O Holy St. Anthony, gentlest of saints, your love for God and charity for his creatures made you worthy while on earth to possess miraculous powers. Miracles waited your word, which you were ever ...
The friars began praying every day in a “perpetual novena” before the statue, a spot known today as “St. Anthony’s corner.” They dedicate their prayers to the petitions they receive from the faithful.
St. Anthony came into the world as “Fernando” in 1195 in Lisbon, Portugal of probably noble parents. He was a contemporary of St. Francis of Assisi and one of the first generation of Franciscans. He ...
BOSTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A Cambridge, Mass., oncology nurse says her prayers to St. Anthony helped recover a diamond missing from her engagement ring for four months. Betty Ann Burns-Britton received ...
SPRINGFIELD –When St. Anthony of Padua realized he was preaching the Good News of Jesus Christ to heretics who would not listen, he went to the water's edge and preached for the glory of God to the ...
The nearly 800-year-old relic of St. Anthony of Padua arrived in Bangladesh for a nationwide tour, sparking enthusiasm among thousands of Christians and non-Christians, who consider the Portuguese ...