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St Anthony Feast
FEAST DAY – JUNE 13 1195 – 1231
Saint Anthony was canonized (proclaimed a saint) less than one year after his death. There is perhaps no more loved and admired saint in the CatholicChurch than Saint Anthony of Padua, a Doctor of the Church. Though his work was in Italy, he was born in Portugal. He first joined the Augustinian Order and then left it and joined the Franciscan Order in 1221, when he was 26 years old. The reason he became a Franciscan was because of the death of the five Franciscan protomartyrs -- St. Bernard, St. Peter, St. Otho, St. Accursius, and St. Adjutus -- who shed their blood for the Catholic Faith in the year 1220, in Morocco, in North Africa, and whose headless and mutilated bodies had been brought to St. Anthony’s monastery on their way back for burial. St. Anthony became a Franciscan in the hope of shedding his own blood and becoming a martyr. He lived only ten years after joining the Franciscan Order. So simple and resounding was his teaching of the Catholic faith, so that the most unlettered and innocent might understand it, that he was made a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius XII in 1946. Saint Anthony was only 36 years old when he died. He is called the “Hammer of the Heretics”. His great protection against their lies and deceits in the matter of Christian doctrine was to utter, simply and innocently, the Holy Name of Mary. WhenSt. Anthony of Padua found he was preaching the true Gospel of the Catholic Church to heretics who would not listen to him, he then went out and preached it to the fishes. This was not, as liberals and naturalists are trying to say, for the instruction of the fishes, but rather for the glory of God, the delight of the angels &the easing of his own heart. St. Anthony wanted to profess the Catholic Faith with his mind and his heart, at every moment. He is typically depicted with a book and the Infant Child Jesus, to whom He miraculously appeared, and is commonly referred to today as the "finder of lost articles." Upon exhumation, some 336 years after his death, his body was found to be corrupted, yet his tongue was totally incorrupt, so perfect were the teachings that had been formed upon it.
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Celebrate Mass in honor of Saint Anthony with Most Reverend Bishop Rozanski, D.D., V. G. at St. Leos’s Church followed by a traditional procession,
Sunday, June 10th at 9:30 Mass

Results from the Annual Ravioli Dinner, 3/4/12 Income ~ $31, 836.30 Expenses ~ $12,883.62 Profit ~ $18,952.68 With heartfelt thanks to all of those who made the dinner a success. We appreciate your constant dedication! ______________________________________________ UPCOMING THIRD COLLECTION June 2-3 – Catholic Communications Campaign & Catholic University of America (Make check payable to the Archdiocese of Baltimore)

PRAYER PARTNERING at St. Leo’s What is it? It’s a program that matches you with a fellow parishioner who also wants a prayer partner. Prayer Partners Promise ~ ~ to pray daily for eachother, ~ to call weekly, ~ to visit as needed in case of surgery or illness. A Prayer Partner is a friend who prays. If this sounds like something you would like to participate in, please fill out the information card in the back of the church and return it to the ushers or to Father Sal. You may call Mary Ebrahimpour at 410-727-0109 if you have any questions.

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