We have a busy 2026 calendar, and allow me to highlight some of the upcoming exciting events. Maybe there is one celebratory event that has your name written all over it.
April
We’ll start with a Cookie Connect after all three Masses. We’ll enjoy homemade cookies while we travel back to 1851, learning about the very beginnings of our parish in Jeffersonville and tracing that story up through 1949. Also in April, our Spiritual Growth team will host a Day of Reflection, Walking the Gospel like St. Francis—a chance to slow down and reconnect with the heart of our faith.
May
Our Right to Life ministry will lead us in a Right to Life Rosary, praying together as a parish community for the month of Mary.
June
We’ll celebrate our St. Anthony Feast Day Mass with religious communities who have served this parish across generations. Immediately following Mass, we’ll dedicate the Family Legacy Memorial and then gather for a true parish tradition—a community pitch-in dinner, coordinated by our Young Adult Ministry and supported by Women of a Mission, Men’s Club, St. Anthony Connectors and our parishioners’ homemade dishes. Also in June, we’ll host 24-Hour Eucharistic Adoration, using the National Eucharistic Congress monstrance that traveled across the country in 2024 and passed right through Clarksville where we joined as a Parish in this procession. We will begin the 24-Hour Adoration with our own procession around our St. Anthony neighborhood.
August
We’ll gather again for another history-themed Cookie Connect—this time focusing on the second half of our history, 1949 to the present, here at our Clarksville campus.
October
We’ll come together on a beautiful October Saturday for a Parish History Walk—departing from the site of our first church in Jeffersonville, to our second, and then along the riverfront to our Clarksville campus. There will be many opportunities to join us along the way to provide a walking distance right for everyone. This event is hosted by St. Vincent de Paul, it will also serve as their annual fundraising Walk for the Poor—and we hope it displays a powerful witness of a proud St Anthony community. Then, one week later, on Sunday, October 18, we’ll celebrate our 175th Anniversary Gala Mass, followed by a catered parish luncheon—a true milestone moment for our parish family.
November
We’ll close our anniversary year with one more Cookie Connect—this time looking forward, imagining the next 25 years of St. Anthony Parish.
This anniversary is about more than just events. It’s about 1)gratitude for where we are and where we are going, 2)community engagement, and 3)faith passed down from one generation to the next. We hope you’ll join us often throughout the year—and help us continue writing the story of St. Anthony together.