From Fr. John

One of the Catholic vocab words that we are probably very familiar with is the term Holy Days of Obligation. These are days that we are obligated to attend Mass on. The first & primary Holy Day of Obligation is Sunday, but there are also 9 other Holy Days of Obligation throughout the liturgical calendar.

This weekend we welcome our Fr. Kishore for our annual appeal. Next weekend, on Sunday, October 24th, we will be celebrating the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick at the 11:00 am Mass. Those who are chronically ill, the elderly, those struggling with serious physical/mental illness, or those preparing for serious surgery are invited to sit at the end of the pews on either side of the aisle (or in the front row) & following the homily at Mass the Priests will come to lay hands & to anoint you with the Oil of the Sick. As we celebrate this great Sacrament of God’s healing mercy & love, let us pray for all of our sick brothers & sisters! Have a blessed week!

Next weekend, we will welcome Fr. Kishore Bathula, who will be joining us for our annual Mission Appeal. Since we will be doing the appeal on the same weekend at both St. Patrick’s & at St. Vincent de Paul, Fr. Kishore will share with us at the beginning of the 4:30 Mass @ St. Patrick’s & then during the normal homily time at the 5:00 Mass @ St. Vincent de Paul.

One of the great forms of prayer in our Church is intercessory prayer. So many of us have people and causes that we pray for on a regular, sometimes even daily basis. We pray for people who are sick, people who have died, we pray for peace, we pray for the unemployed, just to name a few. There are many ways and forms that we could ask our Lord’s intercession, one of those ways that we are very familiar with is through the offering of Masses.

What’s going on with the Stained Glass Windows? When are they going to be back in place? How much longer will it take? I wanted to answer some of those questions today from an update I received from Azure Studios who is doing the window work. Everything is progressing according to plan & though there are times when it may seem that not much work is being done, rest assured that work is being done.