{"id":796,"date":"2011-04-14T23:47:53","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T23:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/157.230.63.74\/?page_id=796"},"modified":"2011-05-31T16:41:05","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T16:41:05","slug":"40th-anniversary-death-of-padre-pio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/?page_id=796","title":{"rendered":"40th Anniversary Death of Padre Pio"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"95%\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"snow\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"9\" align=\"center\">\n<h3 class=\"ps\" style=\"margin-top: 10;\">Padre Pio Prayer Groups<\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"ps\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">National Office<\/h4>\n<h5 class=\"ps\">St. Francis Renewal Center<br \/>\n1901 Prior Road<br \/>\nWilmington, Delaware 19809<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"font-size: 90%;\">\n<td class=\"n\" width=\"25%\" align=\"center\">Phone<br \/>\n302\/798-1454<\/td>\n<td class=\"n\" width=\"25%\" align=\"center\">Fax<br \/>\n302\/798-3360<\/td>\n<td class=\"n\" width=\"25%\" align=\"center\">Website<br \/>\nwww.PPPG.org<\/td>\n<td class=\"n\" width=\"25%\" align=\"center\">E-Mail<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:PPPGUSA@gmail.com\">PPPGUSA@gmail.com<\/a><br \/>\n<!-- end  SSI table row --><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"95%\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"snow\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"78%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Re: 40th Anniversary Death of Padre Pio<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"22%\" align=\"right\" valign=\"top\">August 2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Dear Spiritual Children and Friends of Padre Pio,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Lord give you His peace!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">The fortieth anniversary of the passing of Padre Pio of Pietrelcina into eternal life will occur on September 23<sup>rd<\/sup>,  2008. It offers us an opportunity for more intense study, meditation,  prayer and activities around the person and spirit of Padre Pio.  This  could be a twelve month period that offers us, as an Association of his  Spiritual Children, occasions to go beyond the usual monthly activities.  We could tap into our spiritual resources as Padre Pio Prayer Groups  and celebrate ways, in the course of the year, to bring our individual  groups and possibly other groups in our area or region,, to come  together one or more times to grow in our Roman Catholic spirit as  Spiritual Children of Padre Pio.  These spiritual activities could also  be extended by an open invitation to anyone not of the Association who  might like to share our time of prayer, reflection and family spirit.   If you have already begun planning something, or are considering it,  please keep me informed.<\/p>\n<p>Every Group is autonomous. I have no desire to impose anything that is  not directly stated in the Statutes of our Association. We are, however,  an Association of laity who seek to give deeper meaning to our lives in  the spirit of Padre Pio of Pietrelcina.  I firmly believe that the  \u201cproposal\u201d, the \u201csuggestion\u201d I made above might allow us to experience a  greater sense of unity throughout our vast nation and possibly  encourage others to enter the ranks of Padre Pio\u2019s Spiritual Children.<\/p>\n<p>Please remember always, anything done in the name of the Church,  especially external activities and those that may involve others  parishes, groups, etc.,  must always be done in collaboration with the  Spiritual Director of the Group and with the express permission of the  competent Church authority (Pastor, Superior, Bishop, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>May God bless you; Our Lady guide, guard, and protect you; and Padre  Pio, our Spiritual Father and Founder, look over each one of you, his  Spiritual Children, with loving care.<\/p>\n<p>Peace and Blessings<br \/>\nFr. Francis A. Sariego, O.F.M. Cap.<br \/>\nNational Coordinator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Padre Pio Prayer Groups National Office St. Francis Renewal Center 1901 Prior Road Wilmington, Delaware 19809 Phone 302\/798-1454 Fax 302\/798-3360 Website www.PPPG.org E-Mail PPPGUSA@gmail.com Re: 40th Anniversary Death of Padre Pio August 2007 Dear Spiritual Children and Friends of Padre Pio, The Lord give you His peace! The fortieth anniversary of the passing of Padre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":763,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-796","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=796"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":852,"href":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/796\/revisions\/852"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}