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DonateHoly Thursday: No morning Mass, 7:00 PM – Mass of the Lord’s Supper, followed by private adoration until 10:00 PM, Night prayer, Liturgy of the Hours at 9:30 PM
Good Friday: Good Friday Liturgy at 1:00 PM
Easter Vigil Services: 8:30 PM
Easter Sunday Mass: 10:00 AM
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St. Anthony of Padua is one of the Catholic Church’s most popular saints. Saint Anthony of Padua, patron saint of lost and stolen articles, was a powerful Franciscan preacher and teacher. He’s typically portrayed holding the child Jesus—or a lily—or a book—or all three—in his arms.
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“Mt. Airy” is the familiar name for the National Shrine of St. Anthony and Friary sitting on a hill above Cincinnati. The shrine had its start in the late 1880s, when Joseph and Elizabeth Nurre bought what was then a country estate for $18,000 and gave it to the Franciscan friars.
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The 130 friars of St. John the Baptist Province (SJB) are members of the Order of Friars Minor. We are a Franciscan brotherhood inspired by the 13th-century example of St. Francis of Assisi. We serve the Catholic Church as brothers and priests in a communal life of poverty, prayer, and service to others.
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