A video message from Father Giancarlo Zamengo, General Director of ‟Il Messaggero di Sant’Antonioˮ

All the celebration times in the Basilica from 29 March to 12 April, the Octave of Easter

An 8-stage spiritual journey to mark the Holy Year for the 800^th anniversary of the glorious passing of saint Francis of Assisi

With the rite of Blessing and Imposition of the Ashes, the 40-day period of preparation for Easter begins. In this period Christians are urged to undertake a path of penitence and conversion.

After the 6pm (CET) Mass invocations to the Tongue of St. Anthony and the Blessing of the Saint’s Relic. The celebrations will be streamed on our web and social sites

The friars of the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua remember Venerable Placido Cortese and Saint Maximilian Kolbe, two fellow friars martyred by the Nazis