St. Patrick Parish

“Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you very much.
I beg you to spare the life of the unborn baby that I have
spiritually adopted who is in danger of abortion.”

IMPORTANT NEWS

The September schedules for the Liturgical Ministry and
Music Ministry are now online.
You can view them in your Web Terminal,
or go to the Liturgical Ministries page for links.
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Courtesy of LPi, please view the
Lectio Divina for the 21st Week of Ordinary Time.
Others can be found on our Lectio Divina page
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Please Pray for . . .

All of our homebound parishioners who, due to illness or advanced age, are no longer 
able to be with us for Mass. May God bless them with his strength and his peace.

All the intentions in our Parish Book of Intentions. May God hear our prayers and my we always trust in God’s love and mercy.
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Please Note: the floors of Our Lady of Providence Hall will be sanded and refinished
on August 21, 22 & 23rd . The Parish Office will be closed on those days.
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NOTICE FROM ST. PATRICK CHARISMATIC PRAYER COMMUNITY:
The Prayer Community will not meet on Wednesday evenings
during the summer months of July and August. 
HOWEVER, SOMEONE WILL BE PRESENT IN THE LOWER CHURCH AT 6:30 pm 
for anyone who wants to pray or needs prayer.
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The Grief Support Drop-In will not be held during the months of July and August. 
We will resume on September 9th from 6:00 - 7:30 pm.
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During the months of July and August, the Parish Office will be closed on Fridays.
More information is available under the Pastor's Notes.
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Please pray for the sick and all those who have asked us to pray for them this week. Their names have been inscribed in our parish Book of Intentions in the lower Church. 
Please contact the rectory at 781-438-0960 to add a name.
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Let Your Voice Be Heard!

The Massachusetts State Legislature is considering two troubling bills this session. 
Please read more on our Let Your Voice Be Heard! page 
and do your part to help save the lives of the unborn.
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A Message from Fr. Mario Orrigo about the ROE Act
(also available under News/Pastor's Notes/The ROE Act)
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Once again, we want to remind you that you can support Saint Patrick Parish with a Bequest.
More information on Bequests can be found on our How to Help page.
Thank you for your consideration!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To register your child, please contact the Religious Education office at 781-438-1093.
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If you have a family member that is serving or know of anyone currently serving in our Armed Forces, please call the Parish Office (781-438-0960) so that we have the opportunity to pray for their service to our Country.

Ministry Spotlight

Parish Pastoral Visitors

Pastoral Visitors share their faith and bring the care of the parish community to our sick and homebound neighbors. They are prayer companions who offer Eucharist on a regular basis to the sick and homebound who live either in their own homes or at one of the nursing centers in Stoneham. They are parishioners who volunteer to serve as a vital link between the Church and the homebound, who are unable to attend Mass with our community due to illness, injury, or advanced age.

Training to become a Pastoral Visitor will prepare you to bring Holy Eucharist to the homebound and to be an active listener and attentive prayer companion. Many homebound parishioners are delighted to visit with you while they share their life stories or their concerns with someone willing to listen. You may also consider leading a group Rosary at one of the nursing centers. If you cannot commit to a regular schedule, you might also provide back-up to a regular visitor in case of illness or vacation. If you would like to join this ministry, please call or stop by to see Patrice Fitzpatrick (781.438.0200) to discuss how you might share your gifts with other parishioners who miss being an active part of our parish community.

All pastoral visitors must complete a CORI, training in distributing Holy Eucharist and the Pastoral Visitors Training Workshop offered by the Archdiocese of Boston.

Other ministries are spotlighted on our Ministry Spotlights page.

“Every Life: Cherished, Chosen, Sent.”

“More than four thousand innocent lives are taken each day in this
land of the free and home of the brave,
whose lady holds high the torch of welcome to human life.”

~ John Powell, Abortion: the Silent Holocaust

UNABLE TO ATTEND SUNDAY MASS IN PERSON?

Every weekend Mass is recorded and then broadcast on Stoneham TV during the following week. Below are the times that Mass is aired on the Public Channel.

Public Access Channels:
Comcast Ch. 9, RCN Ch. 3, Verizon Ch. 34

Wednesday at 2:00 pm, Sunday at 9:00 am,
Monday at 5:00 pm, Tuesday at 9:00 am.

Each new cycle begins on Wednesday so the past Sunday's Mass will air for the first time on Wednesday.

St. Patrick's Parish has its own app! Get information quickly on your smartphone with the new St Patrick Parish Community app, available on iTunes and Google Play!

Check out 365 Days with Mary provided by Our Sunday Visitor. Both apps are available to download free from the Apple App Store or Google Play.