Daily Mass is celebrated:
Monday through Saturday at 8 a.m.
The Sunday Mass schedule is:
Saturday at 5 p.m. in English
Sunday at 7:30 a.m. in English
Sunday at 9 a.m. in English
Sunday at 11 a.m. in English
Sunday at 1 p.m. in Spanish
Please contact the parish office at
949-494-9701 to schedule.
We commit ourselves to: being a welcoming sanctuary and a place of prayer and worship.
We are called to pray for peace with Pope Leo XIV today!
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On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIV delivered his first “Urbi et Orbi” message (“to the city and the world”) from the central balcony of St. Pater’s Basilica in Vatican City. He spoke eloquently of the current state of the world and the peace that Christ promises. If you can read his whole message here.
"In the light of Easter, let us allow ourselves to be amazed by Christ! Let us allow our hearts to be transformed by his immense love for us! Let those who have weapons lay them down! Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace! Not a peace imposed by force, but through dialogue! Not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them!"
- Pope Leo XIV
He concluded his remarks with an invitation to join him in a prayer vigil for peace on Saturday, April 11 at St. Peter’s
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Saint Anthony's daily calendar🙏
Our greetings from the Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua.
Peace and all good❤
𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒚.
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✝️ DISCOVER THE ORIGIN OF PEWS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH😲
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Have you ever wondered where the pews in our churches came from?
Today, we walk into church, find “our spot,” kneel, sit, and stand, all within the wooden embrace of a pew. But did you know, for centuries, there were no pews in Catholic churches at all?
Yes, early Christians stood during worship. The liturgy was seen as active participation, not passive sitting. Church was not a lecture hall but a heavenly banquet, a foretaste of the eternal liturgy. Standing was a sign of readiness, reverence, and resurrection.
✝️Limited Seating: Some early churches, especially in the Roman and Byzantine world, had backless stone benches or sedilia built along the walls. But these were for the elderly and infirm. The vast majority of the faithful stood, attentive and alert, as the liturgy unfolded.
✝️So where did pews come from? Here’s the surprise: pews were first introduced by Protestants. Why? Because preaching became the center of Protestant worship. Long sermons required long sitting, and pews provided comfort and order. Eventually, pews entered Catholic churches in the West, not because the Mass changed in essence, but because of cultural influence and practical need.
✝️But here is the deeper lesson: the Church’s worship was never meant to be passive. In the early Church, you didn’t “sit back and watch.” You stood. You sang. You bowed. You responded. You were involved with your whole body.
Even today, notice that during the most sacred parts of the Mass, the Gospel, the Eucharistic Prayer, Communion, we do not sit. We stand or kneel, because these are moments of encounter.
So next time you sit in a pew, remember: it’s not an ancient Catholic invention, it’s a Protestant one. The Church simply baptized it, keeping the focus on active worship.
God bless you 🙏
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