St. Patrick Parish News

St. Patrick’s celebrated All Saints Day with a St. Patrick School tradition at the 9 AM Mass on Friday, October 31st, 2008. Many years ago, Sister Patricia Ann Kenney began a tradition of having first grade students research a saint, then write and memorize a speech about him or her. Several student, dressed as their saint, were then selected to recite their speeches during a school Mass. Sister Patricia retired at the end of the last school year but the tradition was continued by first grade teachers Maureen DiPaola and Gina Verso. Thank you to all our saints!

More photographs are available at the parish photo album.

The St. Patrick School Girls’ Soccer Team is all smiles after a 3 to 2 victory over Holy Trinity. The team competes in the Catholic Middle School Athletic Association. St. Patrick School fall sports teams also includes two boys’ soccer teams and boys and girls cross country teams.

Moms and little ones from St. Patrick Youth’s Mommy & Me program were dressed for the occasion on Halloween. The program is for mothers/caretakers and their children, ages 1 1/2 to 3.

More photographs are available at the parish photo album.

St. Patrick’s Pro-Life Family hosted its annual Communion Breakfast on Sunday, October 26th, 2008 following the 9 AM Mass. Guest speaker William Sperduto, PhD, spoke on the topic of post-abortion trauma. Please pray to end the tadgedy of abortion.

Recently some children were almost hit walking between cars parked along the curb to get to their car with their parents. Many people park along the curbs for convenience when coming to Church, picking up children from religious education and school, and other functions. This has become a problem with safety. There are more than enough designated spaces in the parking lot. They may not all be as close as the curbs, but their use does help us to have better safety. When cars are parked along both curbs there is only room for one car at a time to pass through. The driveways are designed for two way traffic, not for parking. In the past few months we have had to call for assistance from personnel in emergency vehicles for some of our parishioners, and cars parked in non-designated spaces impede their ability to get in safely and efficiently. Parking along the curbs blinds drivers and pedestrians to one another’s presence. We have taken steps to improve safety by painting the curbs white and having “No Parking” painted on the pavement. At the same time, we ask that everyone please adhere to these signs so we can have safety for all. Safety is much more important than convenience. Let us work and act together for the good of all. Please do not park in “No Parking” areas.

Thank you so much for your attention to this important matter.

Congratulations to William Minerva who recently received the Bishop John R. McGann award for his 30 years of service in religious formation. The award was presented during a ceremony at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre.

Andrew Monteleone (center) with his father, Anthony (left) and Grand Knight Charlie Sauer (right), after Andrew received the 1st Degree at the Holy Mother Mary Council #3958 Knights of Columbus. Congratulations Andrew!

St. Patrick School students dressed up for their Halloween party.

More photographs are available at the parish photo album.

St. Patrick Youth Community’s “Passport to Fashion” fundraiser held on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008, offered great food,fashion and fun for all those in attendance. Many thanks to all those who gave of their time to make the evening a success!

More photographs are available at the parish photo album.

The fourth grade classes began the school year with an exciting project. We decided to fill a time capsule with our goals for fourth grade, a picture of ourselves, and something special that means a lot to us. It was a wonderful way to get to know each other and to think about what we would like to accomplish this year. We will open our time capsules the last week of June. We buried them in the garden in the courtyard on a beautiful, sunny day. Let’s hope we succeed in accomplishing all the goals!

A look at one of the new Smart Boards in action. The Smart Boards along with other technology anf training were donated to St. Patrick School earlier this year.

Couples from our parish celebrating their 25th, 40th, 50th or 55th plus anniversary this year were honored at a special Mass last Sunday. After the Mass, the celebration continued in Canning Hall.

Members of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Queen of the Universe # 1702 during Catholic Daughter Sunday.

At the Sunday, October 19th, 2008, 10:30 AM Mass, our new altar servers who completed their training this fall or last spring were installed. Congratulations to all! (Bottom photo) Fr. Patrick, Fr. Walden and Fr. Jilson with Becky Reilly (left) and Mary Janiec (right) who were presented with gifts for their work with the altar servers.

More photographs are available at the parish photo album.

Laszlo Girhiny(left) and Ken Hogan were recently honored by Holy Mother Mary Knights of Columbus Council #3958 as they became members of the Knights fourth degree, the highest degree of the order. The fourth degree is conferred upon members of the Knights who have demonstrated a high level of service and support to our God, our Country, and the Order. Congratulations!