Welcome to St. Anthony's
612 W. 1st Street
Newport, Washington 99156
Telephone (509) 447-4231

Sunday Mass - 11:00AM (usually)

Friday Mass - 12:10 pm  ----  First Saturday Mass: 12:10 pm

Confessions: Saturday 2 - 3 pm or by appointment

Adoration: Friday 1 - 2 pm after Mass

St. Anthony of Padua

Anthony's wealthy family wanted him to be a great nobleman, but for the sake of Christ he became a poor Franciscan Priest. When the remains of first Franciscan martyrs, were brought to be buried in his church, Anthony was moved to leave his order, enter the Friars Minor, and go to Morocco to evangelize. Shipwrecked at Sicily, he joined some other brothers who were going to Portiuncula. He lived in a cave at San Paolo leaving only to attend Mass and sweep the nearby monastery. One day when a scheduled speaker failed to appear, the brothers pressed him into speaking. He impressed them so that he was thereafter constantly traveling, evangelizing, preaching, and teaching theology through Italy and France. A gifted speaker, he attracted crowds everywhere he went, speaking in multiple tongues; legend says that even the fish loved to listen. Wonder worker. One of the most beloved of saints, his images and statues are found everywhere. Proclaimed a Doctor of the Church on 16 January 1946.

Born 1195 at Lisbon, Portugal
Died 13 June 1231
Canonized 1232

Patron Saint against shipwrecks and starvation and for animals, paupers, harvests, Native Americans, fishermen, travelers, the elderly, expectant mothers, mariners, mail, and seekers of lost articles

Special prayers offered in his name as the:

Consoler of the Afflicted
Disperser of Devils
Generator of Charity
Guide of Pilgrims
Martyr of Desire
Model of Perfection
Performer of Miracles
Restorer of Sight to the Blind
Restorer of Speech to the Mute
Reviver of the Dead
Wonder Worker
Zealous Defender of Justice