 Advent Sock Drive - Each weekend during Advent we will be collecting white socks for people experiencing homelessness. This is an ongoing need all year, but especially now as it gets colder. Your generosity will benefit those served by: Justa Center, André House, Paz de Cristo, and Circle the City. We are asking parishioners to bring the socks to the altar when they bring up their offering and place them in the baskets around the altar.
Advent Reconciliation - In a special way during the season of Advent, our Church asks us to use this time to prepare for the coming of our Lord by experiencing the grace and mercy found in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. We have many opportunities for you to do so. Confessions will be heard every Saturday from 3:30 - 4:30 pm, on Monday, December 17 from 9:00 - 11:00 am. and there will be a Community Penance Service on Wednesday, December 19 beginning at 6:30 pm.
 Lessons & Carols: You are Blessed, Now Begin - On Tuesday, December 18 at 7:00 pm, the St. Patrick Music Ministry invites everyone to join them for a night of stories and song featuring the Adult, Singing Angels, and Youth & Young Adult Choirs. This combined musical effort is truly a night you will never forget! There is a dessert potluck following the event. Click here to download the flyer.
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Happy New (Church) Year - Advent began a new liturgical Church Year. So what does that mean? Fr. Richard Rohr, a Franciscan priest in New Mexico, gives a quick eight minute homily on the Liturgical year for the Church and shares great insights as to how the life of Jesus is really our life as well. Use the player below to listen.
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 Understanding and Supporting the Person Living with Dementia - Learn ways to enhance quality of life, provide compassionate care and manage the stress of being a caregiver. Our speaker will be Maribeth Gallagher. Join Maribeth, the director of Hospice of the Valley's dementia program, for a deeper understanding of how dementia changes the brain and influences a person's ability to think, function and express needs. Once a family caregiver herself, Dr. Gallagher has a doctoral degree in nursing and is a psychiatric nurse practitioner. Join us on Thursday, January 17. Check–in will begin at 6:00 pm and the program runs from 6:30 – 8:00 pm in Fenlon Hospitality Center. RSVP by Tuesday, January 15 by calling 602-636-5394 or emailing events3@hov.org. Click here to download the flyer.
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Celebrate Christmas!
Christmas Eve: December 24
2:00 pm, 4:30 pm, 7:00 pm, and
10:00 pm with adult choir & brass quartet prelude beginning at 9:30 pm
Christmas Day: December 25
10:30 am with adult choir & brass quartet prelude beginning at 10:00 am
As we approach the Christmas holiday, it is good to remember that Christmas is the perfect time for our community to show its radical hospitality. With that in mind, we invite you to click here for a special article we would like to share with you.
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 GIVING, PRAYING & SERVING:
Look for the latest Beyond Sunday expansion and campaign updates in this weekend’s bulletin. Things are moving forward.
Also, we have been receiving calls regarding end-of-year giving and whether we are accepting gifts to the Beyond Sunday capital campaign. The answer is "YES!"
Many parishioners are continuing their support by making new pledges and giving generously without an "official" campaign relaunch. There is an amazing spirit among this community to see the project to its completion! Thank you!
If you would like to continue your giving to the Beyond Sunday campaign or would like to make an end-of-year gift to the campaign, please call Diane Kar at 480-998-3843 ext. 137 or dkar@stpatcc.org or Sue Orlando at ext. 119 or sorlando@stpatcc.org.
We give thanks for all the blessings that God has given us. Thank you for your continued prayers!
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Mass Readings for this Weekend: Take five minutes and review the readings before Mass. Click here to read online. You can also listen to the readings from the USCCB by using the player below:
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BEATITUDES PODCAST: EPISODE 3 - This week we released the third episode of our Beatitudes Podcast. John Konicek and guests break open the third Beatitude, "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land." Use the player below to listen to this latest episode.
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DECEMBER
14 - Our Lady of Guadalupe Celebration
15 - Men's Mass & Breakfast
15 - Adult Initiation
15/16 - Advent Sock Drive at all Masses
15/16 - Advent Resource Table in Narthex
15/16 - Fair Trade Chocolate Sales
16 - Family Initiation Break Open the Word
16 - Homeless MATters
17 - Christian Yoga
17 - Prayer Shawl Ministry
18 - NAMI
18 - Prayer Shawl Ministry
18 - Lessons & Carols
19 - Advent Penance Service
20 - Christian Yoga
22 - Adult Initiation
22/23 - Advent Sock Drive at all Masses
22/23 - Advent Resource Table in Narthex
For more events, times, and locations view our Online Calendar or the Bulletin
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