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Social Media

A husband and wife are worried about the effects of technology on their children…

September 11 2023
Thomas Pfister
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Miracles Do Happen

DEAR friend, the Rector of the Basilica is often asked for a friar to travel to a diocese in Italy or abroad with a Relic of St. Anthony so that the many people who cannot afford to come to Padua might have the opportunity to venerate their dear Saint. Two or three times a year I also happen to be Saint Anthony’s travelling companion. Now you may not believe it, but one of the questions I am most often asked by the faithful is whether I believe in miracles or not...

August 31 2023
Mario Conte, OFM Conv.
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The Taming of the Bear

DEAR friend, bears are a protected species in Italy and, as they had completely disappeared in the north-eastern region of Trentino, three specimens were imported from Slovenia about two decades ago. Since then, the number of bears has increased from three to about one hundred, posing a danger for the safety of the population in that region. In particular, a few months ago, a 17-year-old female bear, identified as JJ4, which had previously attacked two hikers, killed a young man, Andrea Papi, while he was jogging in the woods...

June 30 2023
Mario Conte, OFM Conv.
Sajesh & Shinto

Door to Hope

This year our June 13 Project is dedicated to providing quality education for deprived children in the remote village of Daldali in Assam, India; will you help them too?

June 01 2023
Mike Dean
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St. Anthony’s Cord

DEAR friend, with the feast of St Anthony approaching, I decided to pick up a book I had not read for years: The Book on St Anthony’s Miracles. It is an extensive collection of his prodigious deeds written by the Franciscan friar Arnaldo de Serrano around 1370...

June 01 2023
Mario Conte, OFM Conv.
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Father Fernando

Anthony’s years of study reach their climax with his ordination to the priesthood, which most likely took place in Coimbra

September 18 2023 | by
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A husband and wife are worried about the effects of technology on their children…

September 11 2023 | by
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God & I: Chiara Isotton

The Italian soprano talks about the challenges and joys of her profession and how her Catholic faith inspires her to infuse true spirituality into her performances

September 04 2023 | by
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Miracles Do Happen

DEAR friend, the Rector of the Basilica is often asked for a friar to travel to a diocese in Italy or abroad with a Relic of St. Anthony so that the many people who cannot afford to come to Padua might have the opportunity to venerate their dear Saint. Two or three times a year I also happen to be Saint Anthony’s travelling companion. Now you may not believe it, but one of the questions I am most often asked by the faithful is whether I believe in miracles or not...

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