Padre Pio

All Saints' Day was November 1st, and the kindergarten kids really celebrated. Each child picked a saint and dressed as that person for the day. They processed in at Mass, thankfully holding signs so we knew who was whom. There were many St. Patricks and St. Francis of Assisis as you might imagine. There was a great St. Michael the Archangel (the commander of the army of God) dressed in US Army fatigues.

Miles was going to wear his Jedi robe for his saint and originally wanted to be St. Francis. I suggested we wander the Paraclete and look for other saints in brown robes. When I picked up the Padre Pio story and read some to him, he was sold! Padre Pio has a lot of mystical {and controversial} occurrences attributed to him, such as ecstasy and visions of Christ, as well as bilocation - being in two places at the same time. But he was canonized for his devout piety and his ability to read people's souls and bring them closer to God. An episode of Unsolved Mysteries investigated him.   

Here's a video of his friends, Miles is not in this one though.