Sep 26, 2015
Continuing the reflection on vision for the parish, what is meant by the parish as a training ground of holiness? John Paul II said that when we bring a person for baptism, and we ask, “What do you ask of the church?”, the answer could be very simply “holiness.” What...
Sep 25, 2015
One way to describe mission is to think about what we are here for. At St. Patrick our mission is very simple: it is to love God with all out heart, soul, mind and strength and to love our neighbor as ourselves. It is to make disciples of all nations teaching them to...
Sep 24, 2015
Vision is about describing a picture of the future as you would like to see it. For us at St. Patrick, we based the vision on Blessed John Paul II‘s apostolic letter of 2001 called “At the Beginning of the New Millennium.” This was the pope’s vision statement...
Jul 6, 2015
The final purpose or priority for the Christian life is mission or evangelism. Jesus told us to “Go and make disciples of all nations.” I like to call this “life on mission.” As we live our life, we “are going”! WE interact with others. As we do, we establish and look...
Jul 4, 2015
Every Christian is called to serve. Or, in other words, we are called to ministry to others. Ministry is not the domain of clergy. Rather it is the calling of all who are baptized in Christ. What is ministry? It is meeting the needs of others out of the resources the...
