Our Lady Queen of Martyrs will welcome two holy relics of St. Anthony of Padua on Sunday, June 15, with veneration following the 9AM, 11:15AM, and 1PM Masses.
The first-class relics will be accompanied by Fathers Mario Conte and Fabio Turrisendo, two Franciscan friars from the Pontifical Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, Italy.
The two relics are fragments of St. Anthony’s facial skin and his floating rib. The relic of the floating rib has special significance for the friars of Padua because it was venerated by Lucy of Fatima in her convent in Coimbra in 1995, and by then-Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio (the late Pope Francis) in the Cathedral of Buenos Aires in 2000.
All are encouraged to take part in this special opportunity to seek this beloved saint’s intercession. Prayer cards are available on the piano for you to write your personal petitions, which the friars will return to the saint’s tomb in Padua.
We thank the Antonian Association of Chicago for arranging the 2025 relic tour through the dioceses of New York, Brooklyn, and Queens.
From the OLQM archives: relive the relics last visit to our church in December 2013.
