Committing our God-given talents to ministry at Saint Patrick Catholic Church & School is just as important as Stewardship of Time and Stewardship of Treasure. It is how we gratefully give back to God in thanksgiving for the talents He has given us. There are many opportunities within our faith community for us to give back to God using the talents He has so generously bestowed on us.
Recognizing Parish Leaders Service in Ministry Life
At Saint Patrick Catholic Church we are grateful for parishioners who answer God’s call to serve and who have served for many years ministering to the faith community in our church, within our parish boundaries and beyond those boundaries.
We recognize lay leaders in ministry who have shared their god-given talents— often times over many years to the Saint Patrick Catholic Church faith community. Sometimes a leader hears a call to purse or re-focus and serve the Lord in a different way. We are grateful for their generous gift of talent and support them in the new ways they are called to love the Lord.
Senior Ministry
Thank you Joan Doherty for four years of service as Leader of the Senior Ministy. Joan Doherty announced that she is will continue as leader for the Senior Ministry through May 6, 2016.
Military Ministry
Thank you Danielle Gomez for helping form the Military Ministry. Danielle has been leading the ministry which supports military families in our parish and beyond our parish doors since its inception in 2014.
Young Professional Ministry
Thank you Lauren Hobby for leading the Young Professional ministry. Lauren has relocated outside of our parish boundaries.
Then the Master looked down and saw a vessel of clay.
Empty and broken it helplessly lay.
No hope had the vessel that the Master might choose,
To cleanse and make whole, to fill and to use.Ah! This is the vessel I’ve been hoping to find,
I will mend and use it and make it all Mine.
I need not the vessel with pride of its self;
Nor the one who is narrow to sit on the shelf;
Nor the one who is bigmouthed and shallow and loud;
Nor one who displays his contents so proud;
Not the one who thinks he can do all things just right;
But this plain earthy vessel filled with My power and might.Then gently He lifted the vessel of clay.
Mended and cleansed it and filled it that day.
Spoke to it kindly. There’s work you must do,
Just pour out to others as I pour into you.Excerpted from The Chosen Vessel by Beulah V. Cornwall
Could You be the Vessel In Ministry
Senior Ministry, Military Ministry and Young Professionals are in need of leadership. In addition, St. Joseph Hospital is in need of Eucharistic Ministers to the Sick to serve for 4 – 5 hours, one day a week.
Can you pour into others what the Lord has poured into you?
Need a pep talk— listen to Deacon Bill Eckert and parishioner Rob Silva reflect on how Pope Francis called each and everyone of us to answer the call to serve.
You are Qualified
God always qualifies the called. Whether it is to serve the Military Ministry and the active and retired service men and women and their families or to lead the Senior Ministry in enriching the life of seniors or to shepherd Young Professional as they journey through life.
Don’t let your talents “die on the vine.” By giving of your talents, you can help support our parish’s efforts to carry out the mission Christ gave us.
I Want to Empty My Vessel
If you are feeling called to empty your vessel— the vessel that God has generously filled, email the parish office and let us know which ministry you are feeling called to serve.
