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Special Ministries
Featured Special Ministry
The Franciscan Center in Buffalo, NY
Mission Statement: "The Franciscan Center, founded and continuing in the Catholic & Franciscan traditions, provides transitional care for young men in need. Our home-like atosphere fosters a holistic approach toward personal growth and development. On-going transformation through goal-setting leads to a re-integration into family life or independent living."
The Transitional Independent Living Shelter is an eight-bed
residence with a home-like atmosphere and a "tough love" holistic approach
to help the youth grow in Body, Mind and Spirit. It allows youth up to 18 months to develop skills and
attributes that will help them to become independent, while furthering their
education and working on more long-term goals.
For more information on this and other aspects of the Franciscan Center, please click on the picture above.
More on Special Ministries:
St.
Anthony of Padua Province is blessed with creative and energetic friars
who are involved in many specialized ministries. Their efforts contribute
an inestimable amount of good to the local Church in which they live and
work and to the wider community.
 These
ministries include the Franciscan Center in Buffalo, NY which provides
runaway boys with a safe place to stay while they deal with the circumstances
of their lives, and Campus Ministry at many universities, including The Catholic University of America
in Washington D.C., where the friars minister to college age students
who are searching for spiritual fulfillment as they pursue their educational
goals. There are also a number of friars serving as chaplains in health care and military facilities.
 Three
more ministries of St. Anthony of Padua Province are the Shrine of St. Anthony and the evangelization and development offices of Companions of
St. Anthony, both located in  Ellicott City,
Maryland, and the Father Justin Rosary Hour radio program, the largest Polish
radio program in North America, headquartered in Athol Springs, NY. These ministries reach out to people through various means to evangelize
and to accompany people on their spiritual journeys.
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