--- title: The Padre Pio Relic Tour Comes to the USA This Week description: Padre Pio's relics will begin a tour of the United States this weekend. Find out how you can make a pilgrimage to venerate the relics of this beloved modern saint. --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2017/05/03/padre-pio-relic-tour-comes-usa-week#) # The Padre Pio Relic Tour Comes to the USA This Week May 3, 2017 10:00:15 AM  |  by [Barb Szyszkiewicz](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/barb-szyszkiewicz-ofs) [!["The Padre Pio Relic Tour Comes to the USA This Week" by Barb Szyszkiewicz, OFS (CatholicMom.com)](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/padre-pio-2.jpg?width=720&height=340&name=padre-pio-2.jpg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/padre-pio-2.jpg) Courtesy of the Saint Pio Foundation. Used with permission. All rights reserved. Do you have a special devotion to Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio)? If so, you may wish to mark your calendar this May for your opportunity to venerate the relics of this beloved twentieth-century Franciscan priest and stigmatist. The first leg of the US tour of Padre Pio's relics begins Saturday, May 6 in Philadelphia, PA. Other stops include Pittsburgh, PA; Denver, CO; Lincoln, NE; Los Angeles, CA and Arlington, VA.  In September, the tour will visit New York, NY; LaCrosse, WI; Milwaukee, WI; Bridgeport, CT and Saginaw, MI. [tweet "Relics of #PadrePio begin US tour this week. @StPioFoundation"] [!["The Padre Pio Relic Tour Comes to the USA This Week" by Barb Szyszkiewicz, OFS (CatholicMom.com)](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/volantino-tour-padre-pio.jpg?width=800&height=1035&name=volantino-tour-padre-pio.jpg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/volantino-tour-padre-pio.jpg) Courtesy of the Saint Pio Foundation. Used with permission. All rights reserved. This tour comes on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the saint's birth and the 15th anniversary of his canonization. Saint Pio was a Capuchin Franciscan friar who received the stigmata, the marks of the five wounds of Christ, in 1918. He is the first priest in the history of the Church to bear Christ's wounds. Padre Pio was known as a wise confessor and counseled many through his letters as well as in the confessional. 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