Mary Pyle’s life was not loud or dramatic but filled with love. Ordinary in appearance, heroic in self-gift, hers was a holiness shaped by obedience, Eucharistic devotion, and total trust. Today, as her cause for canonization gets underway, her story invites us to listen more closely to God’s quiet call — and to discover where love, when followed fully, might lead us.
Susan De Bartoli is the author of the award-winning Welcoming the Christ Child with Padre Pio and Welcoming the Holy Spirit with Padre Pio, as well as Carry the Cross with Padre Pio. She serves as the secretary of the Board of Directors of the Padre Pio Foundation of America and owns Little Flower Pilgrimages. De Bartoli has been a guest on various radio and television shows and podcasts, including Let Me Be Frank with Bishop Frank J. Caggiano, Seize the Day with Gus Lloyd, EWTN’s Catholic Connection with Teresa Tomeo, and Catholic Faith Network’s CFN Live. She is a lady commander of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
