St. Patrick Catholic Church

All parishioners are invited to join clergy, diocesan staff, and parish staff from throughout the Logansport Deanery for a presentation at All Saints Parish in Logansport on Wednesday, June 26. The presentation, which will focus on the Uniting in Heart 2030 Pastoral Plan, begins at 2:00 pm and will last no longer than two hours.

UPDATE: The Diocese has scheduled another meeting for those who can not attend during the day. It will be held at St. Joan of Arc Parish in Kokomo on Wednesday, June 26 from 6:00-8:00 pm.

The presentation will address trends within our diocese as well as the need to find new ways to address a variety of issues (such as evangelizing, enlivening our parishes and communities, forming missionary disciples, and developing clergy & lay leadership). It will also cover the need to explore and develop parish structures, collaboration in ministry, resource sharing, and increasing the efficiency and value of financial, human resources, and facilities management.

According to the invitation from the Diocese, “The message is of significant importance” and everyone will hear what the Diocese considers to be a “once in a lifetime message.”
For those who will not be able to attend, the Diocese will record the presentation and post it on their website by the following weekend. For more information, please visit the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana’s website at https://dol-in.org/uniting-in-heart.

Please contact the parish office at 452-6021 by Tuesday, June 25 if you plan to attend. All are welcome!
 

We have been blessed with great seminarians, deacons, and priests! Thank you for helping support them through their education. If you haven't contributed to the annual Seminarian Fund Appeal yet, please do so this weekend. Thank you for your generous support of those who are in formation!

Thank you to all parishioners who have completed and submitted your Commitment Card to the church.  As a reminder, all commitments need to be submitted to the church no later than Sunday, June 23 in order to be accounted for in the final Summary Report.

Please complete and submit your card to the church even if you are unable to make a change to your current level of giving.  For those registered parishioners not currently supporting the church with regular offertory gifts, please consider a monthly gift to support the needs of our parish. 

St. Patrick Parish has maintained a strong, committed partnership with both St. Vincent de Paul and Birthright of Kokomo over the years. We appreciate the faithful and ongoing support our parishioners continue to provide to both of these ministries through the gifts of time, talent, and treasure. Whether it's the St. Vincent de Paul Sharing Sunday contributions, providing needed supplies for new mothers, volunteering hours at either ministry, or financially supporting their work in our community, we appreciate the many ways our parishioners partner with St. VdP and Birthright.

In addition to these two important organizations and their life-changing work, St. Patrick has been able to partner -- to varying degrees -- with other groups in our community that are impacting lives through their work and ministry as well.

Check out the list to see if you would like to help with any of these organizations. Contact the parish office (452-6021) if you would like more information. And thank you for your continued support of St. Patrick, St. Vincent de Paul, Birthright, and others who are serving as the hands and feet of Christ.
 

• A community garden on our property

• Providing sweatshirts with their school logo for all their students for Christmas
• Financial support for their job training program to build ramps for the poor and needy in our community
• Shared extra food from parish meals to help with the school’s lunch program, which relies on donations
• We have also helped provide food for their quarterly family nights.

• Food & drink donations with extras from parish events, dinners, etc.
• As C.A.M. helps families with nothing get established in a home of their own, we have donated items we no longer need at the parish, and we encourage others to do the same.
• Following the tornadoes of August 24, 2016, a person in Indianapolis contacted C.A.M. and offered to donate all the furniture and appliances from a home they were vacating. C.A.M. contacted St. Patrick, and we covered the cost of the U-Haul rental truck and gas.

• St. Patrick parishioners have been actively involved with Habitat for Humanity on multiple build sites.
• We have raised funds for our local Habitat for Humanity by hosting a paper shredding event.
• On at least two builds, we were part of an “Apostles’ Build” – where 12 congregations from our community came together to provide funding and labor to construct homes in Kokomo.
• We have also provided meals for volunteers at Habitat builds. 

• Major sponsor of the annual Empty Bowl Project which is a major fundraiser at Rozzi’s for K.U.O.
• Following the multiple tornadoes on the afternoon of August 24, 2016, St. Patrick partnered with and assisted KUO in multiple ways – donating funds, serving a meal to street department crews, fixing and serving meals to the community.
• Some parishioners have hired the boys in the ManUp program which helps boys learn responsibility, communication skills, and job skills.
• We have welcomed the StepUp for Girls program as they have hosted a booth at the past two years’ Oktoberfests.

• Parishioners’ donations of food and money on the second Sunday of each month
• Financial support to help St. Vincent de Paul assist those in our community who need help with certain bills
• Parishioners volunteer to help oversee the operation of the store and the food pantry

• Donations of food items, laundry detergent, and other items needed to help the homeless
• Financial support to help their ministry
• Parishioner volunteers to help when/where needed

Mark your calendars for Saturday and Sunday, June 8-9, 2019 as we join congregations throughout Kokomo to serve the needs of our community – and our neighborhood – in a variety of ways! More details to come!

Holy Trinity Sunday, June 16, Father Dudzinski

Feast of Corpus Christi, June 23, Father Dudzinski

 

Did you realize that the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana is celebrating its 75th anniversary? It's true! And the Diocese has planned various celebrations throughout the coming year to celebrate this milestone.

If you'd like to keep up to date on the different opportunities we have to celebrate, click here: https://dol-in.org/75th-anniversary. Visit the site often as they will be updating events throughout the year.