HomeThe Padre Pio Shrine in Santo Tomas, Batangas is the Philippines' foremost pilgrimage site devoted to Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, the beloved Italian Capuchin friar known as Padre Pio. Officially the Parish and International Shrine of Saint Padre Pio, it sits on a sprawling 12-hectare campus in Barangay San Pedro within the Archdiocese of Lipa and draws hundreds of thousands of devotees each year.
The parish was canonically erected on June 28, 2003 by then-Archbishop of Lipa Gaudencio Rosales — the first in the country placed under the patronage of the Capuchin saint following his 2002 canonization. The landmark church was dedicated on September 23, 2013, and the site rose steadily in stature: an archdiocesan shrine in 2008, a national shrine in 2015 (the first in Batangas and the wider Calabarzon region), and, by a decree of the Holy See issued in May 2026, an international shrine — only the second in the Philippines after Antipolo — with its formal declaration set for the September feast.
Architecture and pilgrim experience
The open-air church is celebrated for its Filipino design, built with indigenous materials such as wood, stone, bamboo and woven sawali, and crowned by a sweeping roof shaped like a salakot, the traditional wide-brimmed Filipino hat. Pilgrims come to venerate first-class relics of Padre Pio, join the shrine's regular Masses and monthly devotions, and pray amid landscaped grounds that invite quiet reflection.
The shrine's patronal feast is celebrated on September 23, the liturgical memorial of Saint Padre Pio. See the weekly Mass schedule below and get directions to plan your visit.