Pastoral Ministry

The Franciscan friars of St. Anthony of Padua Province live out the call to mini Foot Washing sterial service in many different ways. One of the main ways is parish ministry. From the founding of the Province in 1906 to the present day, the friars have served the Catholic Church as pastors, parochial vicars and pastoral ministers in parish communities throughout the northeastern and southeastern regions of the United States. Originally founded to minister to Polish immigrants, the Province of St. Anthony of Padua gradually extended its pastoral care to non-ethnic parishes as well, and has recently begun to explore its ability to minister to newly arriving immigrants from Mexico and Latin America.

A majority of friars who minister in parishes are ordained priests and therefore have the privilege and responsibility Friars & Cross of providing sacramental ministry to the people they serve. As priests they are also called upon to exercise the ministry of preaching. Whether ordained or not, all friars involved in parish ministry are called upon to pray with the people they serve, to offer them spiritual guidance and support, to provide for their religious education and to minister to the sick and the dying. Like St. Francis of Assisi, the friars of St. Anthony Province offer the people they serve the compassion and the love of Christ.

Some Links to Parishes

Mother Cabrini Church - Shamokin, PA

St. Adalbert Parish - Elmhurst, NY

St. Casimir Parish - Baltimore, MD

St. John Parish - Cromwell, CT

St. Mark Parish - Boynton Beach, FL

St. Stanislaus B.M. Basilica - Chicopee, MA

See the complete list under our Locations

Shortcuts:

St. Anthony of Padua Province
Provincial House
12300 Folly Quarter Road
Ellicott City, MD 21042-1419

410-531-1400 (voice) • 410-531-4881 (fax)