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Advent Sock Drive - This weekend is the last weekend of Advent and the last chance to participate in our annual sock drive. Each weekend during Advent we have been 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.
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.
Advent Homilies - Fr. Eric presented three Sunday Advent homilies on “Blessed are the Peacemakers” from our annual theme of Living Beyond Sunday through the Beatitudes. There has been such great response to these homilies that we wanted to share with you all three in one place. Peace in our lives is a powerful topic for many of us. Fr. Eric's homilies each deal with one specific aspect on experiencing peace, the great gift from God. Use the players below to listen to them: 
The Spirit of Christmas - As Advent approaches its end and we make our final preparation for the celebration of Christmas, let the video below offer some inspiration as it shares the story of a "Secret Santa & his Homeless Elf" that truly understand the spirit of this wonderful season. 
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:
GIVING, PRAYING & SERVING:

As we celebrate the birth of our Savior and the LIGHT He brings into our world, we are reminded of the LIGHT our parish family shines each and every day through our Stewardship GPS of Giving, Praying and Serving.

GIVING: We thank you for your generosity and financial support of not only our parish through the Sunday collection, but also your continued support of the parish mission of Living Beyond Sunday.

  • 148 households were helped through emergency assistance from 5th Sunday Collections

  • 501 Children will receive Christmas gifts thanks to your generosity in our Adopt-a-Family & Giving Tree drives. 

PRAYING: We thank you for your commitment to prayer in your life and to praying for our parish and greater community.

  • 16,000 people will worship with us at Christmas and Easter

  • 100’s of parishioners continue to pray for intentions sent to weprayforyou@stpatcc.org

SERVING: We thank you for your faithfulness to serving your family, to serving our parish community and to serving those you encounter who are in need - Living Beyond Sunday!

  • 1600 parishioners are registered in ministry at St. Patrick

  • 152 Ministers of Care prayed and visited with 7895 people in area hospitals/nursing homes

THANK YOU for being a witness of our Savior's LIGHT to those in our parish family and greater community. Your Giving, Praying and Serving is making a difference in our world. We are Christian Disciples in Mission Living Beyond Sunday shining His LIGHT and transforming hearts together!
Saint Pat Chapter Chat - Our book club to help us grow in our understanding and encourage discussion around our annual theme! Brian Cannon, Director of Evangelization and Family Life, will lead the “St. Pat Chapter Chat” on Stu G’s book Words From the Hill on the first Thursday of the month from 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Our next session is January 3 in the Pope rooms in the Parish Office. You can join the chat at any time. Each session will focus on specific chapters of the book. A very limited number of specially priced books are still available for $10 each (Cheaper than Amazon) by contacting Brian Cannon in the Parish Office or bcannon@stpatcc.org. Click here to download the flyer.
DECEMBER

22/23 - Advent Sock Drive at all Masses
22/23 - Advent Resource Table in Narthex
24 - Christmas Eve (Click here for Mass Times, Parish Office Closed)
25 - Christmas Day (Click here for Mass Times, Parish Office Closed)
26 - Parish Office Closed
27 - Christian Yoga (Parish Office is Open this Day)
28 - Parish Office Closed
29/30 - End of the Year Giving Table in Narthex

For more events, times, and locations view our Online Calendar or the Bulletin
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