St. Patrick Parish

Monday- Friday 8 am

Except First Fridays, No 8 am Mass
Mass is at 12 pm every First Friday

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Saturday 5 pm 

Sunday: 7:30 a.m. (no livestream)

Sunday 10 am 

Sunday 5 pm (no livestream)

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     The Saint Patrick Parish office is open Monday through Friday, 9 am-1 pm.

Eleventh Annual Agnes Lunetta Scholarship Award Essay

The Agnes Lunetta Scholarship was established by Larry Lunetta, Patricia Van Arsdalen, and Susan Fattel in memory of their mother, Agnes Lunetta. This $1,000 scholarship is awarded every year to a 7^th grade student at St. Patrick School in honor of Agnes Lunetta who was a highly involved parishioner at the church, and an individual of great faith and integrity. The award is based on a student’s essay about a personal faith journey at St. Patrick School . This year’s winner is Brayden Kiraly. The award was presented to Brayden at a liturgy on January 15 that was attended by the 7^th grade and live streamed to the school community. On behalf of our school principal, Dr. Christine Ross, the School Faculty and Pastoral Staff at St. Patrick, I extend my congratulations to Brayden. His essay is as follows:

“Christ is someone who I can rely on, he is almost a third parent to me. When Jesus came down to Earth, he called God, Abba, which meant Papa. I think he did this to show us that the Church community can rely on him like a parent. Christ is someone who I can pour out my feelings, because I know he will not make judgments. Last year my grandmother became very ill. She went to the hospital, and the doctor diagnosed her with carotid artery disease. I prayed and prayed to Christ to help my grandmother get through every day. Christ helped me through this difficult time. I think you must trust Christ to be a follower. You must pray to him and believe that he will help you through this, but you must make sure that you are not testing him and believe that he will help you through this, but you must make sure that you are not testing him. Thankfully, my grandmother lived through this tough time, but if my grandmother did pass away, I shouldn’t be mad at Christ because it wasn’t his fault.

Ever since the incident with my grandmother, I have been a true follower of Christ. I think that to be a follower, you don’t have to be perfect and you don’t have to live a perfect Saint-like life. Everybody makes mistakes, and that is how we discover ourselves to live like a true follower of Christ, you must always think, “What would Jesus do?” in that exact situation. I think Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys is a perfect example of thinking WWJD in the moment. When she faced a problem, she always thought about WWJD, and solved the problem. For example, she realized that many Native Americans were not aware of Christ so she moved to Canada to educate the tribes of Canada. She persevered through poverty, hunger, cold, attacks by other tribes, and finally giving up her homeland. This is a true follower of Christ because she responded to her calling. Overall, I think have made it very far in my faith journey and I am looking forward to continuing through my life.”

As the Easter Season calls for courage to articulate our faith in the Risen Christ, there are countless times that we struggle to believe; some have even questioned the presence of God during this global pandemic and social divisions that have come upon us. However, God works through a multiplicity of people to render healing to those who hurt and have experienced loss of life of loved ones. This weekend at liturgy the apostle Thomas hears those powerful words proclaimed in John’s Gospel (John 20:29), “Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”  Let us take to heart the reality of the Risen Christ who carries us through demanding days and unpredictable times.  


In Christ's Love,
Fr. Bob