St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church

"This is one church where I find that the priests and the parishioners are peaceful loving"

"I left this Parish! After over 30 years of being a faithful Parishioner. Religious leaders changed and their ideals were far from what I'm used to in a Catholic Church!"

"I stay the weekends in the Bronx sometimes to help a friends family and I need to come to this church sometimes so I don't miss mass. I love Mass at my church in Staten Island, very traditional and conservative. And this is a really nice switch and to feel the Lord with different people, different music... and everyone is nice & polite. Such a needed haven to strengthen your faith and spiritually armor yourself against... I guess the demonic madness our elected officials dont care about. But God does."

"I thank God for this church one for the retreats I got all my retreats in this church and I love it I love to praise I love the people and I really enjoy myself it's a place where they make you feel safe and the kindness and the love that you feel in this church you don't feel anywhere else when I go there I always feel blessed I go in unhappy but I come out with peace and love thank you Jesus for the peace and love that I receive in your house"

"I had a very unwelcoming experience here on more than one occasion. The Centro Carismatico Ushers are very rude—one man argued with me before getting into the confessional on one occasion because my mask was not up to his standards (yes, it was a standard cloth mask that covered my mouth and nose. I did not take it off once. I also sanitized. He argued that it didn’t go up high enough for his liking to cover my nose completely and tried to prevent me from entering the confessional. The priest said I was fine and there was no problem. On another occasion, I came to church and stepped out before Mass started because I came early to do my rosary, but the upcoming Mass was in Spanish (I prefer English). The ushers told me I could not leave the church because Mass was beginning soon. What? Since when am I forced to stay inside a church? The ushers are very unwelcoming. Over time, this parish has become very clique-y. If you’re not very charismatic, you won’t feel like you fit in, and the church doesn’t do much outreach to support those who are not into that. I have no problems with the priests—they are all wonderful. However, ushers and workers there need lessons on how to approach parishioners and talk to them like people."