Reconciliation is available at 5:30 PM Monday and Wednesday prior to 6:00 PM Mass, 7:45 am Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday before 8:15 am Mass and Saturdays from 9:00-until finishes and  4:00–5:00pm. During Lent and Easter, additional times are scheduled for the sacrament. You may also call the parish office (765.452.6021) to schedule an appointment with a priest for Reconciliation.

Those who approach the sacrament of Penance obtain pardon from God’s mercy for the offense committed against Him, and are at the same time reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by their sins and which by charity, by example, and by prayer labors for their conversion.

What is this Sacrament called? It is called the sacrament of conversion because it makes sacramentally present Jesus’ call to conversion, the first step in returning to the Father from whom one has strayed by sin.

It is called the sacrament of Penance, since it consecrates the Christian sinner’s personal and ecclesial steps of conversion, penance, and satisfaction.

It is called the sacrament of confession, since the disclosure or confession of sins to a priest is an essential element of this sacrament. In a profound sense it is also a “confession” – acknowledgment and praise – of the holiness of God and of his mercy toward sinful man.

It is called the sacrament of forgiveness, since by the priest’s sacramental absolution God grants the penitent “pardon and peace.”

It is called the sacrament of Reconciliation, because it imparts to the sinner the love of God who reconciles: “Be reconciled to God. He who lives by God’s merciful love is ready to respond to the Lord’s call: “Go; first be reconciled to your brother.”

For more information see: CCC 1422-1498.

El pecado es el vehículo del que se vale el demonio para apartarnos de Dios. El pecado es la barrera más grande que nosotros mismos levantamos a través de nuestras flaquezas y por medio del cual nos distanciamos de Dios. Para poder acercarnos a Dios, Quien es toda pureza, necesitamos primero reconciliarnos con El, arrepintiéndonos sinceramente de haberle ofendido y haciendo la promesa de no volver a pecar. Cuando recibimos el Sacramento de la Penitencia (la Confesión) estamos recibiendo el perdón de nuestros pecados y somos limpios de culpa. Parte esencial de este Sacramento es el arrepentimiento de nuestros pecados al cual llegamos con un buen examen de conciencia. Sin estar profundamente arrepentidos de nuestros pecados, realmente apenados por haber ofendido a Dios, no puede haber una buena confesión. Este Sacramento nos exige que vivamos reconciliados en amistad con Dios y con todos nuestros semejantes.

La Iglesia de San Patricio ofrece dos servicios comunales para el Sacramento de la Penitencia. Uno antes de celebrar la Pascua del Señor y otro antes de la Navidad. Las fechas de dichos servicios se publican en el boletín en inglés de la parroquia y se notifican con suficiente anticipación durante las Misas dominicales.

El Sacramento de la Penitencia se ofrece en inglés todos los fines de semana, el día sábado en dos diferentes horarios: 9 a 10 AM. y 4 a 5 PM.