|
Padre Pio Canonized – June 16, 2002
Parish Established – June 16, 2002
Church model presented – January 16, 2005
Church dedicated– September 23, 2010
|
|
|
Size of church site – 6.4 acres
Entrances to site – 4
Parking Spots – 400
Size of church – 21,260 square feet
Size of basement – 19,300 square feet
Capacity of church – 1,000 seats
Form of church – Basilica style
|
|
 |
Features of the outside of the Church: (to be completed)
|
|
- Extensive landscaping
- Garden areas around the church
- Large outdoor atrium in the front with:
- Garden complex
- Seating
- Rosary Walkthrough
- Statue of St. Padre Pio (sitting, meditating on the Crucifix)
- Processional Walkway around the church with:
- Garden areas
- Seating
- Small set of the Stations of the Cross
- Rocks containing speakers
- Well lit at night
- Back of the church with:
- 200 seat outdoor amphitheatre
- Entrances:
- At the front with a few steps (“Going up to the House of the Lord”)
- At two side on ground level
|
|
 |
Features of inside of the Church: |
|
- Front entrance faces the east (reminder of the special ‘East Gate’ of the Temple of Jerusalem)
- The Narthex (or Vestibule)
- Large gathering space
- Use for overflow crowd
- Image of the Trinity
- Bust of St. Padre Pio
- Store for religious articles
- Parish Offices:
- Waiting room
- General office
- Two smaller offices
- Servery
- Storage
- Washrooms
- Sacristy
- Ushers Room
- Washrooms (including wheelchair accessible)
- North Entrance with:
- Reception Hall for small gatherings
- Gallery for Religious Art
- Stairs to the basement
- Elevator
- Church Proper:
- Octagon Baptismal Font
- Two Niches
- For the three Sacred Oils
- Shrine of Divine Mercy
- Two Reconciliation Rooms for Confession
- Fan-shaped seating
- Designated areas for wheelchairs
- Choir area with:
- Practice room
- Storage area
- Shrine for Our Lady with:
- Life size statue
- Votive candles
- Shrine for St. Padre Pio with:
- Life size statue
- Votive candles
- Relics
- Blessed Sacrament Chapel with:
- Seating for eighty people
- Tabernacle
- Cross
- Versatility in use with two outside entrances
- Walls of church with:
- 15 Stations of the Cross
- Stained-glass windows depicting the life of Jesus
- Sanctuary with:
- Large Ambo (Pulpit)
- Large stone Altar (made of Jerusalem limestone)
- Candles
- Processional Cross with Image of Crucified Christ
- Image of Risen Christ
- Behind the Sanctuary:
- Sacristy for daily Masses
- Storage
|
|
 |
Features of Basement: (to be completed) |
|
- Two large meeting rooms
- Board Room
- Servery
- Staircase to lower level
- Main hall is 20 feet high
- Capacity for 500 people
- Stage
- Kitchen
- Storage Areas
- Large Windows
- Coatroom
- Bar
- Sliding walls to separate the hall into three rooms
|
|
top |
