Then a voice told her to “go out of the room.” Rosa obeyed and went outside, drawn toward the pear tree near the vineyard. On Friday, October 16, 1964, Rosa had a friend visiting her when she got the funny sensation that something was about to happen. After that, Padre Pio told Rosa to go home and await a mission from the Blessed Virgin. Rosa did as he asked and stayed there, helping the sick – even visiting their homes for two years. The beautiful lady responded, “Yes, I am the Madonna of Consolation of the Afflicted.”ĭuring confession, Padre Pio told Rosa to prepare herself for an important mission he ordered her to help the sick in a hospital in nearby Piacenza, a city of 100,000 people. Rosa recognized the lady as the same visitor who had called upon her and brought about her healing. Upon arriving at the plaza in front of the church, a lady called out Rosa’s name. A friend helped her to afford nice clothes and some trip money she hooked up with a pilgrim group to go. Michael, the Archangel.Īfter this, Rosa had a strong desire to visit Padre Pio in San Giovanni Rotondo. Place on Friday, September 29, 1961, the feast day of St. the next morning, coinciding with the beginning of Padre Pio’s Mass. The mysterious visitor then instructed Aunt Adele to get a glass of water - to which the visitor added three grams of earth from the Holy Land, three dried olive leaves, and a small portion of a blessed candle – and instructed Rosa to drink this at 5:00 a.m. The visitor then placed her hand on the ailing part of Rosa’s body - and Rosa was instantly cured of all illness. Rosa replied that she was too ill to do so – but the lady visitor took her by the hand and Rosa was surprised that she could stand. After finishing these prayers, the youthful visitor asked Rosa to stand up. Then she invited her to recite five Our Father’s, five Hail Mary’s, and five Gloria’s in honor of the five wounds of Our Lord and to include Padre Pio in the intentions. When the church bells began ringing the Angelus, the beautiful female visitor asked Rosa to recite it with her. Rosa replied that she had great faith in Padre Pio. The aunt replied that they were short in funds to do this and also had a sick relative, but the visitor then insisted upon meeting Rosa.
This youthful and beautiful visitor, wearing a multi-colored skirt, blouse, and a kerchief over her head, asked for alms for Padre Pio for three candles to light in the church. While very ill and awaiting death at home, Rosa was visited by a peasant lady whom her Aunt Adele had allowed to come into the house. They told the family just to take her home to die. She was rushed to the hospital but doctors discovered that she had tumors that were “too far advanced” and had caused other serious complications. Rosa’s husband, Joseph, was a helpful, good-natured, and courteous man who made sure things kept running smoothly when the apparitions began happening on their property.Īfter becoming the mother of three children, Rosa developed ill health over ten years and felt like she was going to die one day. One was a missionary in Brazil another worked with lepers in Ceylon the third was a Carmelite. Her three sisters entered religious life into three different Orders. The father was a poor farmer and died when she was just two years old.
If he came home late at night, he would wake the children in order to recite the Rosary as a family. Her parents were very devout and pious – especially the father, who had an intense devotion to the Rosary. Rosa Quattrini was born January 26, 1909, in Santominto, Italy.
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