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Dear Friends, 

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With the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, we have reached the end of this Liturgical Year. It’s hard to believe, but the new Liturgical Year begins next weekend with the First Sunday of Advent. The Lord has poured out His grace in abundance upon us over the past year- we have much to be thankful for as the Body of Christ here at our Pastorate of St. Patrick and St. Joan of Arc. 

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Looking back over the past year, can you remember moments of grace, moments when you felt the Lord active in your life? As I look back over the past year, I can see how the Lord has not only worked in my own life on a personal level, but also at the pastorate level. My daily prayer as your Shepard is that our hearts might be set on fire with the love of Jesus Christ, and that the Holy Spirit might strengthen our bonds of unity, thereby making our pastorate an ever more attractive and welcoming place for those who are looking for a church family. By the looks of things, this prayer is being answered! In fact, I feel like we have ended our Liturgical Year with a great surplus of grace, grace we can use to continue our efforts of living the Gospel and evangelizing in 2026. It is that same Grace that walked with us through moments of wonderful transitions. 

 

As we reflect and challenge ourselves to truly pursue God’s Kingdom in our life, there are many different things that the world offers us to rule our life. Our faith offers us Christ as the true King that we should pursue. 

 

This new Liturgical Year for us will bear focus on promoting a greater devotion to God’s Profound Grace. Reminding ourselves of the grace in the Eucharist. The Eucharist, my dear friends, is the Heart of Christ. We will be having many programs and events to help us to move to build a deeper relationship with God and to have that personal encounter with Him. 

 

I would like to draw your attention to the following events coming up during the season of Advent. 

 

• Next Thursday, November 27th we will be having Thanksgiving Masses. This will be at 9:00am at St. Patrick and 8:30am at St. Joan of Arc. 

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• During Advent we will have more opportunities for confessions, the dates will be in the bulletin. 

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• Advent Breakfast on December 7th at St. Joan of Arc and on December 14th at St. Patrick.

 

• On Monday, December 8th we will have Masses for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary at 8:15am and 6:30pm at St. Patrick, and 8:30am and 7:00pm at St. Joan of Arc. 

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• On Wednesday, December 10th we will have our Advent Parish Mission from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at St. Joan of Arc. 

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• On Saturday, December 13th we will have a Christmas Concert following the 4:00pm Mass at St. Patrick. 

 

May God Bless you always. 

Fr. Francis