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“Listening and Fasting: Lent as a Time of Conversion”

“Listening and Fasting: Lent as a Time of Conversion”

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.

On Ash Wednesday at the Basilica of Saint Anthony, the celebrations will follow the weekday schedule, and the 6:00 p.m. Mass will be broadcast as usual via live streaming on our web page and social media.

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Feast of the Translation of the Saint’s relics: on Sunday 15 February we celebrate the discovery of Saint Anthony’s Incorrupt Tongue which took place 760 years ago

Feast of the Translation of the Saint’s relics: on Sunday 15 February we celebrate the discovery of Saint Anthony’s Incorrupt Tongue which took place 760 years ago

The Feast of the Translation of the Relic of the Saint, commonly called “The Feast of the Tongue”, which will be held on Sunday 15 February in our Basilica recalls an event which occurred 760 years ago in St. Anthony’s most holy site: the chapel which guarded our beloved Anthony’s mortal remains.

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27 January – Holocaust Memorial Day

27 January – Holocaust Memorial Day

January 27 is the day when, in 1945, at the end of World War II, the Red Army tore down the gates of Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Sixty years later, in 2005, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, which has since been remembered every January 27, with the hope that those atrocities will never happen again.

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VIII Centenary of the Passing of Saint Francis (1226-2026) – a year of grace in the footsteps of the Poor Man of Assisi

VIII Centenary of the Passing of Saint Francis (1226-2026) – a year of grace in the footsteps of the Poor Man of Assisi

“Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Bodily Death, from whom no one living can escape. Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
Blessed are those whom death will find in Your most holy will, for the second death shall do them no harm.” (Cant. 27-31)

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Sunday of the Word of God, on 25 January a celebration for the Bible

Sunday of the Word of God, on 25 January a celebration for the Bible

The Basilica of Saint Anthony in Padua will join in celebrating Sunday of the Word of God on 25 January. This initiative was spearheaded by Pope Francis in his effort to place the Holy Scriptures at the centre of life along with the Eucharist.

The celebration in the Basilica at 11.00am will include a special ritual: the enthronement and the incensing of the Gospel. Moreover, during the whole celebration in the presbytery, the Gospel will remain exposed.

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From 18 to 25 January the “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity”

From 18 to 25 January the “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity”

“I, therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,  making  every  effort  to  maintain  the  unity  of  the  Spirit  in  the  bond  of  peace:  there  is  one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all”. (Ephesians 4:1-5)

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