Relics of Saint Pio To Visit Tuckahoe Church

TUCKAHOE, NY — The Immaculate Conception Church in Tuckahoe will be the site of a visit by the Relics of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina — better known as Padre Pio. The relics will be available for viewing from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

A mass in honor of Saint Pio will be celebrated at 5 p.m. by Archbishop Bernardito C. Auza, Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See.

This will be the last stop for the relics after two years in which more than 500,000 people all over the country were able to see them.

Saint Pio's relics available for public viewing include his glove, crusts of his wounds, blood-stained cotton gauze, a lock of his hair, his mantle and a sweat-soaked handkerchief.

According to a spokesperson, Saint Pio was born May 25, 1887, and was ordained a priest in 1910 at the age of 23. He was known as a mystic with miraculous powers of healing and knowledge, and he bore the stigmata, which are wounds that correspond to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ. They can appear on the forehead, hands, wrists and feet.

Padre Pio died Sept. 23, 1968, Pope John Paul II canonized him in 2002.

Immaculate Conception Church is at 53 Winter Hill Road in Tuckahoe.

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