Festas – Visit Pietrelcina https://www.visitpietrelcina.com A place to Reflect and Enjoy Sat, 09 Nov 2019 08:49:49 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 26704912 Behind the Scenes – Dressing the Statue https://www.visitpietrelcina.com/dressing-the-statue/ Sat, 11 Aug 2018 13:39:35 +0000 http://www.visitpietrelcina.com/?p=987 It is the Friday evening at the start of the Festa of Madona Del Libero in August in the town of Pietrelcina. Outside there is a concert going on in the Piazza Maria SS Annunciata. Inside the Parish Church of Our Lady of the Angels, where St. Padre Pio said his first mass, there are ...

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]]> 987 Festa Procession https://www.visitpietrelcina.com/festa-procession/ Sat, 30 Jun 2018 14:18:15 +0000 http://www.visitpietrelcina.com/?p=383 There are several feasts celebrated with special events and processions throughout the year. 16-17 January: The first is in January and is celebrated in towns all over Italy. It is the feast of St. Anthony of Egypt who was an early mystic who was said to be ‘On Fire’ with the love of God. To ...

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