St. Anthony Visits Chicago Area

Worshippers venerate the the relics of St. Anthony at St. John Bosco Parish in Chicago on June 16. Two relics (a rib and piece of facial skin) of St. Anthony of Padua were on a a nine-day tour of Illinois and Wisconsin, including eight different locations in Chicago. The patron saint of the lost, including lost things, St. Anthony lived from 1195-1231. The tour marks the 750th anniversary of the discovery of the Saint's relics by St. Bonaventure.