World Day Of Prayer For The Sick 2025

On World Day of Prayer for the Sick, February 11th., 2025, light a Virtual Candle and write a Prayer 
for a loved one sick or suffering. During Holy Mass at 6:00 pm CET in Saint Anthony’s Basilica in Padua, Italy, the Franciscan Friars of Saint Anthony will pray for all who are sick and for their caregivers, and will entrust them to the Lord's mercy through the intercession of our beloved Saint Anthony.

Christmas With Saint Anthony

 

Light a Virtual Candle now and write your Prayer to St. Anthony - On December 25, at the end of the Christmas Mass, the Franciscan Friars will place your Prayer at the Tomb of Saint Anthony in his Basilica in Padua. May the light of your candle always shine upon you and your family. Merry Christmas!

The Feast of St. Anthony of Padua, 2024

Join the Franciscan Friars of Saint Anthony on Facebook on June 13th., St. Anthony's Feast Day, at 7:30 PM CET for the Mass in English from the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua. 

All are also invited to click here to light a virtual candle and write your prayers to St. Anthony so that he can intercede for you and your loved ones. Saint Anthony has always been close to his devotees who confidently entrust their hopes to him. Light a Virtual Candle to entrust him with your intention, to thank him or to remember those who are no longer here.

In An Unexpected Place

I have a thick gold bracelet with diamonds embedded in it, which I usually wear on special occasions because it is very expensive. Yesterday, I was looking at my jewelry box to see if I could wear something nice and noticed that this bracelet was missing. I looked through my drawers a few times but couldn't remember the last time I wore the bracelet or where I might have kept it. Last night, before going to sleep, I prayed the Rosary, especially to find my bracelet and also prayed to St. Anthony as he has helped me find my lost things before. I was anxious and nervous at the same time because I was scared that I had lost it somewhere outside or it might have been stolen by my helpers at home, knowing that it was an expensive jewelry piece. I prayed to Mother Mary and St. Anthony throughout the night and this morning. Around the afternoon, I had the urge to check my wardrobe, so I decided to go through my clothes. While checking through my last set of clothes and almost in tears for losing my jewelry but still chanting: "St. Anthony, St. Anthony, please turn around; something is misplaced and must be found", my bracelet fell on the ground from one of my clothing. I immediately looked at the fallen jewelry, held it in my hands, and I cried. I thanked Mother Mary and St. Anthony for this miracle because I don't remember placing my bracelet between my clothes; I always keep them in their boxes in my drawers when I am not wearing them. Mother Mary and St. Anthony answered my prayers within 24 hours and helped me find my bracelet in an unexpected place. 

Thank you D.T. for your faith-filled story of prayers answered through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Good St. Anthony. Have a St. Anthony story of your own to share? Email it to us and we will post it on the blog~

All Soul’s Day 2023

On All Soul’s Day, November 2nd., it is important to pray together for our dear departed, entrusting them to the intercession of Saint Anthony who, from his Basilica in Padua, Italy, continues to accompany us as a brother in this extraordinary and sometimes difficult journey that is life. Click here to visit the Franciscan Friars of St. Anthony website and submit prayer requests for your departed loved ones, light a virtual candle and download a personalized prayer card.

Feast Of St. Anthony 2023

Saint Anthony has always been close to his devotees who confidently entrust their hopes to him. 
‍Light a Virtual Candle to entrust him with your intention, to thank him or to remember those who are no longer here. Millions of devotees from all over the world every year turn to St. Anthony to seek hope and find the strength to face the difficulties of everyday life.
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 All are invited to light a Virtual Candle now: the Franciscan Friars at the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua will pray with you that your prayer reaches St. Anthony who continues to watch over us and protected our loved ones.

World Day Of Prayer For The Sick 2023

 

On February 11th. the Franciscan friars of Saint Anthony in Padua, Italy, will be celebrating The World Day of Prayer for the Sick: a time when they particularly pray for all those who are sick and homebound, and for their caregivers and health-care professionals. If you or a loved one is sick or suffering please let them help you, ask them to intercede with Saint Anthony on your behalf. Allow the Franciscan Friars the honor of including you and your loved ones in their prayers at their special Mass in Saint Anthony’s Basilica in Padua on February 11th, 2023. All are invited to light a virtual candle and write your Prayer to Saint Anthony, entrusting to him the people you love most and invoking on them the grace of healing. Click here to add your prayer requests for those in need.

All Soul’s Day 2022

On November 2nd. at 6:00 pm the Friars of the Basilica of St. Anthony, in Padua - Italy, will celebrate a Mass of suffrage for our departed loved ones. You are invited to write a prayer in memory of your loved ones that will be placed at the Tomb of Saint Anthony. You can also light a virtual candle in memory of your dearly departed and create a personalized prayer card with the name of a loved one you would like to entrust to our dear Saint Anthony. To follow the live broadcast of the Holy Mass, connect to the Friars Facebook page at 6:00 pm (CET), it will be like attending with the Friars in the Basilica~

Festivities on St.Anthony’s Feast Day 2022

 

Today is the Feast Day of our beloved Saint Anthony, follow the celebrations via livestream from the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, Italy. Write a prayer, light a virtual candle, download a personalized St. Anthony prayer card, and watch all of the festivities live at June13th.org. 

Good Saint Anthony, pray for us~

Prayer To Saint Anthony - Dear Saint Anthony

XXX World Day Of Prayer For The Sick 2022

 XXX W𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑫𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒊𝒄𝒌, 𝑭𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚 11𝒕𝒉., 2022

In this difficult period it is even more important to be close to sick people with concrete gestures of solidarity and fraternity. 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬, light a candle and entrust a sick person dear to you to Saint Anthony. https://worldsickday.santantonio.org/candle/

Prayer To Saint Anthony For The Healing Of Covid-19

Dear St. Anthony, you live in unity in Heaven with Our Lord Jesus Christ, our True Physician and Healer, be merciful to us and bring us your aid and intercession with Him in these troubled times. Please pray for those in need of healing from the Covid-19 illness and of every affliction of God’s people. Intercede for us to drive out our infirmities of soul and body; pray that Our Lord will free us from disease and especially from this pestilence. Amen.

Through The Intercession Of Holy St. Anthony

2020 All Souls Day Memorial Mass At The Basilica Of Saint Anthony In Padua, Italy

November 2nd. - All Souls' Day 2020: All are invited to write the names of the dear departed you wish remembered during the special Mass at the Basilica of Saint Anthony on November 2nd., All Souls Day. The Franciscan Friars will celebrate a Holy Mass at the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, Italy, for all of the Saint’s devotees who are no longer with us. As a Spiritual Work of Mercy, if you wish your dear departed to be remembered during the Holy Mass, please write down their names in the form via this link. On November 2nd at 6:00 pm CET watch the Mass live stream from Saint Anthony’s Basilica in Padua, Italy.

Novena To St. Anthony For The Presidential Election

O powerful helper and intercessor Saint Anthony, we confidently turn to you and experience your powerful assistance in so many necessities, that we are encouraged in our need now to seek your intercession with God in the election of the President of the United States. Saint Anthony, your love for the Infant Jesus made Him present to you to see and hold in your arms. Lead us, for the sake of Jesus, who became a child like one of us, to help reverence and protect all human life from it’s very beginning to it’s natural end by voting for a President who defends the sanctity of human life. Amen.  

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be~

The 13 Day Novena To St. Anthony

The Thirteen Day Novena to St. Anthony ~ traditionally done May 31st. to June 13th.

Day 1:

O glorious St. Anthony, born under the protection of Mary Immaculate, on the Feast of her Assumption into Heaven and consecrated to her at a tender age; you vanquished the demon by the Sign of the Cross, which your finger impressed on the marble of the church where you were praying.  Oh, we beseech you, obtain for us a tender devotion to our Blessed Mother, and the strength to triumph over all the attacks of our infernal enemy.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

Day 2:

O glorious Saint! You escaped from the dangers and temptations of the world by disdaining greatness, riches and the comforts of life, and by joining the Religious Life; we beseech you, obtain for us detachment of the heart and a true contempt for the world.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

Day 3:

O glorious Saint! You felt a burning desire in your youthful heart to suffer martyrdom for the faith, and for this purpose entered the Order of the Seraphic Saint Francis; we beseech you, obtain for us the spirit of penance and mortification.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

Day 4:

O glorious Saint! Guided by sentiments of the most profound humility, you did all in your power to hide yourself from the eyes of the world, when God suddenly made you known as an ark of holy knowledge and sanctity; we beseech you, obtain for us the grace of practicing humility and of loving a life hidden in God.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

Day 5:

O glorious Saint! Chosen by God to preach His Word, you received from Him the gift of tongues, and the power of working the most extraordinary miracles; we beseech you, obtain for us the grace to listen willingly to Divine inspirations and to hear with fruit the Word of God.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

Day 6:

O glorious Saint! Your ardent love of God merited for you the happy privilege of receiving and caressing in thy arms the Divine Infant Jesus; we beseech you, obtain for us the grace of receiving Him in the Blessed Eucharist with love and fervent devotion.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

Day 7:

O glorious Saint! You confounded the heretics and prove to them the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament by causing a simple mule to kneel down and adore the Sacred Host; we beseech you, obtain for us the grace of a lively faith in the Holy Eucharist.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be 

Day 8:

O glorious Saint! When men refused to come and hear the Word of God, you called the fishes of the sea to the shore and preach to them; we beseech you, obtain for us the perfect submission of our minds and hearts to Divine truths.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

Day 9:

O glorious Saint! As protector of the innocent, you made a child only a few days old speak to save the honor of its mother; we beseech you, obtain for us the grace of being strong and submissive to the Will of God in unjust persecutions and of preserving intact the peace and purity of our souls.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

Day 10:

O glorious Saint! Once, while preaching at Padua, you found yourself at the same time at Lisbon, by a marvelous miracle, to defend your father against calumny and to save him from death; we beseech you, obtain for us the grace that we may pardon all injuries and love our enemies.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

Day 11:

O glorious Saint! By your prayers, your zeal, and your heavenly wisdom you converted thousands of heretics and hardened sinners; we beseech you, obtain for us the grace of true conversion, that we may give ourselves entirely to God.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

Day 12:

O glorious Saint! In imitation of our Divine redeemer, you spent your life for the salvation of souls; we beseech you, obtain for us the grace to become saints, to die a happy death, and to praise God forever with you and all the saints and angels in Heaven.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

Day 13:

O glorious Saint! God has given you the power of working miracles continually, and the favor of answering the prayers of those who invoke your assistance in misfortune, anxiety, and distress; we beseech you, obtain for us from Jesus, through Mary, His Blessed Mother, what we beg of you so fervently and hopefully, if it be for the glory of God and the good of our souls.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be

In conclusion recite the Miraculous Responsory of St. Anthony by St. Bonaventure

Left The Catholic Faith?

Do you have family or friends who have left the Catholic Faith? You can ask Saint Anthony of Padua, patron of lost items, to help find your "lost sheep" and bring them back home to Holy Mother Church. Click this link to have your prayer intentions taken to Saint Anthony's tomb in Padua, Italy~

Free Video - The Story Of St. Anthony For Children

The story of Saint Anthony of Padua for children:

World Day Of Prayer For The Sick 2020

On February 11th. the Franciscan Friars of Saint Anthony’s Basilica in Padua, Italy, will celebrate Holy Mass on the occasion of the World Day of Prayer for the Sick. Perhaps within your own family or among your friends there is someone suffering from ill-health. Send in their names and during the Holy Mass in the Basilica the Franciscan Friars will pray for their healing.

St. Anthony’s Basilica All Souls Day Mass 2019

November 2nd. - All Souls' Day 2019
All are invited to write the names of the dear departed you wish remembered during the special Mass at the Basilica of Saint Anthony on November 2nd, All Souls Day. The Franciscan Friars will celebrate a Holy Mass at the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, Italy, for all of the Saint’s devotees who are no longer with us. As a Spiritual Work of Mercy, if you wish your dear departed to be remembered during the Holy Mass, please write down their names in the form via this link. You may also send your prayer in remembrance of them, the Friars will personally take them to the Saint’s Tomb.
On November 2nd at 8:15 am CET watch the Mass live stream from Saint Anthony’s Basilica in Padua, Italy.