daily Masses, devotees and parishioners flock to the National Shrine for a special day of prayer to St. Padre Pio every 23rd of the month except in the month of May when it is held on the Saint’s birthday, 25 May. Additional special days of prayer are held every 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month.
Healing liturgy follows after Mass at 9:00 in the morning and 5:00 in the afternoon. After reading the Gospel followed by a brief homily, prayer for healing of the sick comes when first- and second-class relics of St. Padre Pio are exposed to be venerated by the pilgrims. Then there is an anointing with Oil of the Sick by the priests and religious present.
Flowers are offered at the image of St. Padre Pio before the end of the Mass. One can either offer white or red roses or both. It is said that a woman named Vittoria had a vision of luminous rays formed by thousands of white and red roses that radiated out from St. Padre Pio and spread in every direction. She sought an explanation from the Saint and he told the woman that the white roses in her vision represent the souls who attempt to live in grace, in love of God and in fraternal charity, while the red roses represent those who carry the cross of suffering with joy, and united with Jesus collaborate in the conversion of sinners and in the salvation of others.[7]
Novena booklets, images and other religious items are available at the Shrine’s store separated from the main church..
source : Padre Pio Shrine - wikipedia
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