A Blessed Feast Day of St Anthony!
Take a look at Feast Day celebrations from this past week...
“The Creator of the Heavens obeys a carpenter; the God of Eternal Glory listens to a poor virgin. Has anyone ever witnessed anything comparable to this? Let the philosopher no longer disdain from listening to the common laborer; the wise, to the simple; the educated, to the illiterate; a child of a prince, to a peasant.” -St. Anthony of Padua
Today we celebrate the Feast Day of St Anthony of Padua, Hammer of the Heretics and devoted to by millions of people around the world. Many of the Feast Day celebrations and Festivals in his honor have been going on for centuries and here in the United States for decades. Take a look at this past week in Feast Day Celebrations around the country…
The blessing and distribution of Blessed bread before the St. Anthony procession in Melrose Park (Chicago)
Last but certainly not least we take a look at the Race of the Saints done by the Saint Ubaldo Cultural Society of Jessup, PA for their Festa Dei Ceri!
Each year, the Saint Ubaldo Society welcomes thousands of visitors to Jessup, Pennsylvania to celebrate one of the world’s oldest and most beloved traditions - la Festa dei Ceri.
Brought to the Jessup community in 1909, the Festa celebrates and honors the life and legacy of Sant’Ubaldo, patron saint of Gubbio, Italy. During the second wave of immigration, immigrants from Gubbio traveled to the United States to find work in the coal mines of Lackawanna County. Homesick for the family, loved ones and traditions left behind, the Eugubini built wooden pillars similar to those used during the festival in Gubbio and ran through the streets of their new and unfamiliar home.
Check out this video of the race below:
The Race of the Saints!
St Anthony of Padua, pray for us!