Saint Pius X Catholic Church

Join Artists for World Peace (AFWP), the AFWP medical travel team, and the Padre Pio Foundation of America for a free community event highlighting the impact of the AFWP NATIVE EYES Clinics.
Since 2016, this collaborative mission has provided free eye care to 8,908 tribal and community members in Tanzania, Connecticut, and South Dakota.
Guests will hear stories from the medical travel team, view footage from past clinics, and learn how they can help bring life-changing care and hope to children and families in underserved Native communities. Light refreshments will be served, and a small section of the AFWP Peace Wall will be available for viewing and purchase. Please RSVP by visiting <a href="https://padrepio.com/seeing-is-believing-event/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">padrepio.com/seeing-is-believing-event/</a>
Date: Saturday, May 16, 2026 Time: 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM Location: St. Pius X Catholic Church 310 Westfield St, Middletown, CT 06457 Ground Floor (accessible through the lower parking lot)
Admission: Free and open to the public RSVP: Please RSVP by May 11, 2026

Local Event: Seeing is Believing: Celebrating 10 Years of the NATIVE EYES Clinics in America

Middlesex County

Cromwell

Connecticut

Seeing is Believing: Celebrating 10 Years of...

Join Artists for World Peace (AFWP), the AFWP medical travel team, and the Padre Pio Foundation of America for a free community...

Seeing is Believing: Celebrating 10 Years of the NATIVE EYES Clinics in America

Holy Apostles College and Seminary

Join the Padre Pio Foundation of America as we celebrate the birthday of our beloved saint, Padre Pio!

The celebration will begin with a special Birthday Mass at Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, CT, followed by light refreshments and birthday cake at the Padre Pio Foundation of America.

Throughout the day, guests are invited to pray in the Padre Pio Chapel and visit the Padre Pio Gift Shop. Each attendee will receive a rose in honor of our dear friend and intercessor, Padre Pio.

All are welcome to attend.&nbsp; Let us know you'll be joining us by&nbsp;RSVPing here:&nbsp;<a href="https://padrepio.com/padre-pios-birthday-mass-event-2026/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://padrepio.com/padre-pios-birthday-mass-event-2026/</a>

Local Event: Padre Pio’s Birthday Mass & Celebration

Padre Pio’s Birthday Mass & Celebration

Join the Padre Pio Foundation of America as we celebrate the birthday of our beloved saint, Padre Pio!

The celebration will...

The Padre Pio Foundation of America

Book Signing &amp; Meet and Greet&nbsp; Padre Pio’s American Daughter: The Story of Mary Pyle By Susan De Bartoli


Join the Padre Pio Foundation of America for a book signing with award-winning author Susan De Bartoli, celebrating the launch of her latest biography, Padre Pio’s American Daughter: The Story of Mary Pyle. This inspiring true story highlights one of Padre Pio’s closest spiritual daughters whose cause for Canonization is in its initial phases.
Meet Susan, purchase a copy, and have her personally sign your new book.
Friday, June 5, 2026 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM Saturday, June 6, 2026 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM 

Padre Pio Foundation of America 463 Main Street, Cromwell, CT
RSVP and preorder your book to pick up at the event here: <a href="https://padrepio.com/book-signing-meet-and-greet-susan-de-bartoli/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://padrepio.com/book-signing-meet-and-greet-susan-de-bartoli/</a>

Local Event: Book Signing & Meet and Greet: Susan De Bartoli

Book Signing & Meet and Greet: Susan De Bartoli

Book Signing & Meet and Greet  Padre Pio’s American Daughter: The Story of Mary Pyle By Susan De Bartoli


Join the Padre Pio...

A Special Day of Reflection and Prayer with Fr. Pio Mandato, FMHJ – who received his First Holy Communion from Padre Pio – and Sr. Theresa May, CSN.
Join the Padre Pio Foundation of America for a special Padre Pio Day of Prayer. Celebrate Mass, hear inspiring reflections and receive a blessing with Padre Pio’s glove.
Through personal stories and spiritual insights, Fr. Pio and Sr. Theresa will guide you on a deeper journey into Padre Pio’s life, spirituality, and enduring legacy. Discover why so many people around the world continue to be drawn to this beloved saint and his powerful witness of faith, suffering, prayer, and love.
This event is free and open to the public.
Schedule 10:00 a.m. – Holy Mass 11:00 a.m. – Padre Pio’s Devotion to Our Lady w/ Sr. Theresa May 12:00 p.m. – Break 1:00 p.m. – Exposition &amp; Adoration 1:30 p.m. – A closer look into Padre Pio’s spirituality w/ Fr. Pio Mandato 2:30 p.m. – Benediction &amp; Blessing with Padre Pio’s glove
RSVP and learn more here: <a href="https://padrepio.com/padre-pio-day-of-prayer-with-father-pio-mandato/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://padrepio.com/padre-pio-day-of-prayer-with-father-pio-mandato/</a>

Local Event: Reflections on the Spirituality of Padre Pio From His Own Writings

Reflections on the Spirituality of Padre Pio...

A Special Day of Reflection and Prayer with Fr. Pio Mandato, FMHJ – who received his First Holy Communion from Padre Pio – and...

Reflections on the Spirituality of Padre Pio From His Own Writings

Aleaha Kopec

Middlesex

Hartford County

Hartford Metropolitan Area

Rocky Hill

Chris Dehnel

Middletown

Michael Lemanski

Berlin

Wethersfield

Newington

East Hampton-Portland

Glastonbury

New Haven County

Vincent Salzo

Meriden

Durham-Middlefield

Greater Hartford

An inspirational event about local nonprofit Artists For World Peace, recognizing the physicians, workers, and supporters who made possible &nbsp;FREE eye clinics in Africa and the USA that brought free eye care to over 9000 individuals. Free to attend, RSVP with QR code.

Local Event: SEEING IS BELIEVING!  NATIVE EYES and Artists for World Peace

SEEING IS BELIEVING!  NATIVE EYES and Artists...

An inspirational event about local nonprofit Artists For World Peace, recognizing the physicians, workers, and supporters who...

SEEING IS BELIEVING!  NATIVE EYES and Artists for World Peace

Middletown House Concert Series

Created by James Martin, the Tyre Isle Band plays traditional dance tunes and ballads from Ireland, Scotland, and the Hebrides. With Tatyana Gorbunova on flute, Will Holshouser on accordion, and Martin on mandolin, guitar, mandocello, banjo, and vocals, the band reimagines the music and Irish Sean-nós traditions of the British Isles. Delving deeply into the original melodies and rhythms, and adding newly conceived compositions to this living repertoire, the Tyre Isle Band continues the work of James Martin from when the toured the US and Canada with the critically acclaimed British Isles band How to Change a Flat Tire. For this concert, Maggie Holtzberg from the original HTCAFT band will be joining on fiddle. James Martin is an accomplished musician, dancer, choreographer and filmmaker. He was Associate Arts Professor at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Dance Department and taught there from 1989-2023. In 2020 he won the New York University Tisch School of the Arts David Payne Carter Award for Teaching Excellence. He has danced with Donald Byrd/The Group, Gus Solomons jr, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company, Claire Porter, Jamie Cunningham and Tina Croll, Heidi Latsky, The New York Baroque Dance Company and The Connecticut Ballet Company among others. As co-founder of the band How to Change a Flat Tire, he appears on “A Point of Departure” and “The Traditional Music of Shetland and Ireland” (Front Hall Records). Tatyana Gorbunova is a musician &amp; interdisciplinary artist. Recent work includes playing in the band for a stage adaptation of Rime of the Ancient Mariner and multiple roles in Story Winks - modern adaptations of fairy tales (Ophelia Theater Group). When not playing the flute or acting on stage, she teaches Culinary Arts at a Montessori school and curates the vinyl collection at her record shop, Pancakes Records, in Astoria, NY. Will Holshouser is an accordionist, composer and improviser whose music draws on a wide variety of inspirations, from traditional accordion folk styles to jazz, hymns, classical and experimental music. Will’s music explores these eclectic influences through the accordion’s expressiveness and sense of fun. Originally from Cambridge, MA and active on the New York music scene since the 1990s, Will has toured and recorded with violinist Regina Carter, trumpeter Eric Vloeimans, and clarinetist David Krakauer, as well as with his own groups. Will's trio has released three albums on the Portuguese label Clean Feed and he has made collaborative albums with Musette Explosion and with Han Bennink &amp; Michael Moore. Will has also performed with Michael Winograd, Guy Klucevsek, Andy Statman, Mark Morris Dance, Antony &amp; the Johnsons, Suzanne Vega, Loudon Wainwright III, Martha Wainwright, New York City Ballet, New York City Opera, Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, and many others. maggie_holtzberg.jpg Folklorist and musician Maggie Holtzberg works closely with artists, culture bearers, and their communities to help carry traditional knowledge forward. Serving as state folklorist in Georgia (1992-1998) and Massachusetts (1999-2023) has been her calling and privilege, allowing her to come to know, learn from, document, and help support people practicing cultural traditions of local significance. She has curated exhibitions, authored books, co-directed documentary films, produced concerts, programmed folk festivals, and successfully nominated seven National Heritage Fellows. Holtzberg was awarded the Benjamin A. Botkin Prize in 2018 for lifetime achievement in Public Folklore and was named a Fellow of the American Folklore Society in 2021. She holds a Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania (1987) and B.A. in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University (1979). During her time at Wesleyan, having just returned from the Shetland Islands and fiddle tutelage under the great Tom Anderson, she joined the band How To Change A Flat Tire.$25 suggested donation
Please contact Jody Cormack for reservations and directions
jcormack@wesleyan.edu, or 860-983-7963

Local Event: The Tyre Island Band with Maggie Holtzberg on fiddle

The Tyre Island Band with Maggie Holtzberg on...

Created by James Martin, the Tyre Isle Band plays traditional dance tunes and ballads from Ireland, Scotland, and the Hebrides....

The Tyre Island Band with Maggie Holtzberg on fiddle

Solomon Welles House

Join one of America's best-known Mediums in a truly memorable afternoon of connection with Spirit. With Karen's insights and her warmth and understanding, she will connect with those who live in Spirit to convey messages of comfort, love and reassurance. You will leave changed with a new understanding that you are not alone in your grief, and that those we love never truly leave us. To reserve your seat at this event, please call 860-665-8024. Admission is $50. per seat. All seats are non-refundable. See Karen's website for further details. This is a Mediumship Demonstration.
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Local Event: Connecting With Spirit: Messages of Love & Hope

Connecting With Spirit: Messages of Love & Hope

Join one of America's best-known Mediums in a truly memorable afternoon of connection with Spirit. With Karen's insights and...

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Seeing is Believing: Celebrating 10 Years of the NATIVE EYES Clinics in America

MAY

16

3:00 PM

Saint Pius X Catholic Church, 310 Westfield St, Middletown, CT

Padre Pio’s Birthday Mass & Celebration

MAY

22

11:00 AM

Holy Apostles College and Seminary, 33 Prospect Hill Rd, Cromwell, CT

Book Signing & Meet and Greet: Susan De Bartoli

JUN

5

9:00 AM

The Padre Pio Foundation of America, 463 Main St, Cromwell, CT

Reflections on the Spirituality of Padre Pio From His Own Writings

JUN

5

10:00 AM

Holy Apostles College and Seminary, 33 Prospect Hill Rd, Cromwell, CT

Book Signing & Meet and Greet: Susan De Bartoli

JUN

6

9:00 AM

The Padre Pio Foundation of America, 463 Main St, Cromwell, CT

SEEING IS BELIEVING! NATIVE EYES and Artists for World Peace

The Tyre Island Band with Maggie Holtzberg on fiddle

Connecting With Spirit: Messages of Love & Hope