The friars recognize the shrine — a dream of Wattson’s — as the largest outdoor shrine of St. Anthony in the United States. Dedicated in 1960, the shrine located on the friars’ 400-acre ...

St. Anthony of the Desert was born in Egypt on ... dedicated to penance and a life of prayer. For years he lived in a hermitage that he himself built, which was described as being in a pit ...

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There are also 90 sisters with whom the friars serve. 400,000 annual prayer requests The story of their devotion to St. Anthony starts in 1912 when they had just finished installing a statue of ...