St. Anthony of Padua Church

About this church

St. Anthony of Padua Church serves New Bedford with an unusually broad English-and-Spanish Mass schedule. English weekend Masses begin Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 6:30 and 9:30 a.m.; Spanish Sunday Masses begin at 8 and 11 a.m. Weekday English Mass is Monday through Thursday at 7 a.m. and Friday at 5:15 p.m., with Spanish Mass Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Confession in both languages is scheduled Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m., Friday from 4:15 to 5, and Saturday from 11 to 11:45 a.m. and 3 to 3:45 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration accompanies the Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday confession periods.

The parish's mission is to proclaim Christ's gospel locally through word, action, and truth. Its 9:30 Sunday choir draws on chant, hymns, and choral sacred music and rehearses Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. Greeters, altar servers, lectors, Communion ministers, homebound visitation, and other roles connect parishioners to liturgy and care. Faith formation meets at nearby Immaculate Conception: grades five through nine attend Tuesday from 6 to 7:15 p.m., and kindergarten through grade four attend Wednesday at the same time, September through May. OCIA welcomes prospective Catholics and meets Sunday at 8 a.m.; child-program volunteers must complete diocesan safe-environment requirements. Newcomers still need to ask about Mass length, parking and accessible entry, nursery care, ordinary attire, interpretation across languages, and whether the parish broadcasts worship.

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