St. Anthony of Padua 

Catholic Church

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. 

Public Stations of the Cross have been cancelled until further notice. Stations on Fridays can be prayed  privately in our parish church not only on Fridays, but any day our parish church is open. Anyone who would like to come to our parish church and pray the Stations in silence, station by station, either walking or in the pew, with or without a printed guide, are welcome to do so.  No printed guides will be provided so you may bring your own. 
 
This will take place while our church is open during office hours so 8:30am to 4pm on Fridays is the time our church will be open to pray the Stations privately. There is no set hour for Stations since it is a private devotion. 

No sacristan or Deacon will facilitate the Stations. Each person can come at a time that is convenient while our parish church is open. 

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

Monday through Thursday        8:00am to 4:00pm
Friday                                            8:00am to 4:00pm
Saturday                                       Closed
Sunday                                          9:00am to 6:00pm

When a private Mass will be recorded, our parish church will close until the Mass is completed and will then reopen again for prayer and visits to Our Lord.

Take advantage of our full schedule of activities at St. Anthony's. Here is this week's schedule:
Sunday, March 29th - 5th Sunday of Lent. Recorded Mass streamed at:
8:30am, 11am & 5pm

Monday, March 30th
12:00 Noon Mass streamed live
3:00pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy on our website, Facebook & YouTube
6:00pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy on our website, Facebook & YouTube

Tuesday, March 31st 
12:00 Noon Mass streamed live
3:00pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy on our website, Facebook & YouTube
6:00pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy on our website, Facebook & YouTube

Wednesday, April 1st
12:00 Noon Mass streamed live
3:00pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy on our website, Facebook & YouTube
6:00pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy on our website, Facebook & YouTube

Thursday, April 2nd
3:00pm Mass streamed live
6:00pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy on our website, Facebook & YouTube

Friday, April 3rd - First Friday
Stations of the Cross may be prayed privately in our parish church.
Our church will be open from 8:00am to 4:00pm.
12:00 Noon Mass streamed live
3:00pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy on our website, Facebook & YouTube
6:00pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy on our website, Facebook & YouTube

Saturday, March 21st 
3:00pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy on our website, Facebook & YouTube
5:00pm Palm Sunday Mass streamed live

Sunday, March 22nd
No Sunday Masses or activities in our church.
However, our church will be open from 9am to 6pm for private prayer.
No religion classes.

Entrance: Save Your People
Psalm 105: "The Lord remembers his Covenant forever."
Preparation of the Gifts: We Have been Told
Communion: Eat This Bread
Recessional: Led by the Spirit
 
To see the sheet music Monday's Mass, please go to our Music Ministry page. Kayleen Roussin, our new Music Director, was so kind as to post the hymns. Please go to the following page:

https://stanthonyparish.net/st-anthony-music-ministry

All are welcome to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy streamed on our website, Facebook & YouTube:
Sunday 3:30pm (after Spanish 2pm Mass)
Monday - Friday 3pm & 6pm
Saturday  3pm 

Our Saturday Confessions are cancelled until further notice by indication of our Bishop, Luis Rafael, through the Office of Divine Worship. You may read the indication on the Diocese of Raleigh website: "The Sacrament of Reconciliation is to be suspended except for those in danger of death. All other means of providing the Sacrament should cease." 

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 only during the following schedule through Easter Sunday:

   1. Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 4pm.

   2. Saturday, closed.

   3. Sunday, 9am to 6pm.

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.

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!

Join us at St. Anthony's for Mass and Confessions:
Weekday Mass Schedule
Streaming Mass only.
Mon - Thurs 12pm
Weekend Mass Schedule
Streaming Mass only.
Saturday 5pm
Sunday 8:30am, 11am and 5pm
Spanish 2pm
Confession Schedule
No Confessions until further notice

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.'