Parish News
Merry Christmas Church Family!
Father Bender, Father Kashif, Father D’Emma, Deacon Salzmann, and Deacon Centenera extend their warmest greetings to all the families of Saint Patrick Parish for a grace filled and Merry Christmas. We pray that this Christmas draws you into a deeper closeness to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave to each of us in His Person all the love the Father could give.
We pray each of you will continue to live joyfully and faithfully within the reach of Christ’s love.
Blessing of baby Jesus
December 18/19 | All Masses
To participate in this tradition, all are invited to bring the Infant Jesus, from your family Nativity Crèche for a special blessing at all the Masses.
Adorers Special notice
Attention Adoration Chapel Users - now, and for the rest of the winter, under no circumstances, is anyone to touch the heating unit in the chapel. Please understand that everybody has different preferences when it comes to heating and cooling. If you think the room is too hot, then open the door (there is to be silence so this shouldn't be an issue) for an alternate air/cooling off flow. Additionally, you may also crack a window but only with the concurrence of other attendees in the chapel at that time. This confined space is small and is housed in a building that certainly is not new or energy efficient. Also, the lighting in the hall has a sensor. You should not have to touch the lighting switches. Lights will automatically go on and off.
Special Rosary on the Feast of our lady of Guadalupe
The Ancient Order of Hibernians would like to invite you to attend a special rosary in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe on her feast Day, Sunday, December 12th at 1:30pm at the Marsh Drive Church. The Rosary will tell the story of Our Lady through a special rosary that will provide a detail of her appearance on each bead of the rosary. Learn the story and recite a rosary all at the same time.
Toys for tots collection
Saint Vincent de Paul collected 90 toys for Toys for Tots this past weekend! Many thanks! If you didn’t get a chance to pick up a toy, there is still time! We will be collecting new, unwrapped toys, this coming weekend 12/11 and 12/12 at all Masses!
Singles Ministry
Christmas Pot Luck Dinner and Secret Santa Gift Exchange
Fa-la-la-la-la
Friday, December 17th - 6:00 pm
BYOB
Palm Tree Apts. Social Center
Secret Santa Gift $10 - $15 range
To cover the cost of the venue there is a $5.00 suggested donation
Please RSVP to Lee Ann by Dec. 13th
at 717-713-0469 or moomur809@gmail.com
Toys for Tots Collection
We are partnering with the local Marine Corps, Toys for Tots program. Toys for Tots collection boxes will be in the Narthex of both churches, as well as in the main lobby of the Parish Activity Center, the weekends of December 4/5 & December 11/12.
Bring an UNWRAPPED TOY and place it in the Toys for Tots box.
Questions? Please contact Carol Culbertson: mcculbertson@comcast.net
Thank you for helping us make Christmas a little brighter for the children of Carlisle and surrounding areas.
Heritage Club Christmas Gathering
Thursday, December 9, 2021 6:00 PM
Parish Activity Center Gym
Saint Patrick School Choir will present a program of songs with a Christmas theme
Refreshments: warm drinks and Christmas cookies Heritage Club members are asked to bring a plate of your favorite Christmas cookies to share.
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a time for us to stop and praise God for all the blessings in our lives. Our parish family is at the top of the list of the things for which we are grateful. It is with great joy that we ask for the Lord to bless your family this Thanksgiving.
Father, all of Creation rightly owes you thanks and praise. Your justice, love and mercy abound. We thank you this day for all that you have given us:
For the Passion and Death of your Divine Son, we thank you Father, through the Cross, He redeemed the world.
For the Church, we thank you Father, it is our beacon for salvation.
For the martyrs and saints who give testimony to your Son, we thank you Father, their witness to your Son is our inheritance.
For our loved ones and friends who have died and gone before us, we thank you Father, their love abides with us forever.
For loving spouses, we thank you Father, together we seek you.
or the gift of children, we thank you Father, they are your precious gifts to us and to the world.
For the gift of our families, loved ones and good friends, we thank you Father, Through them we see the reflection of your Son.
For jobs, our homes and all that we have, we thank you Father, give us only that which we need, as we seek Your Kingdom.
For the bounty we are about to eat, we thank you through Christ Our Lord.
Amen.
Solemnity of Christ the King
November 21, 2021
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Jesus is fully God and fully man. He is both the divine Lord and the man who suffered and died on the Cross. In him, one person of the Trinity unites himself to human nature through the Incarnation and reigns over all creation as the Incarnate Son of God.
When we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King, we declare to the world and remind ourselves that Jesus is the Lord, not only of the Church, but of the universe. 🕊👑🌎
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