St. Anthony Feast Day

Parishioners attending the Mass on the feast of St. Anthony

Today is the feast day of our patronal feast - St. Anthony of Padua. We celebrated Mass and had a festive brunch prepared by our parish staff and volunteers of the parish. Fr. Roland Bunda presided at the Mass and John Duarte, a parishioners for 30 years, gave the reflections on St. Anthony, his life and mission along with his spirituality. John also reflected on his personal experience with St. Anthony having been baptized here at the Church, attended grade and High School here at St. Anthony parish. Pictured here are our parishioners enjoying the festive brunch after Mass. Every year we hope to celebrate the feast of St. Anthony. It was good to hear John's presentation which reminded us of the great preacher that St. Anthony was to his parishioners in Padua, Italy. In one of his sermons, St Anthony says that "the man who is filled with the Holy Spirit speaks in different languages. These languages are different ways of witnessing to Christ, such as humility, poverty, patience and obedience; we speak in those languages when we reveal in ourselves these virtues to others. Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actoins speak." We should speak, then, as the Holy Spirit gives us the gift of speech. Our humble and sincere request to the Spirit for ourselves should be that we may bring the day of Pentecost to fulfillment."