If you belong to a Padre Pio Prayer Group then you are blessed to be his Spiritual Child through which he guides your life. Padre Pio established Prayer Groups throughout the world as an instrument from God for the relief of the suffering in the world. He understood that alone he could do little for the suffering, so the idea of Prayer Groups emerged as a source to pray and embrace all those around the world who were needy in either body or soul. Padre Pio wanted to arm the world with prayer and his mission was simple: Prayer is the best weapon we have, and the key to God's heart.

Through the stigmata he bore and the life of prayer he led, Padre io understood the sufferings of the infirm, as well as the prayers of both the sick and the healthy. Let us gather periodically for prayer in common. Today's society does not pray, that is why it is falling apart (Padre Pio). Padre Pio had been an instrument of Divine Providence in the journey back to the Lord. Before he died on September 23, 1968, he gave a special blessing to the Prayer Groups, the sick, and all of his spiritual children.

To this day, Padre Pio's influence resonates with joy. In the spirit of their holy founder, the Prayer Groups of Padre Pio and his Spiritual Children throughout the world continue to respond to the words of Our Lord: Truly I say to you, ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you...If you ask anything of the Father in my name He will give it to you. Let us remember that our prayers, like incense, rise to God. Let us ask for the grace to live in God's will and to be instruments of God's peace and love those whom we encounter on life's journey.

Through the Prayer Groups and the commitment of his Spiritual Children, St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina was able to fulfill part of his great mission: to bring the world to God. He wanted to be among all people to proclaim out loud who this great God of mercy is.

The Padre Pio Prayer Group meets on the fourth Friday of each month beginning in the Church with the recitation of the Rosary at 6:00 p.m. and Mass at 7:00 P.M. Upon request, the Rosary Pray group will go and pray the rosary with members of the Padre Pio Society and church parishioners who are homebound because of their infirmities.