ST. ANTHONY IN MELBOURNE & ADELAIDE

June 07 2024 | by

Saint Anthony in Melbourne & Adelaide

For the first time since the pandemic, the June 13 Anthonian Days are starting again in earnest. This year Franciscan friar Father Bortolino Maistrello, from the Pontifical Basilica of Saint Anthony in Padua, Italy, will be bringing two first class relics from our Saint’s Basilica. One Relic contains fragments of St. Anthony’s Facial Skin. Father Maistrello will visit various churches in the area of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, Victoria, from Friday, June 7 to Sunday, June 9, and then he will be in the area of the Archdiocese of Adelaide, South Australia from Wednesday, June 12 to Sunday, June 16.

MASSES AND VENERATION WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:

Friday, June 7

St Francis of Assisi Church

290 Childs Road, Mill Park VIC 3082

Mass: 9.15 am; 10.15 am; 12.15 pm; 7.30 pm (then procession)

Saturday, June 8

St Mary MacKillop Church

152 Odessa Avenue, Keilor Downs - VIC 3038

Veneration: 2.30 pm process to church; Mass: 5 pm

Sunday, June 9

St Joseph’s Church 5

St James Avenue, Springvale - VIC 3171

Mass: 11 am

St Peter Apostle Mission Church

38 Guinane Avenue Hoppers Crossing - Vic 3029

Veneration: 3.30 pm; Mass: 5 pm

Wednesday, June 12