BORN IN PIETRELCINA,ITALY: MAY 25, 1887 ORDAINED A PRIEST: AUGUST 10, 1910 DIED: SEPTEMBER 23, 1968 BEATIFIED BY POPE JOHN PAUL II: MAY 2, 1999 CANONIZED BY POPE JOHN PAUL II: JUNE 16, 2002 FEAST DAY: SEPTEMBER 23rd
"I WILL STAND AT THER GATES OF HEAVEN AND I WILL NOT ENTER, UNTIL ALL OF MY SPIRITUAL CHILDREN ARE WITH ME "