Dear Parishioners: Sweltering greetings from the rectory! I hope everyone had a pleasant July 4th weekend and that you have weathered the heat and humidity of this week. For me, it gets too hot when it hits 70 degrees and I prefer partially cloudy days, not direct sunlight! My cheap Irish skin was not meant…
Dear Parishioners: Congratulations to the graduates of St. Patrick School. Twenty-seven students graduated on June 13th. Many of them have been in St. Patrick School for 11 years. If they have, they will have spent more time in St. Patrick School than it will take them to graduate from high school, college and graduate school…
Dear Parishioners: Today, we celebrate the Feast of CORPUS CHRISTI, the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. The Eucharist is one of the central tenets of the Catholic faith; when we receive Holy communion, we receive the Body and Blood of Christ! Pope Urban IV instituted Corpus Christi in 1264 by the papal…
Dear Parishioners: In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14th. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress The United States Army also celebrates the U.S. Army birthday on this date. When the American Revolution broke out in…
Dear Parishioners: This Tuesday, June 3rd, a special event will take place throughout the day and even through the night. Our parish is designated as one of the locations for the diocesan wide Eucharistic Pilgrimage. Volunteers are needed for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament during the overnight hours. We will also host that same evening…
Dear Parishioners: Post-Easter greetings from the rectory! I hope you all had a lovely Easter. As you know, I was away for a few weeks assisting with the Prison Mission for the National Guard. I was visiting the troops at eight different prisons, including Attica – of the famous riot in 1971. Of course, I…
Christ is risen! He is truly risen! A blessed and happy Easter to our St. Patrick’s family! Today we celebrate the greatest news of all time: Jesus Christ rose from the dead. And this means that we too will rise again, we too will see each other again. God did not create us for death,…
Dear Parishioners: Well, it is one week down and five weeks to go. Today, we celebrate the Second Sunday of Lent. The first Sunday of Lent always focuses on the temptations of Christ in the desert. The Second Sunday of Lent is always the Transfiguration. After that, the Gospels on the various Sundays of Lent…
Dear Parishioners: Well, believe it or not, Lent is upon us! Easter is later this year – April 20th – but it still seems like Ash Wednesday snuck up on me! During the Lenten season, there will be a variety of Spiritual Opportunities that will take place. I urge you to take advantage of these…
Dear Parishioners: As you may know, every 25 years, the church celebrates a “jubilee” year. A jubilee year is a special year of remission of sins, debts, and universal pardon. In the Book of Leviticus, a jubilee year is mentioned to occur every 50th year during which slaves and prisoners would be freed, debts would…
