Dear Parishioners: First off, I would like to thank everyone who made this Holy Week so special. I would like to thank: + Our Music Ministers: Organists, Leaders of Song, Accompanists and choirs + Our Liturgical Ministers: Deacons, Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, ushers, sacristans and Altar Servers + Our Liturgical Decorating Committee: a small army of…
Dear Parishioners: Blessed Easter! May the peace and joy of the Risen Christ be with you and your families throughout this holy season and may the promise of the resurrection give you peace. During Holy Week, our Parish will be hosting a variety of spiritual opportunities, both for children and for adults. Please look at…
Dear Parishioners: The season of Lent is now in full swing. We are already at Week 4 of Lent; in fact, we are halfway through Lent. I hope you were able to attend all or part of the Parish Mission this past week. I think Fr. Shibi, Fr. Doug and Fr. Sean did a wonderful…
Dear Parishoners This coming week our Parish Family will be hosting our Lenten Mission centered around 40 Forty Hours Devotion. It will be “old home week” here at the Parish as we will be inviting back priests who have served here at St. Patrick: Fr. Shibi Pappan, OIC (2014 – 2018), Fr. Doug Arcoleo (1998…
Dear Parishioners: Well, believe it or not, Lent is upon us! Easter is early this year – March 31 – so that means that Lent is very early as well. It seems like we were just singing Christmas carols! During the Lenten season, there will be a variety of Spiritual Opportunities that will…
Dear Parishioners: Lenten greetings from the rectory! Believe it or not, Lent has arrived! Easter is very early this year: March 31! This Wednesday, February 14, is Ash Wednesday. Please see below for our Ash Wednesday Schedule. Pope Francis has said, “Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake from our lethargy… The Lord is…
Lent is a time of grace, a time for conversion, a time to come home to God. —St. Maximilian Kolbe The purpose of Lent is not to force on us a few formal obligations, but to “soften” our heart so that it may open itself to the realities of the spirit, to experience the…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Each year, the Church throughout the United States takes the opportunity to celebrate the gift of Catholic Education during Catholic Schools Week which begins today and concludes on February 3, 2024. As Bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, I want to express how incredibly proud I am of…
Dear Parishioners: This Sunday, the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, is also called “Word of God” Sunday. I would like to offer you the following quotes regarding the Scriptures, the Word of God: 2 Timothy 16-17: “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in…
With our celebrations of the Epiphany and the Baptism of the Lord behind us, we now begin our season of Ordinary Time. Let us not misunderstand the meaning and purpose of this season, for no time is “ordinary” after the manifestation of the Son of God in the flesh. Our lives, like the lives of…
