St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Passaic celebrated its patron’s feast day on June 13 with an outdoor Mass and procession. Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney was the principal celebrant of the Mass. Father Javier Bareno, pastor of St. Anthony’s, and Father Alexis Coffi, the parish’s parochial vicar, concelebrated the liturgy.
As is tradition in parishes with a devotion to St. Anthony, blessed loaves of bread were distributed to the congregation for them to eat. This tradition reminds them of the saint’s holy example.
The day before, first-class relics of St. Anthony from the Pontifical Basilica in Padua, Italy, were on display in the parish’s church. People from all around the area came to venerate the relics.
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St. Anthony was a powerful Franciscan preacher and teacher. He is known as the finder of lost things. People can visit to ask St. Anthony’s intercession for more than just the loss of material things; they can also seek help with the loss of faith, family harmony, health, hope, peace of mind, and trust in others.
