Pastor’s Corner — May 11th, 2025
St. Patrick Middle School presents Dear Edwina Jr. this weekend
If you’re reading this in the midweek email, there is still time to get your tickets to what promises to be a great showcase of the magic of middle school theater. St. Patrick’s Middle School will be performing in Dear Edwina, Jr. – a heartwarming and comedic musical about a girl giving advice through song. I’m looking forward to it and I hope to see many of you there this weekend.
Show Dates: May 9 & 10 at 7:00 pm in O’Kelly Hall. Tickets are $15/person and can be purchased here.
Congratulations to All of Our First Communicants!
The celebration of First Communion is always a powerful reminder of what a privilege it is for us to receive Holy Communion. How blessed we are to receive with love the gift of Jesus in the Eucharist! When we open our hearts to receive it, it can change our lives for the better.
Congratulations to our children! May we be more like children in believing that he comes to us in such a humble way to give us the transformative graces of his love.
Pentecost Outpouring Event: Sunday June 8th at 7pm
On Pentecost, which is the birthday of the Church, we will be celebrating as a parish by praying for a new Pentecost for all parishioners who are hungry to know God more deeply and want more of his power to follow the Lord in their lives. These kinds of events are always powerful for those who attend. Along with praise music, there will be preaching about the promise of the Holy Spirit and praying with people for the grace of Baptism of the Holy Spirit, which is essentially the grace of a personal Pentecost in people’s lives. This is a great event if you find the Christian life difficult, or if it seems you don’t know Jesus like others do. I believe God is going to pour out his graces upon those who come seeking more of him.
Your servant in the Lord,
Fr. Mathias