About Us

The St. Anthony Companion is a publication of the Companions of St. Anthony, a ministry of the Our Lady of the Angels Province, USA of the Franciscan Friars Conventual. The St. Anthony Companion is your news source for the work of the friars ministering in 19 American (arch)dioceses, as well as countries in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe, as well as Rome, and at the Order’s Sacred Convent, the friary and Basilica in Assisi where St. Francis is buried.

The Companions of St. Anthony give glory to God through living the values which were so dear to St. Anthony: Love for the Eucharist; knowledge of Scripture; reconciliation and penance as part of the Christian journey; prayer; devotion to Mary, the Mother of God; and opportunities for Christian giving.