Each week the Saturday 5PM Mass and the Sunday 9AM Mass will be live-streamed. To view the videos, please click HERE.

O, that today you would listen to His voice.
Harden not your hearts.

Mass Schedule

Masses will be celebrated in the sanctuary on the following days and times.

Tuesday 7 PM,
Wednesday 9:30 AM
followed by Adoration until 10:00 PM,
Friday at 9:30 AM,
Saturday at 5:00 PM,
Sunday at 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM

N.B. Confessions Saturdays at 4:15 PM or call Fr. Jan.

Mass Schedule - October 3rd- October 9th

Monday - No Mass

Tuesday - 11:00 AM Funeral Mass for Joe Krcic

Wednesday - 9:30 AM Mass for +Joseph Javier offered by the Mader Family

Thursday - Mass at Berwick for INT Frankie Holahan offered by Al & Anna Wakita

Friday - 9:30 AM Mass for +Bruce Lenz offered by Yvonne Lenz and Family

Saturday - 5:00 PM Mass for INT of All Parishioners

Sunday - 9:00 AM Mass for +Ivan Culo offered by Zvonko & Sandra Culo

11:00 AM Mass for +Marcos Sajolan Sr. offered by the Mader Family

The Knights of Columbus would like to thank everyone who participated in the Smile Cookie Campaign. $966.00 was raised for the Christmas Hamper Fund. They would especially like to extend a big thank you to the Youth Group for all their help on Friday night. Thank you.

St. Pat’s Youth Group wants to thank all our parishioners who joined us for our Barbecue fundraisers! Its was amazing to see so many of us gather together. We are very grateful and excited to announce that we made $1,542.45! As well, we thank those parishioners who donated through the Sunday collection, raising an additional $50.00. These funds will be used to support our youth events like Camp Homewood and various activities we do though out the year. We appreciate your generosity and support!!

Needed - Music Director and Accompanist - The Saturday 5:00 pm Choir is still actively looking for a music Director and Accompanist/ Instrumentalist. If you are interested and would like to sing or play an instrument please contact the parish office. All are welcome!

Religious Education Classes - St. Patrick’s Religious Education Classes will be starting in October for children grades 1 to 5 on Thursday evenings from 6:00 to 7:00 PM. Registration and Information night will be held in the large hall Thursday Sept. 29th 6:00 to 7:00 PM. Please help us spread the word to all families of St. Patrick’s church!! Please contact the parish office or Sharon (Religious Education Coordinator) at 250-202-0476 for more information.

Let’s Celebrate the new addition and renovations to our church! Save the Date 19 November 2022 Watch this space.

The Canadian Conference of Bishops press release regarding the residential schools healing and reconciliation initiatives may be found at the following link: https://www.rcdvictoria.org/indigenous/bishopsdeepen- commitment-to-walk-together-withindigenous- partners

Pastoral Care Training Sessions - Starting on September 24 there will be nine free Pastoral Caare Training Sessions held via Zoom. To get more information about these sessions, please click HERE.

Island Catholic Schools urgently needs full-timeTeachers and Educational Assistants. If you are interested in joining one of their teams please use the following link: https://cisdv.bc.ca/employment-opportunities/

World Youth Day in Portugal - August 2023 The Diocese of Victoria is getting pilgrims together for the pilgrimage to World Youth Day 2023. This is an opportunity to travel to another country, to be with the Pope and hundreds of thousands of other young adult Catholics. If you are interested please contact Fr. Harrison Ayre at hayre@rcdvictoria.org for further information and to be added to the contact list. They are looking to do at least one large fundraiser to help cover costs, as well as events throughout the year to enter into friendship with one another, to pray with one another and prepare for this pilgrimage. N.B. for Catholics aged 18 to 35.

INVITATION TO ADORATION Adoration will begin with Mass every Wednesday at 9:30 am. All are invited to attend the Mass and participate in Adoration until 10 pm. “Jesus, I Trust in You…"

Society of Saint Vincent de Paul on Vancouver Island
Our Lady of Guadalupe Conference, St. Patrick’s Parish
Activity Report for the month of September 2022

Dear Parishioners: The Mission of our Society is to… “LIVE THE GOSPEL MESSAGE BY SERVING CHRIST IN THE POOR WITH LOVE, RESPECT, JUSTICE AND JOY” Here are some of the ways we carried this message to those in need, in the month of September: Our weekly hamper deliveries resumed in September. 16 calls were received, and 16 home visits made. 29 adults and 16 children received food assistance. The children of our adopted family returned to school. The youngest now in Grade 1 and the oldest starting Grade 5. The family is making great strides towards achieving their goal of becoming Habitat for Humanity Homeowners. We continue to support them with monthly groceries, and are currently gathering donations of baby supplies for the newest addition to their family, expected in early December. A variety of lunch items were purchased for the Cedar Elementary School Lunch Program. Two Welcome Kits, and food hampers were delivered to new residents of Rose Harbour. Another unit consisting of a woman with children received a box of art supplies for the children, women’s clothing for the mother, and a popcorn and bread maker for the family. The gathering of donations and purchasing of household items is always ongoing. News from Second Chance Recovery House for Men indicated a very busy summer. Their home was full, and they have received a great many applications for their program. The need continues to be great. It was another busy month at the downtown community kitchen. Over 280 were served a hot Sunday lunch (meat supplies from SVDP). There are wait lines at serving time. Community organizations such as Rotary and the Anglican Church are helping out with vegetables and other donations. Our North Island communities of Tahsis, Gold River (Tsaxana) and Zeballos(Ehattesaht and Oclucje First Nations) continue to receive our monthly meat contributions, donations of pet food and personal items. Plans for the completion of our new and bigger storeroom are underway. When completed, it will provide more storage space for our existing delivery service, Rose Harbour Welcome Kits/Hampers, with additional space for the expansion of future projects. Your contributions help us to fulfill our mission, month after month. Thank you for your support. God bless you all, and see you next month on the parish website.

 

To view the various stages of the construction of the St. Patrick’s Church extension and renovation an ongoing series of photos indicating various phases of the effort was uploaded and may be accessed by clicking

We thank you for your prayers, helping hands and continued financial support. God bless you and say a little prayer.

Recycle for the Building Fund Thank you to everyone who is contributing to the building fund by dropping off rinsed milk containers, bottles and cans at the back door of the church hall every Saturday 10 am till noon. The current total is $36,046.00! Thank You!