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St. Anthony of Padua

St. Anthony of Padua is one of the Catholic Church’s most popular saints. Saint Anthony of Padua, patron saint of lost and stolen articles, was a powerful Franciscan preacher and teacher. He’s typically portrayed holding the child Jesus—or a lily—or a book—or all three—in his arms.

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The Shrine

“Mt. Airy” is the familiar name for the National Shrine of St. Anthony and Friary sitting on a hill above Cincinnati. The shrine had its start in the late 1880s, when Joseph and Elizabeth Nurre bought what was then a country estate for $18,000 and gave it to the Franciscan friars.

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About the Friars

The 130 friars of St. John the Baptist Province (SJB) are members of the Order of Friars Minor. We are a Franciscan brotherhood inspired by the 13th-century example of St. Francis of Assisi. We serve the Catholic Church as brothers and priests in a communal life of poverty, prayer, and service to others.

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Prayer Requests

Thursday Jan, 15, 2026
Pleading for a miracle dear lord
a
Thursday Jan, 15, 2026
I humbly request prayers for my family. I have been married for 9 years, and from the beginning my husband has not had a stable job. He has sincerely tried different ways to earn—earlier he ran a browsing center, later worked in an IT job through recommendation, and for the past one year he has been running a cab business ... ... Our biggest prayer is for God’s guidance and open doors—that my husband may get regular cab trips at least 15 days a month, so we can meet our needs, save for the future, and provide good education for our son. We pray for wisdom, right connections, and divine help where human help is not available. Please also pray for: Our son’s bright future and education Good health for our family (I am diabetic) Financial stability... Peace, patience, and strong faith during this waiting period We believe that God alone can show us the right way and open doors...
Anitha
Thursday Jan, 15, 2026
For my health and salvation, and for God to quickly solve many difficult matters that have caused me to be confused and very worried.
Lucas
Thursday Jan, 15, 2026
I’m Ashley. I hope that Iran or Trump don’t start World War 3. Hope that Iran and Trump have change of hearts. Hope they all become better people. Also, my mum forced me into ordering clothes, I wished she didn’t, as the company Cleo is pausing all online orders and my family is out of town now ...I hope that my parents do not decide to go elsewhere on Friday. I also hope it doesn’t snow much as if I get the chance to get out of the house, I want to go to places. I hope my medical scooter keeps on working. I hope that a store gets poster paper for my mum to use for some of her ESL classes online.
Ashley
Thursday Jan, 15, 2026
For Bob who is doing poorly. For faith, peace, and healing. May work and school go well. For my family's and friends' health. For favorable treatments and cures. For the test subjects. For safe travels. Saint Anthony please pray for us.
Bill
Thursday Jan, 15, 2026
For Z A’s intentions, keep him Safe and happy. Protect, support and guide him. watch over him protect, support and guide him. Give him peace of mind. I offer this prayer for all his intentions. Thank you Amen
A
Thursday Jan, 15, 2026
Please hear my prayer. Please let my father Alex and grandparents Margaret and Charles be comfortable and pain free. May they be protected, safe and happy in where they are. May God continue to care for them. They are truly missed, thank you for listening Amen
A
Thursday Jan, 15, 2026
Please hear my prayer continue to watch over my children and nephew and niece. Give them the strength, guidance, direction, support and protection that they need. Please help them each meet someone now who will treat them well and who will love them, care for them, protect, support and commit to them. Please help them as each want to have their own partner and children. Let this happen soon as possible and let them be happy and content. Please let them be happy and content Amen
A
Thursday Jan, 15, 2026
St. Anthony help me please to emerge from this mess and apartment that took so much from my life with complete and total victory. Let this apartment be a distant memory for me. Please plead for me for a beautiful, blessed by God, miracle of a happy, new home where I'm surrounded by happiness and joy, a gorgeous home that dreams are made of. Please bring this new home to me quickly. Let me move out of here by next month please. I need your help. I need God always. Please restore to my life all those things that were taken from my life one by one. I watched them take so much from my life. Let me emerge from this victorious. Pray for me St. Anthony for a gorgeous rest of my life that dreams are made of. Praying for a very blessed by God and beautiful rest of my life that is so very happy. Praying for God's unlimited grace over my life. St. Anthony intercede for me. Thank you for many answered prayers.
Anonymous
Thursday Jan, 15, 2026
St. Anthony please protect me and my child from all evil. Don't let anyone or anything cause arguments and coldness between us. Let us be always close. Protect us from my ex friend who is a very jealous, very wicked person and consistently comes by my home. Protect us from all those other wicked people. St. Anthony Thank You.
Anonymous
Thursday Jan, 15, 2026
Praying for the friendships that have been in my life for almost my whole life to be restored. St. Anthony this was never this difficult. I've always made and kept friends for life. I pray that you will touch these friendships that I miss so much that were destroyed out of pure jealousy and spite. Praying for your intercession and God's blessings over my life and these friendships of decades that so many were so jealous of. Praying for God's unlimited grace. Praying for God's Protection over my life. Praying for God's favor. Please intercede for me. Thank you for past intercessions. Thank you for so many answered.
Anonymous
Thursday Jan, 15, 2026
Please St Anthony bless my family- we are tired of struggling with storms that keep coming our way- lack of decent jobs, financial and health struggles both mental and physical. Open paths for us Lord. I so want to seek your blessings at Padua but lack of money is making travelling difficult.
Jasmine
Thursday Jan, 15, 2026
Please St. Anthony heal my ears. I'm so grateful for the gift of being able to hear from both ears that I've always had. It is a gift from God. Please don't let that be taken from me. Please plead for me with God for restoration of my ability to hear 100 percent from both ears without any hearing aids, implants or devices of any kind. Let me hear loud and clear as I always had the gift of hearing in both ears. Please St. Anthony let me have that wonderful ability to hear from both ears 100 percent restored to me. Thank you.
Anonymous
Thursday Jan, 15, 2026
Please make the dentist redo what he did as the original plan of treatment was not followed by him. Please St. Anthony, please make him follow the original plan of treatment and do what he agreed to. Changing course without telling me is not acceptable treatment by a dental professional. Whatever he states his reasons to be are not acceptable because he did not inform me and he had an obligation to tell me and get my approval. Thank you.
Anonymous
Thursday Jan, 15, 2026
* 22-month child in critical care after accidently shooting self to heart with construction nail gun. Praying for Divine Intervention - that child lives. Mother is desperate. Don't know name - just received request from our Prayer Angel Group. Thank you.
Lydia R.
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