June 08, 2025

Dear People of St. Patrick Parish,

Today is Pentecost Sunday, the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles. As
Catholics, today we celebrate the birthday of the Catholic Church, when the Holy Spirit led the Apostles to go out to the whole world and preach Jesus Christ and
Baptize those who would believe and follow Jesus Christ in the Church He founded.

Today, we see the fulfillment of the promise Jesus made that He would not leave the Apostles and those who would believe to be orphans. He and God the Father sends the Holy Spirit, and that including all of us who accept His teachings.

For Catholics, the Sacrament of Confirmation is the formal reception of the Holy Spirit.

If you are Baptized, but never received the Sacrament of Confirmation, you can still do so. We will help you to make it happen. Godparents should make sure that their godchildren do receive this Sacrament at the proper age which would be second year of High School.

Today, on this Feast of Pentecost, we the people of St. Patrick Parish want to thank the Holy Spirit for making our Parish Harvest of Hope a great event as our first attempt.

For those who attended I hear nothing, but good and favorable comments. The Parish will take your comments and thoughts and go forth for the next opportunity.

We thank the Holy Spirit for all the hard work that so many of you did, to make this event successful.

Dear Holy Spirit, please be proud of your Parish Family and all the supporters of the local community who made it happen.

God Bless,
Fr. Larry Young
Your Pastor