Saint Patrick's 

Christian Formation ...  There are no Christian Formation Classes this Sunday. They will resume on March 1 for Grades 1 to 8, 8:45 to 9:45AM in the Parish Center. 

LENTEN RETREAT ... “Reflect - Pray - Reconcile” ... A Retreat for students in Grades 7 to 12 will be held on Saturday, March 7, Noon to 4:00PM at St. Mary’s Parish Center, Champlain (with concluding 4:00PM Mass at St. Mary’s Church).  Expect an afternoon of fun activities, Penance Service and Reconciliation.  Light snacks will be available.  No fee to attend.  To register for this event, go to: www.rcdony.org/ youthlenten/lenten-retreat.html.

FIRST RECONCILIATION ... Saturday, March 7, 10:00AM for St. Patrick’s Students and Saturday, March 14, 10:00AM for St. Mary’s Students.

CONFIRMATION ... Sunday, June 7, 10:00AM Mass at St. Patrick’s Church for students from St. Patrick’s and St. Mary’s Churches.

FIRST COMMUNION ... Saturday, June 13, 4:00PM at St. Mary’s Church for students from St. Mary’s.

FIRST COMMUNION ... Sunday, June 14, 10:00AM at St. Patrick’s Church for students from St. Patrick’s.
 

ST. PATRICK’S FOOD SHELF ... will be open Wednesdays from 9:30 to 10:30AM.  Please contact Eleanor Reynolds at 518-298-3331 for further assistance.

Our parish has raised $12390.50, only $670.50 short of our parish goal of $13061!  If you have not yet made your gift, please prayerfully consider supporting the 2019 Bishop’s Fund Appeal, which is separate from the Capital Campaign, with a pledge or one-time gift. A pledge allows us to support the Appeal in four convenient payments throughout the year. 

Our St. Patrick’s Festival will be held on April 4 and 5, 2020.  As it is never too early to start planning, the Rosary Altar Society would like to have a Craft Table as well as their White Elephant Table.  We are asking our parishioners to consider making items such as: dried flower arrangements/wreaths, crocheted towels, knitted items, handmade jewelry, scarves, ornaments, etc.  Any handmade items and crafts would be greatly appreciated!  We will be looking for items for the White Elephant Table which would include new and used items in good condition as well as jewelry.  We will also have the Bake Sale/Fudge Table, so keep that in mind.  Lastly, we will have our Turkey Dinner on Sunday, so mark your calendars!  We have also begun soliciting for our big raffle ticket.  Any monetary donations or other donations would be great appreciated.

CHANGE OF MASS TIMES FOR FESTIVAL WEEKEND ONLY ... As St. Patrick’s Festival is a two-day event, and to encourage attendance on Saturday, we will have the 4:00PM Mass here at St. Patrick’s for that Saturday only.  The Mass on Sunday at 8:00AM will be at St. Mary’s and the 10:00AM Mass will be at St. Patrick’s.  We appreciate your understanding and hope that you will be able to attend one or both days of our festival.  It is our biggest fundraiser of the year and it is only successful if our parishioners support us!

There is still time to turn in your pledge or one-time gift if you have not already done so.  Envelopes can be found at the church entrances. To date, St. Patrick’s has raised $124,698 from 86 donors. 

As a reminder, the Development Office sends out pledge reminder statements with return envelopes and processes recurring credit card pledge payments on the 15th of each month or the next business day if necessary.

If you are travelling and looking to attend Mass wherever you are, go to https://masstimes.org/ or click on this link to find Masses in that area.