Shrine of St. Anthony

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building_name=St. Joseph Cupertino Friary


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location=12290 Folly Quarter Rd
Ellicott City, Maryland, United States
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religious_affiliation=Roman Catholic
district=Archdiocese of Baltimore
status= Shrine
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website= [http://www.companionsofstanthony.org/ www.companionsofstanthony.org]
architecture_type=Friary/Novitate
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year_completed=1931
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The Shrine of St. Anthony is a Roman Catholic shrine honoring St. Anthony of Padua. The shrine is located within the St. Joseph Cupertino Friary in Ellicott City, Maryland. The Shrine is a ministry of the Conventual Franciscan Friars, St. Anthony of Padua Province.

The friary is situated on convert|320|acre|km2 sqmi|lk=on of hills and woodland. The entire friary comprises convert|20194|ft2|m2|abbr=on.

The Chapel which houses the relic of St. Anthony is open to the public during published visiting hours. Mass is offered weekdays throughout the year. Healing Masses are offered the 3rd and last Sunday of every month. The Shrine also offers the Sacrament of Reconciliation, spiritual direction, and days of prayer.

For prayer and solitude the grounds around the friary offers seven trails and a Lourdes Grotto.

The historic Manor House is open to the public during posted hours on the Sundays in October thru the 1st Sunday of November. It features two heritage rooms and a traveling art exhibit. In 2008 it will feature watercolor paintings by [http://facstaff.elon.edu/gwaterman/ Fr. Gerry Waterman] , OFM Conv. and poetry by Fr. Gary Johnson, OFM Conv.

History

The history of the property on which the Shrine of St. Anthony sits can be tied back to the Carroll family. In 1700 Charles Carroll of Annapolis was granted convert|10000|acre|km2 sqmi|lk=on of property in what is now Howard County, MD. In 1717 he began construction of Doughoregan Manor. Charles Carroll of Carrollton inherited the property and was eventually buried there. [ [http://www.adherents.com/people/pc/Charles_Carroll.html Charles Carroll, Signer of Declaration of Independence ] ] One thousand acres of land was sectioned off from the Doughoregan estate and given to Emily Caton MacTavish (Carroll's granddaughter) as a wedding present. The estate was immediately named "Folly Quarter". [ [http://www.mdhs.org/library/mss/ms000220.html Carroll-McTavish Papers] ] The manor house, first built around 1730 as part of the Doughoregan Manor estate, was remodeled and completed in 1832. [ [http://www.historicec.com/1999FollyFarm.htm Folly Quarter Farm] ]

After Emily Caton Mactavish died on January 26, 1867 the Folly Quarter estate was sold to Charles M. Dougherty. Through inheritance and marriage the property ended up back in the hands of the Carroll family via John Lee Carroll, governor of Maryland from 1876-1880. In 1910 the property was bought by Mr. Van Lear Black, a publisher of the Baltimore Sun. In 1924 Mr. Black sold the house to Mr. Morris Schapiro, the president of the Boston Iron and Metal Company, who in turn sold the house and 236 acres of the original estate to the Franciscan Friars in 1928.

The Cardinal Protector of the Order, Rafael Merry del Val, Secretary of State under Pope Pius X, sent his blessing on the new establishment which was to be used by the Friars as a novitiate.

The manor house became too small for the community and one of the Friars, Fr. Benedict Przemielewski was commisioned to design a new novitate. He decided to create a miniature version of the Sacro Convento, the original Friary built in Assisi, Italy in the 13th century. Construction started in 1930 and was completed in 1931. Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley blessed the new novitate in 1931.

In 1995, the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua, Italy made a gift of a first class relic of St. Anthony and reliquary to the shrine.

On July 1, 2005, William Cardinal Keeler, the Archbishop of Baltimore declared the Shrine of St. Anthony the official Archdiocesan shrine to St. Anthony.

See also

*Joseph of Cupertino

External links

* [http://www.basilicadelsanto.org/ Basilica of Saint Anthony in Padua]
* [http://www.companionsofstanthony.org/ Companions of St. Anthony] (official website)
* [http://www.stanthonyprovince.org/ Saint Anthony Province]
* [http://local.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=shrine+of+St.+anthony,+ellicott+City,+MD&ie=UTF8&ll=39.256806,-76.938028&spn=0.004287,0.008594&t=h&z=17/ Google Maps Aerial View of Shrine]

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