MESSAGE FROM FR. JEFF

Hello everybody!

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday and we enter once again into the Season of Lent. I encourage you to take some time to pray and reflect about your Lenten observance this year. Of course, the practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are central to the season. Last weekend, I also shared three themes that may assist you in considering how you may journey through this season. First, Lent is a journey of the heart. The first line of scripture we will hear tomorrow is from the prophet Joel, “Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart.” Where are our hearts broken, divided, or hidden from God? Second, it is a journey of purification and enlightenment as we prepare to renew our baptismal promises at Easter. What do we need to get rid of and what do we need to add to our lives to experience the grace of our baptism? Third, Lent is a journey from death to life. In Jesus’s own resurrection, he calls us out of death, out of the tomb, to walk in newness of life with him. May our Lent this year bear much fruit!

During this season, we will also enter into an “increased offertory” process. We will consider our parish community’s mission and need and be invited to pray about our personal financial stewardship and support for our community. This process will take the place of our annual stewardship renewal and I hope that each of us (myself included) will prayerfully enter the process as we journey through Lent. Fr. Loi will introduce that process next weekend and we will conclude on Easter Sunday. May it be a source of unity as together we seek to responsibly carry out the mission entrusted to us in the Lord’s vineyard. 

Please continue to pray for Pope Francis, as well. May God’s power bring him health and consolation. God bless all of us as we begin our Lenten journey anew. 

Peace,

Fr. Jeff

Jubilee Year of Hope

Click HERE to learn more about the purpose of the Jubilee, a decree from Archbishop Shelton Fabre and pilgrimage sites.

Lenten Offerings

Praying

Ash Wednesday Masses - March 5

• 12:00 p.m.
• 7:00 p.m.

40 Days for Life Prayer Campaign

Begins March 5 - Ash Wednesday

Join the Disciples for Life ministry and participate in praying for the end of abortion and for the conversion of hearts toward the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death. Sign up HERE to pray for one hour every Tuesday during Lent. Pray anywhere - home, church, adoration, etc.

 Stations of the Cross

• Wednesday, March 12 - 6:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, March 19 - 6:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, March 26 - 6:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 2 - 6:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 9 - 6:00 p.m.

Lenten Reconciliation

• Wednesday, March 12 - 6:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, March 26 - 6:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 2 - 12:45 p.m.
• Thursday, April 10 - 6:30 p.m.

These additional dates supplement the regular Saturday offerings at 4:00 p.m. The final chance before Holy Week and Easter is April 10.

Parish wide prayer service

Honor our patron saint before the March 14 Fish Fry

• March 14
• 5:00 - 5:30 p.m. in the church
• St. Patrick School students who attend earn a dress-down day on Monday, March 17

Anointing of the sick

All weekend Masses - March 29/30

Almsgiving

Rice Bowl

We are called to pause and pay closer attention to our relationship with God and our neighbors. Visit HERE to give today.

Community

Friday Fish Frys

Join us for our award winning 32nd annual Lenten Fish Fry. Dine-in or carry out options are available.

• March 7, 14, 21, 28, April 4, 11
• 4:30 -7:30 p.m. - Celtic Center
• Note: March 21 - drive thru only 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Stewardship Renewal

Complete your gifts of time, talent and treasure by scanning on the QR code or online HERE.

40 Days for Life Prayer Campaign

Lent is a sacred season of prayer. The 40 Days for Life campaign begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5. The St. Patrick Disciples for Life team invites you to join in this movement by praying for an end to abortion and for hearts to be transformed in recognizing the sanctity of all human life, from conception to natural death.

We invite you to commit to one hour of prayer each week throughout Lent. St. Patrick is dedicating every Tuesday of Lent to prayer from 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. You can pray from home, work, church, during adoration, or wherever you feel called. Sign up HERE.

Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

Click HERE for the brochure and to register for the fall Holy Land trip, October 27 - November 6, 2025 with an optional Jordan extension November 6-10.

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