STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Moretti’s Bakery in West Brighton received special visitors Friday morning as local priests arrived to bless batches of St. Anthony’s bread prepared for the saint’s feast day on ...
St. Anthony of the Desert was born in Egypt on Jan. 12, 251, into a family of wealthy farmers in the Heracleopolis Magna, which was a part of Egypt that was assimilated into the Roman Empire. When he ...