Dec. 6-15. Several parish locations. The Franciscan Friars from Padua, Italy, invite all to welcome St. Anthony of Padua to the Archdiocese of Atlanta. St. Anthony will be visiting in the form of “two precious and first-class relics,” from the Pontifical Basilica in Padua. The two relics on tour are fragments of St. Anthony’s facial skin and his floating rib. The relic of the floating rib has special significance for the friars because it was venerated by Lucy of Fatima in her convent in Coimbra in 1995, and by then-Archbishop Jorge Maria Bergoglio (Pope Francis) in the Cathedral of Buenos Aires in 2000. The relics will be accompanied by Father Mario Conte and Father Fabio Turrisendo, two Franciscan Friars from the Pontifical Basilica in Padua, where the saint is buried. The first stop will be St. Philip Benizi Church, 591 Flint River Rd in Jonesboro, on Friday, Dec. 6, with a Mass beginning at 8:30 a.m. Veneration hours will follow. Contact: Maria Hart at aafsap@aol.com for details.