Your Home Field Advantage through this week's Community Connection!

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Register Now! - This year's conference is Saturday, February 23, 2019 from 8:30 am - 1:00 pm. Great teams know what it means to have a home field advantage. We will build ours by strengthening the pillars of our community - Hospitality, Liturgy, Stewardship, Social Justice, and Formation - through engaging talks and workshops. Don’t miss this half day conference as, together, we continue building a home field advantage where we can know, love and serve God more as Christian Disciples in Mission who are Living Beyond Sunday through the Beatitudes. Childcare is available (but is filling up fast) and lunch is included! Click here to download a flyer you can share and get more information and register now at stpatcc.org/homefield.

Annual Giving Statements will be mailed on Jan. 25 to all those (both registered parishioners & visitors) who have made gifts in 2018. Questions? Please contact Sue Orlando at 480-998-3843 x119 or email sorlando@stpatcc.org.

Shamrocks Running Club
Join a Fun Run! (off campus)
First run: Sat., Jan. 26 at 8:00 am
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Blood Drive
Be a Hero & Donate Life
Sun., Jan. 27 from 7:30 am - 12:30 pm
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Name Tag Weekend is this weekend at all Masses. These weekends offer us a great opportunity to grow as community, get to know each other better, and live more fully as one body in Christ. Name Tag Weekend is also a great "first serve" opportunity! What does that mean? It means this ministry is a great chance to jump in and serve, even for the first time! If you are interested in helping click here to be directed to the sign-up! Thank you!

Women's Prayer Breakfast- Saturday, February 2 from 9:00 - 11:00 am. All women of the parish are invited for a wonderful morning of Mass, breakfast, fellowship and our guest speaker, Sheila Howe. Sheila is a Masters level licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a certified spiritual director. She will explore what it means to love purely - inviting women to embrace an integrative model of loving self and neighbor, transforming and uniting mind, body and soul. No need to register or RSVP, just show up! For additional information, questions, or to sign up to help, please contact Megan Popa at 480-998-3843 x138 or email her at mpopa@stpatcc.org.

Super Bowl Mass Time Change! - Sunday, February 3 is Super Bowl Sunday. Please note that our Sunday evening 5:00 pm Mass will change to 1:00 pm for this Sunday only. Attendance at this time has been fantastic over the years and this change allows for everyone to enjoy the big game (and see if Fr. Eric's score prediction turns true!).

Alpha - Got questions? We have a place for you to bring them. Alpha is a series of sessions exploring the Christian faith. Each session includes food, message, and conversation around life’s big questions. Our next sessions begin February 6 or 7. They will be offered Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm or Thursday mornings at 10:00 am. Contact Brian Cannon at bcannon@stpatcc.org or Jill Bagshaw at jbagshaw@stpatcc.org for more information. Click here to download the flyer and you can click here to register now!

GIVING, PRAYING & SERVING: Blessed by our Youth! - When we talk about our Stewardship GPS of Giving, Praying and Serving so many times we think this message is only for our adults, but our St. Patrick youth are also listening. Back in November at our Annual Stewardship Commitment Weekend we introduced a youth stewardship commitment card. Hundreds of youth ranging in age from 4 to 17 filled out a card committing to their Giving, Praying and Serving for the 2018 year. Here are a few of the things our youth are committing to this year:

Giving- I will give:

games to those in need (age 9)
some of my earnings to the church (age 17)
some of my clothes to charity (age 13)
food to animal shelters (age 10)
some of my love (age 6)

Praying- I will:

pray for the sick (age 8)
listen to Christian Musics (age 16)
pray every night before bed (age 9)
reflect on the blessings GOD has given me each day (age 16)
pay attention in church (age 10)

Serving- I will help by:

making crafts for the Lord (age 8)
giving compliments (age 9)
altar serving (age 10)
cleaning up around our house (age 11)
helping neighbor pull trash cans (age 6)

To the YOUTH of our parish - we are blessed by your example of Giving, Praying and Serving. Thank you!

JANUARY

25 - Stepping Stones
26 - Shamrock Running Club Fun Run
26 - Couples Communication
26 - Adult Initiation Retreat
26 - Confirmation & First Communion Parent/Child Class 1
26/27 - Children's Liturgy of the Word (CLOW)
26/27 - Name Tag Weekend
26/27 - Café Justo Fair Trade Coffee Sales
27 - Young Disciples
27 - Men's Club Blood Drive
27 - Adult Initiation
27 - Homeless MATters
27 - Life Teen High School Youth Ministry Life Night
28 - Christian Yoga
28 - Prayer Shawl Ministry
28 - Hopscotching Through Catholicism
28 - Grief Support
28 - EDGE Middle School Youth Ministry Night
29 - MOPS & MOMSnext
29 - Prayer Shawl Ministry
29 - Family Initiation
29 - Kevin Saunders Bible Class
30 - Life Teen WTR (Wednesday Teen Room)
31 - Christian Yoga
31 - Delightful Quilters
31 - NAMI Family to Family Education
31 - Magis Women Bible Study

FEBRUARY

1 - Stepping Stones
2 - Shredding Event
2 - Women's Prayer Breakfast
2 - Confirmation & First Communion Parent/Child Class
2/3 - Just Chocolate Fair Trade Chocolate Sales
3 - Super Bowl Sunday (5pm Mass changed to 1pm)
3 - Young Disciples
3 - Adult Initiation
3 - Homeless MATters

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

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:

Matthew 25 Project: Answering the Call to Welcome the Stranger - Fr. Eric and the staff have collected various resources and built one web page where you can find it all. This web page is a quick reference resource stop to help everyone reflect on Church teachings, scripture, and quotes regarding the issue of migration and how the Church is called to respond. Click here to visit the webpage.

BEATITUDES PODCAST: Episode 4 - On Christmas, we released the fourth episode of our Beatitudes Podcast. Have you had a chance to listen yet? John Konicek and guests break open the fourth Beatitude, "Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied." Use the player below to listen to this latest episode. Click here to download our 2019 Beatitudes Calendar of Events that will let you know when the next episodes are going to be released!