st. patrick’s parishsept. 17 $11,125.90 sept. 10 $11,047.00 sept. 3 $13,773.30 september weekly...
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Fr. Scott Medlock, Pastor [email protected] Fr. Dan Hebert, Parochial Vicar [email protected] Deacon Mick Fornelli, Deacon [email protected] John Barrientes, Youth & Young Adult Ministry [email protected] Caroline Eddens, Children’s and Adult Ministry [email protected] Paige Christensen, Youth Ministry Intern [email protected] John Gagnon, Business Manager [email protected] Sally Nicholson, Secretary [email protected] Rima Ostrom, Office Assistant [email protected]
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St. Patrick’s Parish 2111 Muldoon Rd., Anchorage, AK 99504 www.st.patsak.org tel: 907.337.1538 fax: 907.337.5460
DIRECTORY
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday Vigil 5:00pm
Sunday 8:30am 11:30pm 5:00pm
Mon.- Fri. 5:30pm
WELCOME
Welcome to the faith community of St. Patrick’s Parish! The central mission of our parish is evangelization- proclaiming the Kingdom of God and seeking it before all else. Please consult our directory and contact us if you have any questions about our parish, our Catholic faith, personal spirituality, or how to get more involved. If you are new to our parish, please contact us, we would love to meet with you! To become a registered parishioner here, please complete a parish registration form, which can be found in the Gathering Area.
TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 4:00pm until all are heard or upon request
Adoration Alt. Mondays 6:00pm - 8:00pm Thursdays 6:00pm - 8:45pm First Fridays 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Mass Intentions for the Week Saturday, September 23rd thru Friday, September 29th, 2017
Sat., 9/23 5:00pm Gabriele Clanetti, R.O.S.Sun., 9/24 8:30am People of the Parish 11:30am Carolynn R. Beeson, R.O.S. 5:00pm Kurt Leithead, R.O.S. Mon., 9/25 5:30pm Deceased Members of Stuka FamilyTues., 9/26 5:30pm Dale Dummer, Birthday Blessings Wed., 9/27 5:30pm Living & deceased children of the Connolly Family. Thurs., 9/28 5:30pm Dale & Dianna Dummer, Anniversary Blessings Friday, 9/29 5:30pm Cason Abbott, Baptism Anniversary
Sun. Sept. 24th Mon. Sept. 25th Tues. Sept. 26th Wed. Sept. 27th Thurs. Sept. 28th Fri. Sept. 29th Sat. Sept. 30th
Twenty-Fifth Sunday In Ordinary Time
Kairos AMAll Rooms
Traditional Choir
Rehearsal 10:45am - Church
Praise Choir Rehearsal 3pm- Church
Youth Ministry (Middle School
& HS)3pm - Dcns. Hall
CHAOS Rehearsal 5pm -Dcns. Hall
Parish Office Closed
Rosary 5pm - Chapel
Daily Mass 5:30pm - Chapel
Eucharistic Adoration
6pm - Chapel
SPRED Chatechist Prep. 6pm - Hosp. Rm.
Catholic ScriptureStudy Interntional
6:30pm-Tara
Young Adult Gathering
7pm - JPII LvRm
Brother Francis Foot Washing
5pm- BFS
Rosary 5pm - Chapel
Daily Mass 5:30pm - Chapel
Legion of Mary
6:15pm- JPII DnRm
Ministry of Bereavement
7pm - JPII LvRm
RCIA7pm - Dcns. Hall
Praise Choir Rehearsal
7:30pm- Church
Rosary 5pm - Chapel
Daily Mass 5:30pm - Chapel
M-ACTS Team Meeting 6:30pm - JPII House
W-ACTS Team Meeting 6:30pm -
Tara
Seekers7pm- JPII Chapel
Adult Faith Study 10am - JPII LvRm
Rosary 5pm - Chapel
Daily Mass 5:30pm - Chapel
Adoration for Vocations &
Project Rachel 6pm-Chapel
YM Core Team Meeting
6:30pm -JPII Dn. Rm.
Baptism Class7pm - Tara
CHAOS -Rehearsal7pm - Dcns. Hall
Traditional Choir
Rehearsal 7pm - Church
Rosary 5pm - Chapel
Daily Mass 5:30pm - Chape
Samoan ChoirRehearsal
7:30pm - Church
SoulCore Excerise Groups
8am & 9:30am-Cenacle
Contemporary Choir Rehearsal
3:45pm - Church
Confessions 4pm - Recon.Rm
K of C Rosary4:30pm- Chapel
Samoan ChoirRehersal
7:30pm - Church
AA 8pm - Tara
CASA
YOUNG ADULTS
Join us this Monday at 7PM in JPII House for our weekly gathering. For more information or to receive weekly email updates, please contact John Barrientes. Remember to follow us on Facebook: @StPatsAKYA
BROTHER FRANCIS FOOT CARE MINISTRY
Our parish's next service in the Brother Francis Foot Care Ministry will be this Tuesday, September 26th at 5pm, at the Shelter. Please contact the office or talk with Judy Everard, ministry coordinator, if you
would like to help with this important service to our neighbors in need.
MARRIAGE AND BAPTISMAL PREPARATION
If you would like more information on preparation for Baptism or Marriage, please contact our parish office. Preparation for the Sacrament of Marriage requires at least four month’s notice.
THURSDAY MORNING SCRIPTURE STUDY
Do you have some free time on Thursday mornings? Would you like to join fellow parishioners in preparing for the coming Sunday Mass? If so, please stop in at the JPII House this Thursday morning at 10. We gather for prayer and reflection on the readings for the coming weekend. No registraton is required -- just bring your Bible. and join us on Thursday morning!
Once again this year as we approach the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, we will offer our annual Blessing of the Animals. As our pets are God's blessings for us, let us ask God's blessing on them. Please bring your pets -- all creatures great and small -- for a special blessing, on Sunday, October 1, at 2pm, in the Outdoor Mass Area east of the church.
BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS
CATHOLIC SCRIPTURE STUDY
CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORDWe will continue Children's Liturgy of The Word at the 8:30am, 11:30am, and 5pm Masses. This special liturgy is structured for children K-5th grade, takes place in the chapel, and is part of the Mass. In the chapel appropriate church behavior is expected. Parents, please respect the age guidelines, and refrain from sending your children under age five even if they are with a K-5th grade sibling. However, if a parent or a 6th-12th grade sibling would like to attend Children's Liturgy with a child under age five, you are welcome to do that. Parents are always welcome! Please contact Jane Guzauskas at 337-3674 for more information, or if you are interested in volunteering for this important ministry.
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Join us in thanking God for the gift of His Sacred Scripture!!! Our parish Scripture Study group is studying the Book of Exodus over the next eight months. We meet on Monday evenings from 6:15 to 8:30 in the Tara Lounge. Please call LouAnn 337-3506 with any questions or for more information.
PARISH OFFICE SCHEDULEParish Office Hours:
Tuesday thru Friday, 9am to 5pm
Parish Phone Hours: Tuesday thru Friday, 9am to Noon; 1pm to 4pm
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTSRCIA sessions have begun but it is not too late to join us. If you are interested in becoming Catholic or know of someone who has expressed an interest, please contact Caroline Eddens @ [email protected] or 907.337.1538 ext 34.
THANK YOU FR. MIKE SHIELDS
Last weekend's collection for the Mission to Magadan totaled $6,681.00! Thank you to all who contributed. If you missed last weekend's secon collection please place your donation in this weekend's regular collection and mark it "Mission to Magadan". We received this message from Fr. Michael this week: "Dear St Pats parishioners. I was so blessed to be with you last Sunday and share the gospel of forgiveness. I am deeply touched by your generosity and will keep all in my prayers. Remember when your travel agent suggests an unusual vacation in Siberia Russia the room is waiting. IN Christ and His mother. Fr Michael"
ACTS Retreats are based on four pillars of the Christian life: Adoration, Community, Theology, and Service. Many lives have been changed through ACTS because men and women come to encounter Christ like never before. Come, and join your brothers and sisters of the parish for this retreat! You'll find registration forms in the gathering area. Women's Retreat: Oct. 19-22. Men's Retreat: Dec. 7-10.
ACTS RETREATS
ELEMENTARY CATECHIST’S NEEDEDWe are in need of a few more elementary level catechists/co-catechists for the 2017-2018 Faith Formation year. Sessions meet Sundays 9:55am-11:15am. Please contact Caroline at 907.337.1538 ext 34, or via email at [email protected].
Goal for the Month: $60,000.00 Total Collected: $35,946.20 Still Needed: $24,053.80
Still Needed$24,053.80
Sept. 17$11,125.90
Sept. 10$11,047.00
Sept. 3$13,773.30
SEPTEMBER WEEKLY COLLECTIONS
Jennifer McKinnon, nurse practitioner and St Parick's parishioner, will be participating in a medical mission to Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) in January 2018. This trip is sponsored by Christians Forward Southeast Asia (CFSA) and will be providing medical mission services in the town of Thayet for one week. She will be accompanied by fellow nurses Sandra Harley and Gretchen Wold. In order to raise money for the mission trip, a bake sale will be held after all Masses this weekend. Please stop by, buy some goodies and help support this worthy cause. All three women will be available to discuss this exciting trip as well as selling their delicious home-baked items. Thank you for your support of this worthy cause. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated and 100% of the proceeds will go directly to support these women and their medical mission work in Myanmar this January.
HOLIDAY BAZAAR
It’s again time to start preparing for the annual Guadalupe Parish Holiday Bazaar. This year we will host our fabulous holiday bazaar in the Lunney Center on Saturday, October 14th, from 9 AM until 5 PM. Spaces rent for as little as $30 each. If you are interested in renting a space to show your wares, stop by the Our Lady of Guadalupe parish office and pick up an application. You can also call the OLG office and
we can email you an application. Mark your calendars today! For more information call John Fleming at 230-7783.
C.H.A.O.S. OKTOBERFEST SHOWS
Can’t be in the show this year? Then it’s time to buy tickets so you won’t miss the action and adventure. Contact any cast member or go the Parish Office for your tickets. $20 per person for October 20th show and dinner. The Family Show is Friday, October 13, and the really BIG Shoe with dinner is Friday, October 20. It’s always fun! For more information, call Barbara Mulac at 333-4867, or send her an email at [email protected]. Have a friend who doesn’t go to this parish, is not Catholic, or is looking for some excitement? Let them know about the BIG Show; everyone is welcome!
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
St. Patrick’s Council meets on the first Wednesday of each month (Members Only) with a Social meeting on the third Wednesday (Open to All). Rosary at 6:45 pm. Meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. Meetings take place in the Deacons Hall. Books for Veterans: -- Our veterans’ clinics have requested that we suspend our donations of magazines. They are very happy to receive books, both paperback and hardbound. So, please use the bins in the gathering area for books only, no more magazines. Thank you!
SPECIAL COLLECTION SCHEDULE
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS BOWLING LEAGUE
Knights of Columbus Bowling League is looking for new teams. We bowl on Wednesday at 6:30pm in 3-persons, mixed teams. Please call Arlene Romer at 337-1343 to sign up.
ST. FRANCIS STEWARDSHIP AWARDS
Save the Date! The 2017 St. Francis Stewardship Awards Banquet will be held Thursday, October 5, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral. It is sure to be an amazing night honoring all the nominees and announcing the recipients of the 2017 St. Francis Stewardship Awards. This year's St. Patrick's award nominees are Deacon Mick Fornelli and the St. Patrick's High School Youth Ministry Core Team. To reserve your tickets or table please visit https://
This Weekend: Hurricane Harvey and Irma Relief. Please make all checks payable to St. Patrick's Parish, and we will forward a total of funds collected on to the appropriate agency.
Next Weekend: Parish Building Fund.
MEDICAL MISSION TO MYANMAR COLLECTION FOR HURRICANE VICTIMSThis weekend there will be an Emergency Collection to Assist Dioceses Affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The hurricanes have affected southeast Texas, including the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Louisiana, Florida and the Caribbean. Funds given to the collection will support the humanitarian and recovery efforts of Catholic Charities USA, and will provide pastoral and rebuilding support to impacted dioceses through the USCCB.
SEEKERS GROUP
Seekers Group Is Meeting: Do you have questions about the Catholic Faith? Know someone who does, and may not yet be ready for the RCIA process? Our parish Seekers Group may be just right for you! The Seekers Group is an informal gathering for discussion of what it means to be Catholic. Please call the parish office at 337-1538 for more information. Please join us and invite a friend!
RETROUVAILLE
Rediscover Your Marriage – Retrouvaille (pronounced retro-vi with a long i) simply means 'rediscovery'. The program offers the chance to rediscover yourself, your spouse, and a loving relationship in your marriage. 10's of 1000's headed for divorce have successfully saved their marriages by attending. Retrouvaille is a not spiritual retreat, not a sensitivity group, not a seminar, not a social gathering. For confidential information about or to register for the October program beginning with a weekend on Oct 27 to 29, 2017 call 907-863-8000 or email: [email protected] or visit the web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com
WEEKLY SCRIPTURE READINGS
Sunday, September 24th Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 55:6-9 Ps. 145:2-3, 8-8, 17-18 Philemon 1:20C-24,27A
Matthew 20:1-16A
Monday, September 25th Ezra 1:1-6
Psalm 126:1b-2ab,2cd-3, 4-5, 6 Luke 8:16-18
Tuesday, September 26th Ezra 6:7-8, 12b, 14-20
Psalm 122:1-2, 34ab, 4cd-5 Luke 8:19-21
Wednesday, September 27th Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul, Priest
Ezra 9:5-9 Psalm: Tobit 13:2, 3-4a, 4befghn, 7-8
Luke 9:1-6
Saturday, September 30thMemorial of St. Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Zec. 2:5-9, 14-15a Psalm: Jeremiah 31:10, 11-12ab, 13
Luke 9:43b-45
Sunday, October 1st, 2017 Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Ezra 18:25-28 Ps. 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
Philemon 2:1-11 or Phil. 2:1-5 Matthew 21:28-32 CHILDREN AND YOUTH BIRTHDAYS
Sunday, Sept. 24thNo Birthdays
Monday, Sept., 25thAnnamarie Williamson
Tuesday, Sept., 26th Emily Cravens Anaiah Taamu
Wednesday, Sept., 27thAlyna Blue
Thursday, Sept., 28st.Cy Jacob CallahanTanner Upah
Friday, Sept., 29th Aquarina Hoanca
Saturday, Sept., 30thNo Birthdays
That our parishes, animated by a missionary spirit, may be places where faith is communicated and charity is seen.
POPE’S SEPTEMBER PRAYER INTENTION
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Pre-school through High School
This Sunday, September 24th, is Day 1 of the 2017-2018 Faith Formation year.
Registration forms and schedules are available online and in the gathering area of the church, or see Caroline Eddens in the Deacons Hall.
FAITH FORMATION
Thursday, September 28th St. Wenceslaus; St. Lawrence Ruiz & Companions
Haggai: 1:1-8 Psalm: 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a, & 9b
Luke 9:7-9
Friday, September 29th Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, & Raphael, Archangels
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 or RV 12:7-12ab Psalm 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 4-5
John 1:47-51