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 St. Patrick Parish app has been updated to the new WeConnect app.
You can install the app by choosing the appropriate link at the bottom
of the page. Choose St. Patrick Parish from the Choose Your Parish
screen and get access to our information. We will be adding features
to help you participate more fully in our Parish life.
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The communal Mass on, Saturday, September 21st, will be held upstairs.
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Cardinal Seán O’Malley authorizes a second collection to Benefit the Bahamas

There will be a special second collection the weekend of September 21/22 to aid the victims of the destruction of Hurricane Dorian. Checks should be made out to the “Archdiocese of Boston” and clearly marked on the memo line “Hurricane Dorian Relief”
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Courtesy of LPi, please view the
Lectio Divina for the 24th Week of Ordinary Time.
Others can be found on our Lectio Divina page
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Fr. Mario has an important announcement on his blog.
Please read Good News for Some, Bad News for Others......
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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 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

Saint Patrick Altar Society

The Main Altar areas are maintained by a rotation process of our Altar Society Members. We are in need of new volunteers to become members of the Altar Society.

Members take their turn to volunteer to launder Altar Linens (purificators, corporals, finger towels) on a monthly basis. Cloths for the altars are also laundered, pressed, and changed throughout the liturgical year.

Altar ware as well as altar furniture is polished. There is also the upkeep of plants which help to beautify the altar area. Other tasks include removing spilled wax from carpet and dry mopping. The Sacristy area is also maintained and we are thankful to all who enter and help us by returning things to their place.

If you are able to help in any way, please contact the Parish Office at 781-438-0960.

Many thanks to our repeat and new volunteers! Without you we could not do it!

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 an app! Get information quickly on your smartphone with the WeConnect Parish App, available on iTunes and Google Play! Choose St. Patrick Parish when you start the app for the first time, and have access to our information in the palm of your hand!

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.