St. Anthony Relic

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This June 2012, two friars from the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, Italy, are bringing a relic of Saint Anthony to two very different parts of the world. Fr. Mario Conte is visiting Australia and Singapore, delivering various sermons in the process. At the same time, Fr. Paolo Floretta is making a pilgrimage of his own in Canada.

If you are in their visiting area, go~
To visit the Franciscan Friar’s website and view their respective programs and schedules with St. Anthony’s relics, go to:

messengersaintanthony.com/messaggero/pagina_articolo.asp?id=596

http://www.saintanthonyofpadua.net/messaggero/upload/foto/0309_04.jpg
 
That is really cool. I’d love to see his relics but I can’t go that far from home. Saint Anthony of Padua is my favorite saint.
 
Saint Anthony’s Franciscan Friars at the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, Italy.
have a website where you can send your prayer requests. The Friars will take your intentions to Saint Anthony’s tomb and pray for you and with you that God may grant you the assistance you need through the intercession of Good Saint Anthony.

Here is the link:
carosantantonio.it/ing/prega_santantonio.asp

http://www.carosantantonio.it/gfx/5.jpg

Per Antonium ad Jesum

Through Anthony to Jesus. These are the memorable words used by Pope Pius XI in 1930, on the occasion of the seven-hundredth anniversary of Saint Anthony’s death.

And this is truly the mission of Saint Anthony, the extraordinary saint who, to this day in the mysterious plan of divine providence, remains a great master of spiritual life, a living example of virtue and holiness, a powerful intercessor before God.
We know very well, as the Bible and the Church teach us, that the only mediator between God and man is Jesus Christ. But we also know, for our great consolation, that the saints, our brothers and sisters, have tried to perfectly imitate Jesus during their earthly lives, and, living a life of faith and heroic charity, they devoted their lives to God and their brothers and sisters. Now near Christ in heaven, they are models to imitate and are our intercessors.

For this reason, the Second Vatican Council teaches that “The Church proclaims the paschal mystery as realized in its saints who have suffered and have been glorified with Christ. The Church offers them as examples to the faithful that they may attract all to the Father through Christ and, through their merits, implore benefits from God” (Sacrosantum Concilium, n. 104).
 
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