Join us TOMORROW, Sunday, June 8 in the Parish Center at 12:30pm as we celebrate the past 15 years that Fr. Bob served our parish and community as pastor! He accepted the position at a very difficult time in our parish history and has led our parish and school with grace, kindness and love. Please stop in and have a bite to eat as we thank him for his leadership and service to our parish community! No RSVP necessary! This event is free to all!

Each year a graduating senior in our Youth Ministry Program is awarded the SPYM/JTB Foundation Scholarship.  This scholarship is a memorial scholarship honoring John Taylor Babbitt.  John was a Youth Ministry leader who tragically and fatally succumbed to a myocardial infarction his junior year in high school.  His parents began the JTB Foundation which has done phenomenal work towards putting defibrillator machines in schools, playgrounds, swim clubs, gyms, and so many other areas where such an incident could potentially occur.  Many lives have been saved through their efforts. Thanks to the generosity of the Babbitts and their foundation, each year we are able to award the SPYM/JTB scholarship to a high school senior who has been an active member of SPYM during their years in high school and who consistently lives out the characteristics of Christ in their everyday life.  This year the scholarship has been awarded to Patrick Ryan.  Patrick's words and actions are always governed by his strong faith, and he is a wonderful role model for his peers.  Our SPYM Sweatshirt is emblazoned with the phrase "My life is my message" and Patrick's message never fails to resonate kindness, compassion and acceptance.  We are so proud to have Patrick wear our sweatshirt and represent SPYM.

Our monthly Forget-Me-Not food collection for our three diocesan food pantries is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, June 7 & 8. Please drop your non-perishable food items off in the priests' garage. Thank you for your donations and helping those in need!

On Tuesday, May 13, St. Patrick Parish teens celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation and were bestowed with the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. Bishop Kevin Sweeney was officiant. Teens prepared for this Sacrament of Initiation over a two-year period, including participating in two weekend retreats, one in Freshman year and one during Sophomore year. Many will continue their faith journey with continued participation in Youth Ministry. Congratulations!

On Tuesday, May 13, St. Patrick Parish teens celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation and were bestowed with the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. Bishop Kevin Sweeney was officiant. Teens prepared for this Sacrament of Initiation over a two-year period, including participating in two weekend retreats, one in Freshman year and one during Sophomore year. Many will continue their faith journey with continued participation in Youth Ministry. Congratulations!

Our last two groups of children along with a teen, celebrated their First Eucharist, a Sacrament of Initiation in the Roman Catholic Church, last Saturday! Our program is a two-year preparation with two retreats that our children completed. Congratulations to all! For more information or if you are older and want to explore being fully initiated into the church, please contact our Coordinator of Faith Formation, Karen Hoerrner.

Fr. Bob, Fr. Chris and the entire St. Patrick Parish Staff wish all mothers a very Happy Mother's Day filled with love and blessings!

Last Saturday, 26 parish children received the Eucharist for the first time! Congratulations to all of our children and families!