MESSAGE FROM FR. JEFF

Hello everybody!

Last weekend, I shared the State of the Parish and I summarize my remarks in this week’s bulletin article HERE. You can also listen to my homily HERE. You should receive the Accountability Report by email tomorrow and hard copies will be available at the Welcome Desk in the gathering space. 

We are hoping to reach our dollar goal for the Catholic Services Appeal by Thanksgiving weekend. As of last Friday we are at 75% of our $180,600 goal. We are looking forward to our school families participation through the contest in the classrooms to help us get there! 

We have about 60 angels left on our Angel Tree. This year we added more angels based on the need from expressed by St. Vincent DePaul, Eastern Area Community Ministries, Sister Visitor Center and Centro Latino. Thank you for your generosity in support of children this Christmas. 

In conjunction with #iGiveCatholic and the Hallow app, we kicked off advanced giving to raise funds to help repair our organ in church. We are off to a good start - within the first hour of Monday's 2:00 p.m. email, 5 parishioners gave a total of $1200. Thank you! Our goal is $32K. Some have asked about the organ since you do still hear it during Mass on occasion. Yes, it can be played, but only in a very limited way. Our organist currently has to manually cycle through 6–8 settings every time he begins a hymn and it is only a matter of time before functionality fails completely. The repair will restore full, reliable function so the instrument can support our liturgy the way it’s meant to. Please take a moment to watch the VIDEO to learn more about the project. If you are a Hallow app user, our parish prayer for this month is the Surrender Novena, which ties nicely into our iGiveCatholic effort. Hallow has also provided an option to support the organ project directly through the Novena. 

And yes—between #iGiveCatholic, Hallow, CSA, outreach, calendars, novenas, and campaigns—you practically need your own executive assistant to keep track of it all! But these opportunities also show something very important: we are part of a vibrant, growing, faith-filled parish. Thank you for being a vital part of it!

May God bless you and those you love.

Peace,

Fr. Jeff

Associate Pastor Update

We would like to share several upcoming transitions within our parish family.

Fr. Loi will transition from St. Patrick Church to serve as Associate Pastor of Holy Spirit and Saint Leonard Churches, effective January 1, 2026.

The Archbishop's appointment of our new Associate Pastor, Fr. Wilfredo Fernandez, will be effective January 1, 2026, as he concludes his ministry at Saint Aloysius in Pewee Valley, Kentucky.

We are deeply grateful for Fr. Loi’s ministry among us and look forward to welcoming Fr. Wilfredo. Please keep both priests in your prayers as they prepare for these new chapters in their priestly service.

Listen to the Sunday Homily HERE

Pray the Surrender Novena with Us

It's not too late to join our Hallow App Prayer Challenge with the Surrender Novena Campaign. As part of the national #iGiveCatholic effort on Giving Tuesday, December 2, Hallow will match up to $1,000 raised through this campaign. All proceeds will support needed repairs to our church pipe organ. 

Ways to Submit Increased Offertory Commitment:

• Submit online HERE.
• Hard copy forms are available at the Welcome Desk
• Your new offering is effective immediately, unless you specify otherwise on your commitment card
• Questions? Contact Lynne Marshall at 244-6083 or lmarshall@stpatlou.org.
• Reminder - this will serve as your 2025/26 Annual Stewardship Commitment

Ways to Give:

• Cash or check
• Online at archlou.org/CSA
• QR code (scan with your cell phone)
• Pushpay on parish website

Help Us Raise Funds to Repair Our Organ!

Our parish is participating in #iGiveCatholic on #GivingTuesday, a 24-hour giving day where we are inviting parishioners to come together as one Catholic community to Give Catholic.

This is our first year to participate in the #iGiveCatholic Campaign. Archbishop Shelton Fabre had good results from this initiative in his former diocese of Houma Thibodeaux and brought this to Louisville via the Office of Mission Advancement two years ago. There have been 31 parishes in our Archdiocese who have participated and have had great success. We are hoping to raise $32,000 to help make repairs to our organ in the church. Your generous support will make a meaningful difference to the mission of our parish.

Advanced giving runs through December 1. The 24-hour online giving day will be on Tuesday, December 2 from 12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. Every prayer and every dollar are much appreciated. 



Aid to East Africa

Deacon Mark Rougeux is returning to East Africa on December 1. If you would like to follow what is going on in Kenya and Tanzania, and are not already on his mailing list, please send your name and email to mrougeux@mac.com. Thank you and know that your prayers are appreciated.  

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Louisville, KY 40245

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