Life Of St. Anthony

St. Anthony of Padua is one of the most famous disciples of St. Francis of Assisi. He was a famous preacher and worker of miracles in his own day, and throughout the eight centuries since his death he has so generously come to the assistance of the faithful who invoke him, that he is known throughout the world.

St. Anthony's Youth & Conversion

St. Anthony was born in the year 1195 A. D. at Lisbon (Portugal) where his father was a captain in the royal army. Already at the age of fifteen years, he had entered the Congregation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine and devoted himself with great earnestness both to study and to the practice of piety in the Monastery at Coimbra (Portugal).

About that time some of the first members of the Order of Friars Minor, which St. Francis has founded in 1206 A. D. came to Coimbra. They begged from the Canons Regular a small and very poor place, from which by their evangelical poverty and simplicity they edified everyone in the region. Then in 1219 A. D. some of these friars, moved by divine inspiration, went as missionaries to preach the Gospel of Christ to the inhabitants of Morocco. There they were brutally martyred for the Faith. Some Christian merchants succeeded in recovering their remains; and so brought their relics in triumph back to Coimbra.

The relics of St. Bernard and companions, the first martyrs of the Franciscan Order, seized St. Anthony with an intense desire to suffer martyrdom in a like manner. So moved by their heroic example he repeatedly begged and petitioned his superiors to be given leave to join the Franciscan Order. In the quiet little Franciscan convent at Coimbra he received a friendly reception, and in the same year his earnest wish to be sent to the missions in Africa was fulfilled.

St. Anthony's Arrival in Italy

But God had decreed otherwise. And so, St. Anthony scarcely set foot on African soil when he was seized with a grievous illness. Even after recovering from it, he was so weak that, resigning himself to the will of God, he boarded a boat back to Portugal. Unexpectedly a storm came upon them and drove the ship to the east where it found refuge on coast of Sicily. St. Anthony was greeted and given shelter by the Franciscans of that island, and thus came to be sent to Assisi, where the general chapter of the Order was held in May, 1221 A. D..

Since he still looked weak and sickly, and gave no evidence of his scholarship, no one paid any attention to the stranger until Father Gratian, the Provincial of friars living in the region of Romagna (Italy), had compassion on him and sent him to the quiet little convent near Forli (also in Italy). There St. Anthony remained nine months as chaplain to the hermits, occupied in the lowliest duties of the kitchen and convent, and to his heart's content he practiced interior as well as exterior mortification.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

ST. FRANCIS

FRIARS' BIRTHDAY (January)

Date	Name of the Friars	Events	Year
03	St.Antonine Morton Austin Francis	Home Ordination	1970 2004
04	Sandesh Manuel St.Rudolph D ’ Silva St. Daniel Sigamony	Birth Home Home	1980 2005 2016
06	Thomas M.J. Carlos Dias Joseph Stephen M Shanti Vanam, Raipur Kurnool Missions Basil S. Lobo	Birth Solemn Vows Birth Arrival Foundation Ordination	1972 1986 1984 1997 2002 2008
07	Christopher (Christy)	Birth	1983
08	St.Ernest Reilly St.Bernard Silveira	Home Home	1981 2004
09	St.Anthony Rickards Francis Arockiasamy Justin Savio A	Home Ordination Birth	1989 2016 1998
10	Francis Xavier	Ordination	2004
11	Jerome Kispotta	Birth	1961
12	Nicholas D' Souza St.Gerwin van Leeuwen	Ordination Home	1973 2002
13	Praveen Roshan Toppo	Ordination	2015
15	Francis Kaviyil St.Francis Serrao Phyrnai Lyngdoh	Birth Home Ordination	1966 1990 2017
16	Prashanth Wilson Fernandes Jeddu Praveen Chinna Reddy Joseph Prasanna Kumar	Birth Ordination Ordination	1984 2015 2015
17	Nesakkaram – Chennai Basil Tirkey	Foundation Ordination	1991 2016
18	Felix Gassam Felix Vijay Ejekial Lakra	Birth Ordination Birth	1965 2015 1995
19	Albinus Ekka	Birth	1993
20	Tomy Palackal	Ordination	2011
21	Parish at Malom-Noatoli	Erection	1996
22	Prem Kumar D’ Souza Nathaniel Tirkey Prem Kumar D’ Souza	Birth Birth Ordination	1982 1988 2013
23	St.Peter D’ Souza Eugene A.	Home Ordination	1991 2015
24	Tomy Palackal Arun Junes A. Kulandaisamy M. Christopher (Christy)	S.Vows S.Vows S.Vows Ordination	2004 2004 2004 2015
25	Dominic C.J. Jayapal Dwarakonda	Ordination Ordination	1992 2013
26	Assisi Sadan - Umred	Blessing	1996
27	Chinnappan M. Devaraj St.Dunstan Rickards Roshan Lobo Shaju Paliyathil Shaju Paliyathil	Birth Home Birth S.Vows Ordination	1967 1940 1992 2002 2004
28	TrevorD ’ Souza	Birth	1960
29	Christopher (Christy) Thomas Kiren A. Anthony Roobandass A.	Solemn Vows Birth Ordination	2013 1993 2011
30	Bryan Carneiro	Ordination	2013
31	Scaria Varanath Jeddu Praveen Chinna Reddy	Birth Birth	1949 1985

Date	Name of the Friars	Events	Year
03	+ Antonine Morton Austin Francis	Home Ordination	1970 2004
04	Sandesh Manuel + Rudolph D ’ Silva + Daniel Sigamony	Birth Home Home	1980 2005 2016
06	Thomas M.J. Carlos Dias Joseph Stephen M Shanti Vanam, Raipur Kurnool Missions Basil S. Lobo	Birth Solemn Vows Birth Arrival Foundation Ordination	1972 1986 1984 1997 2002 2008
07	Christopher (Christy)	Birth	1983
08	+ Ernest Reilly + Bernard Silveira	Home Home	1981 2004
09	+ Anthony Rickards Francis Arockiasamy Justin Savio A	Home Ordination Birth	1989 2016 1998
10	Francis Xavier	Ordination	2004
11	Jerome Kispotta	Birth	1961
12	Nicholas D' Souza + Gerwin van Leeuwen	Ordination Home	1973 2002
13	Praveen Roshan Toppo	Ordination	2015
15	Francis Kaviyil + Francis Serrao Phyrnai Lyngdoh	Birth Home Ordination	1966 1990 2017
16	Prashanth Wilson Fernandes Jeddu Praveen Chinna Reddy Joseph Prasanna Kumar	Birth Ordination Ordination	1984 2015 2015
17	Nesakkaram – Chennai Basil Tirkey	Foundation Ordination	1991 2016
18	Felix Gassam Felix Vijay Ejekial Lakra	Birth Ordination Birth	1965 2015 1995
19	Albinus Ekka	Birth	1993
20	Tomy Palackal	Ordination	2011
21	Parish at Malom-Noatoli	Erection	1996
22	Prem Kumar D’ Souza Nathaniel Tirkey Prem Kumar D’ Souza	Birth Birth Ordination	1982 1988 2013
23	+ Peter D’ Souza Eugene A.	Home Ordination	1991 2015
24	Tomy Palackal Arun Junes A. Kulandaisamy M. Christopher (Christy)	S.Vows S.Vows S.Vows Ordination	2004 2004 2004 2015
25	Dominic C.J. Jayapal Dwarakonda	Ordination Ordination	1992 2013
26	Assisi Sadan - Umred	Blessing	1996
27	Chinnappan M. Devaraj + Dunstan Rickards Roshan Lobo Shaju Paliyathil Shaju Paliyathil	Birth Home Birth S.Vows Ordination	1967 1940 1992 2002 2004
28	TrevorD ’ Souza	Birth	1960
29	Christopher (Christy) Thomas Kiren A. Anthony Roobandass A.	Solemn Vows Birth Ordination	2013 1993 2011
30	Bryan Carneiro	Ordination	2013
31	Scaria Varanath Jeddu Praveen Chinna Reddy	Birth Birth	1949 1985