Deacon Patrick Toole celebrates Mass with relics of Padre Pio

Deacon Patrick Toole celebrated Mass with five major relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina at St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Trumbull. The event took place during the fifth night of a diocesan-wide retreat, drawing hundreds of Catholics and non-Catholics to the parish.

During the Mass, which was celebrated alongside pastor Father Joseph A. Marcello, Deacon Toole shared how reading about the Franciscan friar during a flight years ago influenced his life. He described the saint's known supernatural gifts, including the stigmata, bilocation, and the ability to heal. Toole highlighted a specific exchange from a book about the saint, noting that Padre Pio spent many hours in the confessional to help souls.