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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Our Lady and St. Pio


St. Joseph Cupertino


While we have recently passed St. Joseph Cupertino's feast day, the "flying friar" is one of my favorite Franciscan saints.  Below is a wonderful homily from Fr. David Mary of the Franciscans Friars Minor from their mass.


Here is the full-length movie on the life of St. Joseph Cupertino, "The Reluctant Saint", while not 100% accurate, it is a delightful movie.   Starring Maximillian Schell and Ricardo Montalban from 1962: