A Special Appeal For Our Growing Parish Family
For 104 years, St. Patrick Parish has grown in size and in faith, responding always to the evolving needs of our parish. Now, as the fire of our faith continues to burn strongly in all that we do as a parish family, we must celebrate and foster the growth in our church, our school, and our ministries for years to come.
- Phase I
- Phases II & III
- Phase IV
Serve Together
In Phase I, we completed renovations to the Channing Avenue property, enabling our active parish staff to better serve the needs of the parish, and our pastoral staff to minister in private offices where our parish family can be counseled, guided, and consoled.
Every year, St. Patrick Parish celebrates the sacramental life for both new and established parishioners, including:
- More than 825 scheduled masses
- Over 580 hours of scheduled Eucharistic Adoration
- More than 100 one-hour sessions in one-on-one Pre-Cana guidance with Father Redcay
- 102 Baptisms
- 65 Hours of Confession
- 100 First Communions
- 106 Confirmations
- 35 Marriages
- 259 Anointings
Learn Together
With 350+ students in St. Patrick School and 385 PREP students, St. Patrick’s young parishioners live their faith with a first-rate Religious Education Program. St. Patrick’s School has twice been acknowledged as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
In Phase II, we demolished the old Woodland Avenue offices and built a new playground area for our parish children. We also added a new roof onto the school to support central air conditioning installation planned for next year. Click here to get a closer look at our new playground.
We are forecasting our largest enrollment in 16 years for the 2021-22 school year, with healthy enrollment across each class from PK3 through 8th grade, while maintaining our current small class sizes.
Phase III includes the addition of an Early Childhood Education Center to St. Patrick School’s existing structure.
Help us provide a safe, connected space for our parish’s youngest members with eight classrooms for our school and PREP students.
Our school students flourish academically:
- 10 Neumann Scholars in 9 years
- 100% accepted into high school of choice
- Growing enrollment with a 97% school retention rate
Pray Together
Phase IV will transform the space beneath the church into five spacious ministry rooms, which will also include permanent office space for Amigos de Jesús.
The Spirituality Center will be located underneath the church and will provide space for parish organizations and formation programs.
St. Patrick parishioners are active in our community of faith, providing:
- Service on the Altar:
- More than 80 Extraordinary Ministers of the Holy Eucharist
- More than 100 Altar Servers
- 35 Lectors
- Music to awaken our hearts with six parish choirs
- Communion for the suffering and homebound
- Generosity for local groups and parishes in need (such as St. John’s Hospice, Amigos de Jesús, and more)
- Religious programs to unify our spiritual growth
- Participation in our many parish groups (such as Adult Faith Formation, Walking with Purpose, Men’s Gospel Reflection Group, and more
Our Case for Support
Download the “Growing Together as a Family of Faith” Case Statement and discover the many ways in which our community’s faith is growing.
