The National Shrine and St. Parish Church Padre Pio (Philippines: Pambansang Dambana in Parokya ni Santo Padre Pio ), commonly known as Padre Pio Shrine , is a parish church and pilgrimage site located in Brgy. San Pedro, Santo Tomas, Batangas, Philippines. Managed by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lipa, the church was designated a National Temple by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines which made it the first in Batangas province and in the CALABARZON Territory. This became one of the venues for the 4th Apostolic World Congress held in the Philippines on 16-20 January 2017.
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Architecture
The main church structure is mostly made of original materials such as wood, stone, bamboo, sasa or nipa leaf and sawali or bamboo woven. The roof shape resembles salakot , a traditional Filipino hat used by farmers and fishermen in their agricultural activities as protection against heat and rain. At the top of the roof stands the image of Our Lady of Mercy. The structure is open so that pilgrims can enter and exit freely.
Inside the main church hanging a large replica of Glorious Cross is based on the design used for the Archdiocese of Lipa during the Year of Jubilee 2000. The cross on the cross, the bottom of the altar table and the podium is made of wood drifting to adapt to the design of the main church. At the back is the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament and under it is Baptism.
Rector and parish priest, Rev. Fr. Joselin C. Gonda envisioned this concept for the main church to have a clear place of worship and prayer Filipiniana, eco-friendly and adaptable to the tropical climate of a site surrounded by a very green environment, making it a unique, calm and friendly atmosphere drawing pilgrims to praying, to reflect and be inspired by God and the world He created.
Similar designs other than the main church can also be seen in Bunda Belas Belfry, Chapel of the Reconciliation St. John Mary Vianney, the True Temple of the True Cross, and the Holy Water Sanctuary.
Other buildings built inside the National Shrine include parish priests, offices and religious shops, the Fountain of Hope, the Crusader Station and more recently, the Heavenly Heaven for Pilgrims.
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History
Padre Pio Shrine began as a small chapel along Maharlika Highway in Brgy. San Pedro. 10 barangay comprised of the proposed parish under the pastoral care of St. Peter's Parish. Thomas Aquinas in the exact town of Sto. Tomas, Batangas. Months after the canonization of St. Padre Pio in 2002, the relics of his first class were entrusted to the parish proposed by Pdt. Fr. Cesar Acuin, OFMCap.
On June 28, 2003, St. Mary's Parish Padre Pio Pietrelcina is canonically established by Archbishop Lipa, Most Rev. Gaudencio Rosales, D.D. (now Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus Manila). This is the first parish in the Philippines under Santo Capuchin. Pastor Pastor. Dale Anthony Q. Barretto-Ko was installed as the first priest.
As more and more enthusiasts and parishioners from nearby goods and towns the chapel can not accommodate, 1.6 hectares of farmland is also in Brgy. San Pedro is almost a kilometer from the Maharisma Road donated to the Archdiocese of Lipa by a generous couple, Ernesto and Adelaida Gonzaga, where a new and larger church will be built. Dr. Isabel Malvar-Villegas donated an area of ​​200 m to be used as a road right from the barangay road leading to the site. The first stone laying ceremony took place in 2006 and the temporary chapel of the nipa foliage and bamboo was built in a new location.
On December 23, 2008, most of the Rev. Ramon Arguelles, Archbishop of Lipa at the time, appointed the parish church as Archbishop St. Padre Pio. A year later, Rev. Fr. Joselin C. Gonda has been appointed to take over the administration of the parish and the construction of the church at a new location.
While the construction of the main church is under way, the temple is named as one of the pilgrim churches for the Centennial Jubileum of the establishment of See of Lipa. Other designated pilgrimage churches are the San Sebastian Cathedral, the Carmelite Monastery, the Redemptorist Church and the Archdiocese of Ferrer diocese in Lipa City, the Immaculate Conception Basilica and the Holy Trinity Parish in Batangas City and St. Basilica. Martin from Tours and Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Caysasay at Taal.
Coinciding with the feast of St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina on September 23, 2013, the main parish church sincerely dedicated to God by His Excellency Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales, D.D. Pastor Pastor. Ermelindo di Capua, OFMCap, the only surviving Capuchin priest in Italy who works closely with and caring for St. Padre Pio for three years until St.'s death was present in the devotion. Fr. at Capua (dated 22 February 2017) also entrusted two first-class relics of the Saints to the National Shrine in 2010.
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), in their semi-annual Plenary Session in 2015, unanimously approved the upgrading of the Archdiocese of Santo Padre Pio into a National Temple. On September 14, 2015, marked the first day of Novena to St. Padre Pio, President of CBCP and Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan at Pangasinan, the vast majority of Pdt. Socrates Villegas, D.D. leading the sacred declaration of the National Shrine.
On January 18, 2017, the 4th Apostolic World Congress on Mercy in the Philippines attended by thousands of participants and pilgrims from all countries and other parts of the world had a third day at the National Shrine. The Divine Mercy Sanctuary for Pilgrims where the daily activities for the congress are held in earnest dedicated on December 23, 2016.
Devotion to St. Padre Pio
Apart from regular Sunday and daily Mass, the worshipers and parishioners gather at the National Shrine for a special prayer day to St. Padre Pio every 23 months except in May when it was held on the birthday of Saint, 25 Possibly. Special prayer days are held every first and third Saturday of the month.
The healing liturgy follows after the Holy Mass at 9:00 am and 5:00 pm. After reading the Gospel followed by a short homily, the prayer for the healing of the sick came in the first and second relics of St. Padre Pio is being exposed to be respected by pilgrims. Holy Oil anointing by priests and religious prizes is done after worshiping relics.
Flowers are presented on the St. Padre Pio before the end of Mass. Someone can offer white or red roses or both. It is said that a woman named Vittoria had a vision of a glowing light shaped by thousands of white and red roses radiating out from St. Padre Pio and spread in all directions. He sought an explanation from Saint and he told the woman that the white roses in her vision represent souls that seek to live in mercy, in the love of God and in the charity of brotherhood, while, the red rose represents the soul that bears the cross. suffering with joy, and union with Jesus and him, collaborating in the conversion of sinners and in the salvation of souls.
The Novena booklets, pictures and other religious objects are available in Shrine stores separate from the main church.
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