RELICS of PADRE PIO in SCOTLAND Bishop John has approved the visit of Fr Bryan Shortall OFM (Cap) to the Diocese with the first call relics of Padre Pio to include: the gloves, the blood-stained bandages and other relics. Fr Bryan is a Capuchin friar based in Dublin and he is the Director of the Padre Pio Apostolate appointed by San Giovanni Rotondo. He will be in Scotland for 5 days and will visit 3 Dioceses. He will celebrate Mass at 7pm each evening and after Mass he will give an individual blessing with the glove of Padre Pio. A special invitation is extended to the sick and the suffering. St John’s, Barrhead on 20th March (Votive mass of Padre Pio). Tea and coffee in hall afterwards. Immaculate Conception, Maryhill, Glasgow on 22nd March. St. Francis’ Port Glasgow on 23rd March.