St. Anthony of Padua 

Catholic Church

Please tune into our streaming at 6:30pm each night of the Holy Spirit Novena. The novena starts Friday, May 22nd, and the last day of the Novena is Saturday, May 30th.  You will not want to miss our Novena to the Holy Spirit. You can tune in here on our website, through Roku, Facebook Live or YouTube.

You can also catch up on a missed day of the Novena by clicking the link here, or by copying pasting the following link into your browser:
https://stanthonyparish.net/holy-spirit-novena

Take advantage of our full schedule of activities at St. Anthony's. Here is this week's schedule:

Saturday - May 23, The Ascension of the Lord
Vigil Mass is streamed. Church is closed.
9:00am Church opens
3:00pm Church closes
4:16pm Solemn Rosary
5:00pm Sunday Vigil Mass - Live streamed
6:30pm Day 2 - Novena to the Holy Spirit - streamed

Sunday - May 24, The Ascension of the Lord
Sunday Masses are streamed. There are no public Masses until further notice.
7:45am Solemn Rosary
8:30am Sunday Mass - Streamed
9:00am Church opens
10:16am Solemn Rosary
11:00am Flowers and Blessing ends.
11:00am Sunday Mass - Streamed
2:00pm Spanish Sunday Mass - Streamed
4:16pm Solemn Rosary
5:00pm Sunday Mass - Streamed
6:00 Church closes
6:30pm Day 3 - Novena to the Holy Spirit - streamed

Monday - Friday
8:00am  Church opens
11:16am Solemn Rosary
11:30am Church closes
12:00 Noon Streamed Mass (no Mass on Friday)
1:30pm Church reopens
4:00pm Church Closes
6:30pm Holy Spirit Novena

Here are the times when you will find our parish church open for prayer:

CHURCH OPEN HOURS

SUNDAY OPEN 9AM TO 6PM
(the church will be open all day Sunday)

MONDAY - FRIDAY
8AM TO 4PM

SATURDAY OPEN 9AM TO 3PM

When visiting our parish church, please use a face mask and sanitize your hands upon entry and departure. Thank you for your cooperation.

Our food pantry reopened to all those needing food assistance.

The food pantry location for distribution:
160 E. Vermont Ave in chuch parking lot

Our days and hours are:
Tuesday & Thursdays       
10am to 12pm & 1pm to 2:30pm

We urgently need non-referigerated, unexpired food donations to continue to support those requesting food assistance during this difficult economic time. Please consider making a food donation of canned or boxed items. We are supporting a much larger number of food assistance requests. Thanks for your help.

Volunteers are needed for our twice weekly food pantry. There are a variety of tasks with which help is needed. Please call the office to get in touch with Anita Monk. Thank you for your generous assistance.

For those who want to take advantage of our online giving portal to provide their weekly offertory, here is the site to visit:
https://st-anthony-of-padua.weshareonline.org/
If you would like to drop off your envelope at the office, you can do so on any day and at any time through the door slot at our parish office located at 175 E. Connecticut Ave.  If you prefer to provide your offertory via a major credit card, you can do so on our WeShare site and set up your one-time or recurring offertory. We can also receive any major credit card at the parish office for your convenience or do so over the phone if that is helpful. 

FOR ATTENTION: OUR PARISH OFFICE IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AND FOR ALL APPPOINTMENTS. YOU MAY ALSO USE EMAIL, A PHONE CALL OR OUR PARISH WEBSITE TO COMMUNICATE WITH PARISH STAFF. WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU. OUR EMAIL ADDRESS IS:  CHURCH.OFFICE@STANTHONYPARISH.NET
 
FOOD DONATIONS: PLEASE PLACE YOUR DONATION IN A PAPER BAG AND LEAVE AT CHURCH IN THE BASKETS IN BACK OF CHURCH. 
 
OFFERTORY ENVELOPES & DONATIONS: PLEASE PUT THROUGH THE DOOR SLOT AT OUR PARISH OFFICE AT 175 E. CONNECTICUT AVE. OR YOU CAN SEND THROUGH THE MAIL WHEN A SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER IS IN EFFECT.

THANK YOU!

Due to the many complexities and unfavorable conditions of our downtown facilities to prepare and carry out an outdoor Mass on a regular basis, St. Anthony’s will not be having an outdoor Mass. The safety and welfare of our parishioners and their families are our top priority. We will continue to stream the Mass on weekdays and weekends for all those who are following our liturgies. Let us continue to pray for the day when we will be able to gather for the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the  Mass in our Church. Until then, my most sincere and deepest wishes for everyone’s well being during this time of the corona virus pandemic. God bless you all.
 
In the love of Christ,
Rev. Andrew McNair, Pastor
St. Anthony of Padua
 

St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church is soliciting bids for "Landscaping Services at all properties". Sealed bids will be received by the Parish Office, 175 E. Connecticut Ave, Southern Pines, NC 28387, (Church Office Building) until 4:00 p.m., local time, June 15, 2020, at which time they will be opened and reviewed by St. Anthony of Padua Landscaping Selection Committee. It is the responsibility of the bidder to meet the bidding deadline; and any bid not so received may be returned unopened. Bids must be identified as such on the outside of the sealed envelope or by marking the envelope "SEALED BID" and with the following information marked “St. Anthony of Padua Bid –Landscape Services July 2020,” with the proponent’s name and address shown on the upper left-hand corner of the envelope, must be received by St. Anthony of Padua, attention: John Rowell, Admin Asst.,  175 E. Connecticut Ave, Southern Pines, NC 28387. Specifications and complete bid documents may be obtained from the Parish Office. Further information may be obtained by contacting Russ Quigley, Facilities Manager, r.quigley@stanthonyparish.net. St. Anthony of Padua reserves the right to waive any/all informality, or to reject any/all bids and/or parts thereof; and to accept that bid which it deems most favorable to St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church after all bids have been examined.

We will pray a Solemn Rosary 45 minutes before each of our Masses, whether weekend or weekday, through the entire month of May in honor of our Blessed Mother.  We hope you can join us to pray the rosary.

1. All ministries and organizations are to cease all church activities, meetings, events or gatherings. Our downtown church facilities are hereby closed to the public for all meetings except our parish church which will remain open for private and individual prayer.

2. Saturday English Vigil will be a live streamed at 5pm.

3. Sunday Masses will be a retransmission of the Saturday broadcast. Mass transmission will be set into different times for the facility of our elderly so that they only need to open our website to view the Mass.

4. Sunday Spanish Mass will be live streamed at 2pm.

5. Confession: all confessions are suspended until further notice except in danger of death. Confessions are not available by appointment.

6. A plenary indulgence is being offered by the Holy See during this time.

   1. The Decree grants a plenary indulgence to coronavirus patients quarantined by health authorities in hospitals and in their homes if, “with a spirit detached from any sin, they unite themselves spiritually through the media to the celebration of the Holy Mass, the recitation of the Holy Rosary, to the pious practice of the Way of the Cross or other forms of devotion.”

   2. The plenary indulgence can also be obtained by the faithful if they at least “recite the creed, the Lord’s Prayer and a pious invocation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, offering this trial in a spirit of faith in God and charity towards their brothers and sisters, with the will to fulfill the usual conditions (sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer according to the Holy father’s intentions), as soon as possible.”

   3. A plenary indulgence is also granted to healthcare workers, family members and all those who, “exposing themselves to the risk of contagion, care for the sick” under the same conditions stated above.

   4. Also, the faithful who offer a “visit to the Blessed Sacrament, or Eucharistic adoration, or read the Holy Scriptures for half an hour, or recite the Holy Rosary, or the pious exercise of the Way of the Cross, or the recitation of the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy” while praying for an end to the pandemic will be granted a plenary indulgence.

   5. For more information please visit: http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2020/03/20/200320c.html

7. There will be no anointing of the sick until further notice. Priests will visit and pray for those who are sick in company of their families, but will not be offering the anointing of the sick due to the possibility of contagion.

8. No baptisms until further notice.

9. No church funerals. Only graveside services are permitted along with the immediate family of the deceased.

10. Weddings may be performed, granted that there is no “Shelter in Place” order, with the participation of up to 10 people.

11. Masses & liturgies will be performed privately with only the essential ministers required for the Mass.

12. All services will be transmitted live or can be found in our streaming archive.

13. Our Holy Week & Easter services will be posted on our website and social media. This will be private and live transmission as stated in the schedule.

14. All further announcements regarding Holy Week and Easter will be posted on our website and social media.

Matthew 25:40 Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'