Below you will find the most up to date information regarding the Coronavirus and how it affects St. Anthony Catholic Church in Lakeland.

Please note this page will be updated as more information becomes available and decisions are made. 
UPDATE 4/3/2020

• ​​​​​​​The Parish Office will be closed until further notice. If you have an emergency call the office at 863.858.8047 and select option 1.

UPDATE 3/19/2020

• Mass Intentions If you requested a daily Mass intention during this time the Church is closed, please be assured that Fr. Paul or Fr. Luis will celebrate daily Mass for the intentions of the faithful albeit without their presence.  The weekend Mass intentions of the faithful will be celebrated as follows: for the 4pm (Saturday), 8am, 10am and 5pm (Sunday) will be celebrated at the 10am Mass on Sunday. You can watch on Livestream.  The 6pm Spanish Mass intention will be celebrated at 6pm via Livestream. 
• Parish Office hours are still 9am to 5pm Monday - Friday For emergency situations, parishioner are invited to communicate with a priest or available staff by phone or email. Call the Parish office and we will be happy to help you. 

UPDATE 3/18/2020
Effective at the end of today, regularly scheduled celebration of Masses and other liturgical events for the faithful in parish churches and other public sanctuaries are suspended until further notice.  Click the link below for more information from Bishop Noonan.

Weekend Masses will be on Livestream at 6pm Saturday (Spanish), 8am Sunday (Vietnamese), and 10am Sunday (English).

• All Meetings, small groups are suspended.
• The Thrift Shop will be closed at end of today until further notice.
• Gift Shop will be closed until further notice. 

03/17/2020

• St. Anthony Catholic School is closed .
• The remaining Fish Fry Fridays have been canceled. 
• Faith Formation/ Youth Ministry are canceled until further notice.
• The Grief Support group has been canceled until further notice. Anyone needing grief support please call Dianne Kelter.
• Healing Our Parish is canceled.
• Our Gift Shop will only be open on Sundays from 9:00 am until 11:30 am until further notice.
• All Masses and Liturgical Celebrations will take place as scheduled.

During this time of uncertainty, we encourage our parishioners who are unable to attend Mass at St. Anthony to consider online giving through our parish website. Your gift to our parish is greatly appreciated and helps with the operation of our parish.

For the most up to date information regarding the Coronavirus please visit the websites for the Florida Department of Health, Center for Disease Control and the Diocese of Orlando below: