| St. Padre Pio Shrine | |
| Coordinates: | 39.5336°N -74.9475°W |
| Location: | P.O. Box 203, Harding Highway, Landisville, N.J., 08326 Corner of Harding Highway (Route 40), Central Avenue and Weymouth Road (County Road 690) in Landisville, NJ |
| Country: | United States |
| Denomination: | Roman Catholicism |
| Tradition: | Folk Catholicism |
| Status: | Shrine |
| Founder: | Marie and Pete D'Andrea |
| Founded Date: | 1997 |
| Architect: | Ron Angelo |
| Architectural Type: | Vernacular |
| Completed Date: | 2002 |
| Attendance: | 300 (Wednesday 7:00 PM) |
| Height: | 4 stories |
| Floor Area: | 10 acres (outdoor) |
| Materials: | Stucco with steel frame |
| Relics: | Glove of St. Padre Pio |
The St. Padre Pio Shrine is an outdoor Roman Catholic shrine in the Landisville section of Buena, New Jersey dedicated to the 20th-century Italian saint Padre Pio and completed in 2002.[1]
The shrine was conceived in 1997 by Marie and Pete D'Andrea, Italian-American farmers in Buena, and was designed by local architect Ron Angelo.[2] The structure was completed in 2002, and consists of a four-storey monument and three statues on ten acres of land. The monument is composed of a steel frame covered with white stucco, and inside the monument are the statues of Padre Pio, the Blessed Mother, and the Sacred Heart of Jesus.[3] The shrine has a glove of Saint Padre Pio as a relic.[2] Rosary prayer sessions are held at the shrine on Wednesday evenings (7:00 PM), and some individuals have claimed to have experienced miracles resulting from praying at the shrine.[4] [5] In 2009, the shrine suffered damage during a robbery attempt of the shrine's donation box.[6]