Italian Community

Shrine dedicated to Saint Pio of Pietralcina

          Construction commenced on this, the second shrine at Ta Pinu Marian Centre, dedicated to Saint Pio of Pietralcina on the 26^th November 2005 and ceased on the 15^th December 2005. In order to raise funds for its completion, a Mass was held prior, on the 18^th  September 2005 at the Ta Pinu Marian Centre, which was attended by 500 members of the Italian Catholic community of Victoria.  On the 18^th December 2005, the Most Reverend Archbishop Em of Melbourne Dr Frank T Little inaugurated and blessed the shrine, together with the shrine dedicated to the Immaculate Conception (refer to Shrine dedicated to the Immaculate Conception for further details).

 This page was last updated in January 2009   

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