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St. Anthony of Padua, Patron Saint of Barren Women, Infertility, and Pregnancy

Reading time: 10 minutes · Updated: Jan 3, 2021 by Anna

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St. Anthony of Padua is best known for being a friend of the baby Jesus and for helping people find lost objects. However, he is also the patron saint of barren women, and for that reason, is an important saint to pray to when struggling to conceive a baby. So whether you have just started your fertility journey, or you are looking for a miracle during infertility, consider turning to St. Anthony for intercession!

In this blog post I am going to talk about St. Anthony and ways to pray with him! I will also share an original prayer for becoming pregnant and finding your miracle baby to him that I wrote, and several traditional prayers to him.

Read here my blog post on all the patron saints of infertility and TTC!

Praying with Saint Anthony of Padua, Patron Saint of Miracles, Lost Things, Barren Women, Pregnancy, Infertility, Fertility, and Trying to Conceive #fertility #infertility #catholicsaint #prayer #ttc

Table of Contents

  • About St. Anthony of Padua
  • Saint Anthony, Patron Saint of Barren Women
  • My short story of prayer to St. Anthony
  • How to pray with St. Anthony
  • An Original Prayer to St. Anthony For Children
  • Traditional Prayers to St. Anthony (these are just a sampling, if you buy a prayer book or search the web you will find so many more prayers to St. Anthony!)
        • Lost Things Prayer
        • Invocation to Saint Anthony
        • St. Anthony help me find . . .
        • To ask St. Anthony for a special grace
        • Prayer to St. Anthony for a Special Request
        • Prayer to St. Anthony the Wonder Worker

About St. Anthony of Padua

St. Anthony was born and raised in a well-to-do family in Lisbon, but gave up wealth and power in order to join the Augustinian order in Lisbon when he was a young man. Later he was inspired by the Franciscan martyrs and joined the Franciscan Order in the hopes of traveling and preaching the gospel. Instead he became ill and went to Italy where he spent his time praying and reading the Scriptures.

St. Anthony’s big break came when no one was prepared to give the sermon at an ordination. St. Anthony’s spontaneous sermon was spirit-filled. From then on he became known as a friar devoted to prayer and the Scriptures. He became the first friar to teach theology to other friars.  He finally was able to travel, preach, and convert believers as he had always wished.

Because his life changed directions many times he is thought to be a patron for those who find themselves at a major crossroads or who have had a major change thrust upon them and are heading in a new and unexpected direction. Thus, he is a good patron for those of us suddenly overwhelmed by a new diagnosis of infertility. He is also an example of someone so devout he easily turned over his life and trust to God. He is someone to pray with when you are struggling to turn your trust and life over to God!

Saint ANthony Patron Saint of Barren Women

Saint Anthony, Patron Saint of Barren Women

Among many other things he has become the patron saint to pray to against barrenness, and for pregnant women. Some speculate this is because he is often shown in art holding the baby Jesus. Others speculate it is because he is the finder of lost things- and so he can help you find your baby (or your fertility). I can’t find any definitive stories explaining this connection. BUT, I do believe St. Anthony to be a powerful advocate in heaven for those of us on Earth, so he is worth praying to!

My short story of prayer to St. Anthony

It was years before I was trying to conceive that I lost my great-grandmother’s diamond. It had been her engagement ring, and my mother had it turned into a single diamond necklace for me as a graduation gift. I lost it and was very upset- I felt I had disappointed my great grandmother! I looked up a prayer to St. Anthony to find lost things. I prayed it fervently and then closed my eyes and prayed/meditated for almost thirty minutes. When I opened my eyes I saw something sparkle (I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP). Right on the floor, maybe 3 feet in front of me was the necklace. It was laid out perfectly as if it was in a jewelry box. I was amazed!! (Side note: my father suggested the cat had come by while I prayed and found the necklace, played with it, and dropped it there. Okay, maybe, but obviously the cat was led by St. Anthony!!)

I only prayed to St. Anthony while trying to conceive as part of a larger personal litany to many saints (I promise to publish that in a later blog!).  But many have prayed to him successfully while trying to conceive, and if his story connects or resonates with you, I suggest trying to pray with him. He is also a saint to pray to during a difficult pregnancy for a safe delivery of a healthy baby.

Read here for my story of my first miracle pregnancy and here for my second miracle pregnancy.

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How to pray with St. Anthony

There are many ways to grow closer to a Saint! The first is to read as much about them as you can. The second is to keep a statue of them, or wear their medal, or keep a prayer card nearby. All of these are reminders to you to pray with them.  

You can also pray original prayers, or use traditional prayers to them. Finally, you can be sure that after you find your miracle you acknowledge them and spread the word about them (like I do in this blog). It might mean mentioning them to a friend in need, donating in their name to a charity, or something else meaningful for you!  

Here are a few ideas for growing closer to St. Anthony:

  1. Read more about St. Anthony. Here is the highest rated book on Amazon about St. Anthony!
  2. Keep a statue of St. Anthony.
  3. Wear a St. Anthony medal.
  4. Keep a St. Anthony prayer card with you.
  5. Say a novena to him.
  6. Honor him on his feast day- June 13.
  7. And of course- pray to him! See the prayers below.


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An Original Prayer to St. Anthony For Children

St. Anthony of miracles, through your intervention God heals the barren woman and makes her a happy mother of children. Deliver me from barrenness, and restore my lost fertility. I am confident that you will hear my prayers and intercede for me to the Lord, Our God. Heal my body. Heal my soul. Guide me to make the right choices. Help me to find my baby. I pray with certainty that my happy, healthy baby will soon be in my arms. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Saint Anthony, Patron saint of those trying to become pregnant


Traditional Prayers to St. Anthony (these are just a sampling, if you buy a prayer book or search the web you will find so many more prayers to St. Anthony!)

Lost Things Prayer

Good Saint Anthony, look around, something’s lost and must be found. Please help me find [what you seek]!

Invocation to Saint Anthony

Dear Saint Anthony, I extend my prayer to you, confident in your compassionate goodness, which can listen and console everyone: be my intercessor before the Lord. You who led an evangelical life, help me to live mine with faith and Christian hope; you who preached the message of charity, inspire the whole of humanity to search for  peace and brotherhood; you who supported, even through miracles, the suffering and all those who were facing injustice, please sustain the poor and the forsaken of this world. Bless especially my work and my family, taking away illnesses of body and soul; make me capable of always remaining close to God, both in times of joy or sorrow, with the faith and the love of a son. Amen!

St. Anthony help me find . . .

Glorious Saint Anthony, you have exercised the divine power to find what was lost. Help me to recover the grace of God, and make me zealous in the service of God and in the practice of living the virtues. Let me find what I have lost, thus showing me the presence of your goodness.(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be) Let us pray. Anthony, glorious servant of God, famous for your merits and powerful miracles, help us to find what was lost. Give us your help in times of temptation; and enlighten our minds in searching the will of God. Help us to find again the life of grace, which our sin destroyed, and lead us to the possession of the glory promised us by the Savior. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Praying with Saint Anthony of Padua, Patron Saint of Miracles, Lost Things, Barren Women, Pregnancy, Infertility, Fertility, and Trying to Conceive #fertility #infertility #catholicsaint #prayer #ttc

To ask St. Anthony for a special grace

Admirable Anthony, so glorious for your miracles and for the favor that Jesus showed on you by coming in the guise of the Divine Child to rest in your arms, obtain from His goodness the grace I long for within my heart. You, so compassionate toward poor sinners, pay no attention to my defects, but to the glory of God which will once again be exalted by you and to my eternal salvation, not separated from the request I am now earnestly making. (Say the grace that lies in your heart). Let my love and charity towards the poor be a token of my gratitude. May I be given the grace to enter heaven with them through your intercession by the grace of Jesus the Redeemer. Amen

Prayer to St. Anthony for a Special Request

Holy Saint Anthony, gentle and powerful in your help, your love for God and charity for His creatures, made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers. Miracles waited on your word, which you were always ready to request for those in trouble or anxiety. Encouraged by this thought, I implore you to obtain for me (request). The answer to my prayer may require a miracle. Even so, you are the Saint of miracles. Gentle and loving Saint Anthony, whose heart is ever full of human sympathy, take my petition to the Infant Savior for whom you have such a great love, and the gratitude of my heart will ever be yours. Amen.

Prayer to St. Anthony the Wonder Worker

After you died, St. Anthony, God chose to make your holiness known to the world and to draw people by working miracles in answer to prayers made in your name. Since then, people have asked God to continue to honor you by working wonders through your intercession. Those who have experienced the power of prayers offered in your name have told how God has answered them. God has healed the sick, restored peace of mind, relieved poverty and granted favors of all kinds. Now in this time of need, I ask you, St. Anthony, to pray with me for the things I desire. I pray that God may again give me a sign of loving care and providence, and that through you, God may draw us all to the fullness of life and love in eternity. Amen.

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I'm Anna and I beat the odds and got pregnant naturally (twice) after the doctors said it wasn’t possible. I blog about how I did it and encourage my readers to take charge of their fertility journey and get happy, healthy, and pregnant!

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  1. Sarah Cummings

    June 24, 2018 at 12:43 pm

    Super interesting Anna! You’ve inspired me to research him further.

    Reply
  2. Nichole

    September 14, 2018 at 11:36 pm

    Hi! New to your post! I am having fertility issues. I have been trying to conceive my second child for two years now (2.6 if you count my miscarriage) I often pray to Saint Anthony when I lose things and let me tell you the things I lose always show up! I’ve lost my wedding rings and found them, my diamond was most on my engagement ring and I prayed to him then randomly I was in the bathroom and bam there it was in the corner behind the bathroom door! He does listen and he does help!! He is also a Saint close to my grandmothers heart which means a lot to me. She has a statue my nana touched before she died and it comes out to visit often ( when I had my daughter he was there!) he is near and dear to my heart. I did not know he was linked to fertility until this post however I was just telling my best friend maybe I should pray to Saint Anthony for my period that had not come, I did and it did come this past week finally! I truly love this amazing Saint!

    Reply
    • Anna

      September 15, 2018 at 7:32 pm

      Nichole,

      What wonderful testimonials to St. Anthony!! Definitely sounds like you need to work with him!! Let me know when you find your second baby!!!

      💖💖💖

      Anna

      Reply
    • Vee

      February 04, 2022 at 5:08 am

      Your story has inspired me to try St Anthony. I have one child and my periods have disappeared too. Praying for a miracle. Will post back when it’s granted.

      Reply
  3. Jazmin Valenzuela

    October 08, 2018 at 9:57 pm

    We been trying to conceive for the past 5 years with no luck I taken many different products to help us conceive and use different ovulation test to baby dance on the correct days but we haven’t been able to conceive I’m posting here because I feel desperate we just found out my SO has low testosterone and high cholesterol but he doesn’t want to see a doctor. I am currently 2 days past ovulation and I want help please pray for us to be able to conceive this month and I get implantation bleeding this week. I purchased a candle of St. Anthony I will be praying to him tonight it’s my first time praying to him and I have hope he will hear my prayers tonight.

    Reply
  4. Amelia k

    December 06, 2018 at 7:44 am

    Thank you so much for posting this. As a Catholic women with infertility it can feel so isolating. I love praying to the saints! Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
  5. Brandi

    April 13, 2019 at 12:20 pm

    Please God and St. Anthony, we are having the hardest of times trying to conceive a child. I am getting up in age and I pray to at least have one. I dont need two or three children, but if you could just bless us with at least one I would truly be eternally grateful. Thank you and God Bless.

    Reply
  6. Theresa

    May 10, 2019 at 1:48 am

    This isn’t a fertility story just yet, but I saw first hand how miraculous St.Anthony the Wonder Healer worked in my family, our dog was chopped on his leg by an assailant and didn’t want us to touch him, my grandmother made a novena that said night to St.Anthony and the following morning my dog literally walked up to us and throw himself on the ground and stretched out his affected leg, it was so amazing how it occured,we all witnessed a living testimony on how great St.Anthony is,if you knew my dog you will understand why we called it a True Miracle.

    Reply
  7. Drica

    July 29, 2019 at 2:11 pm

    I prayed to St. Anthony in November when my monthly period was messing up and I knew I had likely ovulated for the month. But I trusted him to intercede for me to the Lord Our God for a miracle baby and my prayer was answered. I’m am expecting to have my baby next month. It really works.

    Reply
    • Anna

      July 29, 2019 at 2:21 pm

      What a wonderful story!! Thank you so for sharing!

      Reply
  8. Marines Valladares

    August 02, 2019 at 1:25 am

    A month ago I had a miss miscarriage, it has been the hardest thing I’ve ever imagined to go through, the way I have been able to keep up is praying; asking God to make my faith bigger and stronger, to make my dream of becoming a mom even bigger ! I have asked to please not make me fall on my feet and forget my dreams and illusions. Now reading about St. Anthony I’ll include him in my prayers too. I’ll ask to give us strength and hope so we can find our second baby sooner than we ever imagine and to be able to have a healthy pregnancy full of joy and happiness ! And that our first Baby Angel is Happy and Proud to have us as parents even though our time together was so little he has given us the biggest joy we can ever imagine or explain! We are so blessed by our Angel we miss so much!

    Reply
    • Anna

      August 19, 2019 at 4:05 pm

      Marines,

      I’m so sorry for your loss my dear, and I am echoing all your prayers to the heavens!! Blessings!

      Anna

      Reply
  9. Shikha

    November 08, 2019 at 3:04 pm

    I want to know which novena I can pray to

    heal my diabetes.

    Reply
    • Anna

      November 11, 2019 at 9:39 pm

      If you are trying to heal diabetes and get pregnant, maybe pray to St. Rita? https://www.tomakeamommy.com/st-rita-of-cascia-patron-saint-of-infertility-and-hopeless-causes/

      Reply
  10. Shikha

    November 08, 2019 at 3:44 pm

    And I also want to know is there any supplement I can eat to stop sugar cravings

    Reply
    • Anna

      November 11, 2019 at 9:38 pm

      I don’t know about supplements, but I do know that the sugar cravings go away in one month! You can do it!

      Reply
  11. Jane

    December 14, 2019 at 3:36 am

    Am jane have been looking forward to have my second child, ten years have gone by traying and moving from one doctor to the next. now i know my answer will come from praying to saint Anthony to inteceed for me to God to bless me with another child. St. Anthony pray for me

    Reply
    • Anna

      December 16, 2019 at 9:54 am

      I am praying with you Jane!

      Reply
    • Christine

      June 25, 2020 at 1:58 am

      I got my daughter outside marriage, the man didn’t marry me and after a couple of years God blessed me with a loving and caring man. My worries is that am suffering with infertility even though I have not visited any doctor for i believe that God is the doctor of doctors. Please help me to pray to st Antony for a miracle because I know that no marriage can stand without a baby.

      Reply
      • Anna

        July 03, 2020 at 3:45 pm

        Praying with you.

        Reply
  12. Rosie

    December 22, 2019 at 7:35 am

    Dear St. Anthony,
    Thankyou for everything you have done for me. Could you help me in having a family? We do great when we work together. Thanjks so much for your blessed support to date.

    Reply
    • Anna

      January 06, 2020 at 4:42 pm

      Amen Amen

      Reply
  13. Lauryn

    January 19, 2020 at 1:51 pm

    Hey. Am new here. I have had infertility issues for 5years now, and doctors have said I can not conceive naturally. After reading about St. Anthony I want him to intercede for me to God so that I can receive this miracle baby in my arms. Amen

    Reply
    • Florence

      January 02, 2023 at 3:51 am

      Hi am new here I have just prayed to Saint Anthony to grand me a health handsome baby boy am on window period will do pregnancy test in two weeks to come. Saint Anthony have mercy on me. Amen

      Reply
  14. Pat

    June 24, 2020 at 8:12 pm

    I am in desperate need for a miracle. My husband has been battling cancer for the past 5 years. He has had back surgery to replace his lower spine. He just finished another round of chemo treatment. I have always wanted children and just being able to have one child will be a joyous blessing. I ask that St. Anthony to help me in my situation as he always have. Please, please St. Anthony hear my plea and answer me! Heal my husband and give us a baby. Amen

    Reply
    • Anna

      July 03, 2020 at 3:46 pm

      Amen.

      Reply
  15. Mary

    July 03, 2020 at 4:58 am

    Saint Antony
    I wait your grace I wait a healthy baby Sind 16 year
    And I ask you to give us .

    Mary

    Reply
    • Anna

      July 03, 2020 at 3:37 pm

      Amen!

      Reply
  16. afomia

    December 31, 2020 at 12:50 am

    Hi can you please pray for my and for my husband to have baby since we got married we don’t have a baby.

    Reply
  17. Florence

    January 02, 2023 at 3:55 am

    Saint Anthony please help be and give me a healthy handsome baby boy in Jesus name we prayed 🙏

    Reply

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