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Patrick Catholic Community

M I N I S T RY L E A D E R N E W S L E T T E R
February 8, 2013

St. Joseph the Workers Hike for the Homeless

St. Joseph the Workers Hike for the Homeless is on Saturday, March 2ndgo to www.hikeforthehomeless.org for the entire scoop! Last year, St. Patrick had the largest team after years of dominance by St. Xavier. Well, St. Xavier wants to get the rotating trophy back, so we have to work extra hard to keep it at St. Pats and we need your help! Get your whole ministry to sign up as a show of solidarity and support. If you decide to join the team, be sure to sign up on the St. Patrick team when you register so we get credit for your entry. Besides our goal of having the largest team, we also want to be the team with the highest amount of donations! So, even if you or some of your ministers cant hike that weekend, you can sponsor another hiker and help us toward that goal. If youre unfamiliar with the work that St. Joseph the Worker does, they help the homeless, unemployed and underemployed find jobs with a decent wage (i.e., not minimum wage) and benefits that can support themselves and their family, and develop the tools and skills that are necessary to get those jobs. Feel free to forward this For any questions information to family and regarding the contents friends to join us as well! Take a hike and save a lifeJoin the St. Pat hike team today!

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of the Ministry Leader Newsletter, please contact Mary Permoda Director of Pastoral Ministries at: 480-998-3843 or

Keep Holy Week Sacred

We are asking all parishioners to make sure the Holiest Week of the entire year is kept clear by all Christians. The saving acts of Jesus have been remembered by Christians for centuries and the challenge for us today is to make sure Holy Week is not the same as every other week in our lives. We are asking all ministry leaders to lead by example and clear their calendars of anything that could wait until the following week, and plan to attend Holy Week Services. Please communicate with all your ministers to see what things in their lives can be put on hold and make Holy Week sacred. March 24-31 is Holy Week Sunday, March 24 is Passion (Palm Sunday) Mass with the proclamation of the Passion. Holy Thursday Thursday at 7:00 PM begins Triddum with a Mass that remembers the Last Supper, the washing of the feet and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after Mass until midnight. Please assign your ministry a time to come and pray, either one hour or a half hour. As Jesus prayed in the garden before his saving act we can join him in prayer.
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SAVE THE WEEK! March 24 through March 31 HOLY WEEK

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Listening Sessions Fixing to Get Ready

FEBERUARY 8, 2013

We received 74 responses to the Appreciative Inquiry and 85 people attended the two listening sessions! The feedback has been great and will help give direction to our future spiritual and facility growth. Now the work begins! Next Steps: Caryn Meron from the Office of Stewardship will work with our Stewardship/Pastoral Council to sort and sift the results into a working pastoral plan. Fr. Eric, staff and representation from the Stewardship/Pastoral Council will begin to strategically implement. Oh the places we will go! Below are the Common Themes from the Listening Sessions which affirm the Appreciative Inquiry results:
Active & Alive Community-not lost with growth Able to speak to those who have left the faith Children-Healthy and Safe Communicate Services Better CommunicationSPCC App Continue Vatican II Principles Develop more prayer groupsSCCs Elder Careaging parents Evangelization Expand Facilities Facilitate Programs Family-oriented Feels like home Financial Stewards Find where you fit Focus on Faith Fr. Eric-important and we appreciate him Grief Support Integration of Family Lending Library Losing how our community thinks Love Music Ministry More for families, especially young families More opportunities to brainstorm MORE SPACE More teaching about faith Parents SupportParent Groups Place to share our lives with one another Pro-Family Programs for Middle-aged Pro-Liturgy Pro-Marriage Pro-Singles Pro-Vatican II Social Justice awareness Spirit-filled Support for all stages of seniors-without leaving out other ages Use what we have the best we can-possibly build more facilities Worry about kids and faith life Youth

Videos Before Mass Are Back!

Highlighting upcoming parish activities on video before Mass is a great way to invite participation. When we Good Friday first started using videos, we showed a video each week. Stations of the Cross at noon, the Pretty soon we saw it was too much of a good thing so church is open for prayer until 3:00 P.M. we stopped showing the videos completely. There was a Good Friday service is at 7:00 P.M. dramatic change in participation and we realized we needed a compromise! So, videos are back once a month. Easter Vigil Saturday At 7:00 PM the mother of all liturgies, They will be shown the last weekend of the month inviting people to the next months upcoming activities. the most beautiful, where we celebrate Due to the amount of activities each month, we may the resurrection and we welcome the newly baptized into the faith community. need to limit what is highlighted on the video. The priorities of events for the video are the same as for Easter Sunday Masses scheduling space: Easter Sunday begins the seven week Liturgy celebration of Easter until the Feast of Formation Pentecost. I am asking everyone to Stewardship make a strong effort to do the best they Social Justice can to make Holy Week different from Inside Ministries any other week of the year. Thank you Outside Ministries for supporting this great effort to
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Once the ministries have been chosen for the video, Kelli Hartley, Audio Video Technician, will contact the ministry leader to schedule the taping.