Annual Lenten Penance Service & Holy Week at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Fresno

St. Anthony of Padua Church in Fresno, with the help of several Diocesan priests, 7 in total, were able to hear over 400 Confessions during our Annual Lenten Penance Service on Monday, April 3rd.

The Penance Service began at 7:00 p.m. until the last Confession was heard around 10:15 p.m. What a fitting way to begin Holy Week with an opportunity for Confession and the practice love of neighbor, patience and long suffering. St. Anthony continued their Holy Week schedule with Holy Thursday Service at 7:00 p.m. which included Eucharistic Adoration in Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel until Midnight, providing the faithful an opportunity to prayer with Our Lord one hour.

Good Friday at St. Anthony was spirit and faith filled with Stations of the Cross, The Passion of the Lord, Veneration of the Cross by the Faithful and Via Crucis.

On Holy Saturday, we welcomed 12 new Catholics to the parish at the Easter Vigil Service! On Easter Sunday, St. Anthony welcomed parishioners and visitors to one of five Masses in English and Spanish. Truly a Holy Week and blessing to all.