Hi there, everyone! It’s “the boss,” Angel, here again. My dad asked me to write a column again as this week on Monday (Halloween) marks 3 years since I hopped up on my dad’s lap at the rescue agency & told him to pick me. And boy am I glad he did. I am so, so happy to be here with all of you! I hope you are doing well! Here we are, right at the cusp of November. I know that my dad loves November because his birthday is in it, but I dread those months where my bathroom gets covered in snow!
Welcome to Amanda Rhoads our new Administrative Assistant! Amanda has been with us now for a few weeks & has brought a great spirit of joy to our parish! She is working to help get me more organized (please pray for her as that is a tremendous task to undertake ;)) & has already helped to get our office running in a smooth & efficient way. Thanks also to Maureen Mountcastle, who helped to keep our office up & running in the interim period, and who has helped to train Amanda and bring her up to speed on office procedures. Maureen will be returning to retired life starting this weekend, but she certainly won’t be a stranger. She’ll still be helping us on Sunday’s and in times when Amanda might not be able to be here.
The beginning of October found me gathering with 200+ brother Priests of the Diocese out in Huron at Sawmill Creek Resort for our biannual Priests’ Convocation. I remember when I was in the seminary that the week of the Priests’ Convocation was somewhat a week of vacation with all of our Priest professors being away.
St. Patrick will be holding a Clambake on Saturday, November 5th, beginning at 5:30 PM, in Thorpe Hall. Click the headline or the picture for more information. Tickets will be available for purchase beginning Saturday, October 15th, at the Church doors facing the Rectory. And yes...Clam Chowder IS on the menu. Chicken Dinners will also be available for $25. Deadline to purchase tickets is Sunday, October 30th. There will be NO ticket sales at the door. If paying by check, checks should be made out to St. Patrick Church with “Clambake” on the memo line.
One of the great forms of prayer in our Church is intercessory prayer. So many of us have people & 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.