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Welcome

 

Welcome, and thank you for visiting St. Anthony of Padua online.  Please feel free to read more about our church on this site, or come in for a visit. We would love to greet you and share with you our love for Jesus Christ and for you, our neighbour.

Our Mission

 

Our mission as Christians, with all Christians around the world, is to love as Jesus Christ asked us "..you shall love your neighbour as yourself."(Matthew 22:37-40)

With love comes understanding, with understanding comes forgiveness.  The door to salvation is always open and the way to salvation is through reconciliation with God.

"All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.....

Sacraments

 

Here at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Haliburton, we offer the sacraments on an as needed basis. You need to phone the church to make an appointment with the Priest who will then give you the necessary instruction of what is requiered to complete the sacrament.

Weekend Masses
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Saturday afternoon

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 Vigil Mass  4:30 PM

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Please click on the link below for additional mass times and other sacraments

 

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​Prayer for the Pope


O God, shepherd and ruler of all the faithful,
look favourably on your servant Leo XIV,
whom you have set at the head of your
Church as her shepherd; grant, we pray, that by word and example
he may be of service to those over whom he presides so that,
together with the flock entrusted to his care, he may come to
everlasting life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity
of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

 

Amen

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Feast of St. Thomas, Apostle

Ordinary Time: July 3rd​

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The Feast of St. Thomas, the Apostle, who at first did not believe, has become for the Church one of the first witnesses to her faith. She is fond of appealing to his testimony and frequently puts in our mouths those simple words whereby he expressed the fervour of his regained faith: "My Lord and my God." It is known that St. Thomas preached the Gospel in Asia beyond the frontiers of the Roman Empire, probably in Persia and possibly as far afield as India. St. Thomas' feast was formerly celebrated on December 21.​

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St. Thomas


There is very little about the apostle Thomas in the Gospels; one text calls him the "twin." Rarely during Jesus' lifetime does he stand out among his colleagues. There is the instance before the raising of Lazarus, when Jesus was still in Perea and Thomas exclaimed: "Let us also go and die with Him." Best-known is his expression of unbelief after the Savior's death, giving rise to the phrase "doubting Thomas." Nevertheless, the passage describing the incident, had as today's Gospel, must be numbered among the most touching in Sacred Scripture.

In the Breviary lessons Pope St. Gregory the Great makes the following reflections: "Thomas' unbelief has benefited our faith more than the belief of the other disciples; it is because he attained faith through physical touch that we are confirmed in the faith beyond all doubt. Indeed, the Lord permitted the apostle to doubt after the resurrection; but He did not abandon him in doubt. By his doubt and by his touching the sacred wounds the apostle became a witness to the truth of the resurrection. Thomas touched and cried out: My Lord and my God! And Jesus said to him: Because you have seen Me, Thomas, you have believed. Now if Thomas saw and touched the Savior, why did Jesus say: Because you have seen Me, Thomas, you have believed? Because he saw something other than what he believed. For no mortal man can see divinity. Thomas saw the Man Christ and acknowledged His divinity with the words: My Lord and my God. Faith therefore followed upon seeing."

Concerning later events in the apostle's life very meager information exists. The Martyrology has this: "At Calamina (near Madras in India) the martyrdom of the apostle Thomas—he announced the Gospel to the Parthians, and finally came to India. After he had converted numerous tribes to Christianity, he was pierced with lances at the king's command."


—Excerpted from The Church's Year of Grace, Pius Parsch

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Read More:
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2025-07-03

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Fr. Don Calloway, MIC: The Rosary: Spiritual Sword of Our Lady

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What is the most powerful weapon on earth? In this talk based on his recent book, "Champions of the Rosary: The History and Heroes of a Spiritual Weapon," Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC argues that the rosary is a spiritual sword that has won decisive battles. And he has the stories to prove it. Fr. Don Calloway, MIC, is Vocation Director for the Marians of the Immaculate Conception and author of several books about Mary. Fr. Calloway's talk was sponsored by the Chapel Ministries Dept. at Franciscan University of Steubenville.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwVdYXyxln0

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The Rosary is a spiritual weapon.  Continual prayer and adoration confounds Satan as he loses influence over those who do not cease focusing on Jesus.

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Pope's  Intentions

JULY 2025

For formation in discernment – Let us pray that we might again learn how to discern, to know how to choose paths of life and reject everything that leads us away from Christ and the Gospel.

CHURCH COMMUNITY 

OUR PARISHES IN BANCROFT AND HALIBURTON

WELCOME YOU!

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THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME​

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PLEASE FEEL FREE TO send in your Mass Intentions either by email or calling the parish office. 

 

*Please also remember to send in names of anyone needing our prayers and they will be added to the Prayer Corner of our bulletin! 

 

*Keep in mind that the Sanctuary Lamp is lit 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and can be lit for your own private intentions; for the intentions of a loved one; in the memory of a friend or relative; for an anniversary.  The prayers and intentions are endless!

 

WE ALL NEED PRAYERS!!!

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This Week's Message-
What's Happening!

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Mass Schedule

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Saturday Mass @ 4:30 pm 

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On Long Weekends only

Sunday Mass 

@ 8:00 am

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Weekday Mass

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Wednesdays

Adoration - 8:30 am

Mass - 9:30 am

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Mass at Extendicare

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July 9th

11:00 am

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THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME:   The Gospel is from St. Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 and is about Christ conferring His mission on the seventy-two disciples. Christ wants to instill apostolic daring into his disciples; this is why he says, "I send you out," which leads St John Chrysostom to comment: "This suffices to give us encouragement, to give us confidence and to ensure that we are not afraid of our assailants" (Hom. on St Matthew, 33). The Apostles' and disciples' boldness stemmed from their firm conviction...

Family Faith Formation

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