Pastoral Staff
Tel: 503-266-9411 Fax:503-263-2293
Pastor: Fr. John Waldrom email: stpatricks@canby.com
Pastor Associate: Sara Creel
Deacon: Rev. Mr. Jerry Giger
Director of Rel. Educ: Sue Unger
email: stpatrickreligiouseducation@yahoo.com
Aministrative Assistant: Debbie Newbury
email: dnewbury@canby.com
Maintenance: Heriberto Aguilar
email: haguilar@canby.com

Rectory Office Hours
Monday thru Thursday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
We are closed for lunch between 12:00-1:00 p.m.

Bulletin Policy
Items for the bulletin are due in the Parish Office no later than Wednesday of each week. Email your items to dnewbury@canby.com

Prayer Needs
If you have prayer needs, please call St. Patrick prayer chain. Contact Kathy Usher, 503-266-2485

Social Service Ministries
St. Vincent dePaul Food Bank:
Bill & Delores Piller: 503-701-9135

Sacrament
Infant Baptisms:
Registered parishioners are expected to complete a Baptismal Preparation program prior to scheduling a baptism. Baptismal preparation programs are offered 3 times a year. For information and /or registration, contact Sara 503-266-9411.
Next Baptismal Prep Class: September 28, 2006

Adult Baptisms:
Adults seeking baptism are expected to participate in the RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.) RCIA begins in the fall with the reception of the Sacraments of Initiation in the Spring (Easter). For information and/or registration contact Sara at 503-266-9411.

Marriage Policy:
Our parish is a signator of the Clackamas County "community marriage policy", that is a multi denominational agreement for common standards for marriage preparation. Please contact the Pastor at least six months prior to the wedding to ensure adequate time for these preparations.

Fourth Sunday of Easter
April 13, 2008

ST. PATRICK WOMEN’S CLUB
Attention all ladies of St. Patrick. Come and enjoy Dessert Night on Monday, April 14th at 7pm in the Multipurpose room of the Parish Center. All women of the Parish are invited to join us for fellowship & some great desserts.

SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The Knights of Columbus and Men’s Club Scholarship Program will provide joint scholarships to current high school graduates who are members of St. Patrick Church in Canby. The Scholarship is for post secondary education and may be used at any accredited college or university. The Scholarship application is available at the Parish Office. The application needs to be filled out and returned to the Parish Office no later than May 12. The scholarship will be awarded at the Baccalaureate Mass scheduled for Saturday, May 31st at the 5:30pm Mass.

MASS AT HOPE VILLAGE
On Wednesday, April 16th at 10:30am we will gather together at Hope Village Retirement Center Complex to celebrate Mass with our parish family members currently living at the Retirement complex. All parishioners are invited. Don’t forget to take a few minutes to visit residents who currently live at Hope Village and could use some companionship and conversation. Additional parking is located behind the main building.

PRAYERS FOR CANDIDATES OF ST. PATRICK CHURCH
We invite all parishioners to please pray for the candidates that are preparing for First Communion and Confirmation this Spring. There are pictures in the vestibule of the church with a prayer for the candidates on the back. Please take a picture and take time to pray for these young people as they try to grow closer to God through the reception of the sacraments. There are cards with a Spanish translation of the prayer in a basket next to the pictures.

Lines often imply restrictions. For example, a text box in a word processing document sets lines outside of which we cannot write. Parents sometimes set limits and the children know they cannot “cross the line.” Employees unsatisfied with contract negotiations sometimes set up picket lines and expect them not to be crossed. In the gospel today another kind of “line” is presented to us: the “gate” into the sheepfold. Similar to “lines”, we encounter “gates” in many areas of our lives. There are gated communities, gates for entry into theater and sporting events, toll gates. Each gate represents both a dividing line and a means of entry. What does Jesus divide? What does Jesus open up? This gospel gate is symbolic and delineates a space between “here” and “there”-a space between danger and lurking death, and safety and promised abundant life. On this Fourth Sunday of Easter we celebrate what we have traditionally called “Good Shepherd Sunday.” This year’s gospel is particularly interesting in that the image for Jesus is not primarily as shepherd, but as gate. The image of the gate directs our attention to Jesus as the risen One who always recognizes us and cares for us (yes, Jesus is the Good Shepherd). Jesus declares himself to be “gate.” The gate is the dividing line between the threats of the outside world and the safety of the sheepfold. It is also the passageway from life lived in the shadow of death to the abundance life of the Good Shepherd. Everything hinges on the Gate. During this Easter season we leisurely bask in the joy and promise of the resurrection. But this Sunday’s gospel and the second reading also remind us that danger and death are always lurking near, even as we celebrate risen life. Initially, following Jesus will lead to insult, suffering, judgment, and the cross. But Easter always reminds us that it leads us even further to abundant life. “But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.” Twice in the gospel Jesus declares himself to be the gate. The twist of the gospel is that the gate is also a symbol for the shepherd-the gate itself is both a barrier and a protection. Thus, rather than a line not to be crossed, the gather invites us to cross through, to enter into the safety and protection Jesus offers. Thus, in this gospel passage the gate doesn’t confine but opens up a space of security, peace, and protection. This is where resurrection faith leads us: “that we might have life and have it more abundantly.”

OUR PRIVILEGE, OUR RIGHT, AND OUR DUTY
As it is written ‘Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you.’ (Is 49:15):

We in the Catholic Church in the Community of St. Patrick remember, hold in our memory, and pray for the men and women who serve in the Armed Forces especially Ryan Thomas Blackwood, Ryan Bridges, Lonnie Brown, Nathan Brown, Douglas Bower Jr., Carlos Bustamante, Adamm Creel, Isaiah Creel, Brad Dunn, Brian Dykeman, Bill Ellis, Adam Ferrell, Rob Gamble, Andrew Gibby, David Hannon, April Kennedy, Mike Krzmarzick, Jessica Krzmarzick (wife of Michael Krzmarzick) Johnny Lugo, Alex Martin, Ryan McInnis, John Molamphy, John Nguyen, Tarl Spencer, Leah Sundquist, Kenneth Thorpe, CJ Trillo, Jonathan Tuner, William Walsh, Erik Wiesehan and Ivan Wilson, may they be servants of Christ through service to those in need, and may they be kept safe from all harm.

PARISH SUPPORT
Parishioners of St. Patrick through the Sacrificial giving program gave to God the gift: April 6, 2008

Building Fund $331.00
Cemetery $50.00
Envelopes $8777.00
Loose $598.73
Children $31.75
Poor $275.00

Total $10,063.48

CHILDREN’S CHOIR
Children of the parish are invited to gather once again to practice for two upcoming liturgies: First Communion on Sunday, April 27 at 1:00pm and Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11 at 11:00am. Rehearsals will be on the following Sundays: April 20, 27, and May 4 from 12:15-1:00pm. Please come and help beautify these liturgies with your singing. For more information, call Lora Heli at 503-263-3840.

MASS SCHEDULE

TUESDAY, April 15, 2008
+Robert & Mary Northern by Kathleen Charboneau
WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2008
+Cliff Holmes by William & Mary Trumm
Thursday, April 17, 2008
For the Poor Souls by Ray & Jenny Wellman
Friday, April 18, 2008
Special Intention for Bev & Craig Snazelle by Ellen Hannan

RETREATS AROUND THE AREA

GOSPEL RETREAT
Single Catholic women, ages 19-35, invited to explore a religious vocation as a Franciscan Sister with Sisters Patricia Novak, OSF. Carmel Gregg, OSF and Guadalupe Medina, OSF. Franciscan Spiritual Center, 6902 SE Lake Rd., Suite 300, Milwaukie; Saturday, 10am-4pm; Register (503) 794-8542; $20.00 (Bring a sack lunch).

A MARIAN RETREAT: MARY IN SCRIPTURE, LEGEND AND LITERATURE
A May day of recollection on Mary, the Mother of God, and her message for us today; facilitated by Sister Mary Lonergan; Franciscan Spiritual Center, 6902 SE Lake Rd, Suite 300, Milwaukie; Saturday May 24 9am-3:30pm, Register (503) 794-8542.

BODYWORK RETREAT
Select three body modalities to heighten your mind, body and spirit with Sisters Emma Holdener, OSF, Carol Ann Warnke, OSF, and local practitioners; Franciscan Spiritual Center, 6902 SE Lake Rd., Suite 300, Milwaukie, Saturday, May 31, 9am-1pm. Register (503)-794-8542. $20.00

SPIRITUAL RESPITE FOR CAREGIVERS
A half-day of quiet and relaxation - a brief respite for caregivers offered by Franciscan Spiritual Center staff; Franciscan Spiritual Center, 6902 SE Lake Rd., Suite 300, Milwaukie; Saturday, May 2, 9am-1pm; Register 503-794-8542; $20.00 (lunch provided).

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FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
John 10:1-10
Kenneth Grahame

The Wicket

There are gates and there are gates. Your ordinary gate gives access to your front yard or some fenced-in field. But then there’s the gate Kenneth Grahame writes about in his essay “The Fairy Wicket,” which can lead you beyond the ledger books and drudgery of adult survival back to the world you knew so well when you were a child. Wicket is simply a quaint word for gate, and therefore Grahame felt it an appropriate term to apply to that special gate that can conduct us into a world where fantasy reigns supreme.
Of course, in his essay Grahame laments the gradual disappearance of that magic gate as we grow older. It once was everywhere to be found, through which we might behold elfin dances or some prince upon a white charger or meet some chipmunk endowed with speech and wisdom. But then along came schooldays (or “schooldaze”) and cheerless classrooms and prolonged hours spent indoors over sums and syntax and the acquisition of skills geared to make us productive cogs of the business world and poof!-the wicket became hardly visible anymore.
Occasionally, Grahame notes, it might seem right around the bend of some lane on a weekend’s excursion in the country or certainly just the other side of that row of elm trees. You can almost hear it “swinging to its familiar click.” But no, he says it always fails to materialize. The landscape remains prosaic. Then again, “a certain bottle of an historic Chateau-Yquem, hued like Venetian glass, odorous as a garden in June” may conjure up the presence of that lost gate and beyond it a vision of ancient France and dueling courtiers and stately ladies. But “Alas! Too shallow the bottle, too brief the brawls: not to be recalled by any quantity of Green Chartreuse.”
But I’ll tell you one place you can still find that gateway to a vision and experience of Paradise! Go visit any ancient cathedral in Europe that goes back a thousand years and approach its portal. You’ll see no mere door but a work of art that may show, centered amide sculptures of saints and angels, an image of Mary under the title Porta Coeli (Gate of Heaven). Or you may see a sculptured Christ up at the top of the

portal’s arch, swinging wide open the doorway to his wedding banquet while on his left five foolish virgins (their eyes heavy with sleep, their lamps extinguished) miss out on the festival, while on his right five wise virgins stand wide awake to his kingdom all aglow.
But such art our ancestors, who built those cathedrals, were trying to tell us that every cathedral, and therefore the Church itself, is the magic gateway that can convey us into a more profound experience of life and reality than we might otherwise realize. Their architecture helps us visualize what Christ in today’s Gospel says of himself: “I am the gate; whoever enters by me will be saved and will come in an go out and find pasture.”
Here ultimately is the magic wicket, the elusive gate Kenneth Grahame and so many souls seek: Christ and his Christic way of being. And here’s the surprise effect of our passing through that Christic gate and becoming Christic ourselves: we may now say of ourselves what Christ says of himself: “I am the gate.” For whenever we behave in a Christlike way, compassionately and generously, we ourselves become the magic wicket by which others may gain access to God and by which God may gain access to this world to make of it a Garden of Eden once more. You see the gate swings both ways.
From: Living the Lectionary: Links to Life and Literature
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR GRADE SCHOOL
We meet on Sundays from 9:45-10:45 for 1st -5th grade and 11 am for 18 months through 5 years old. These classes are for all parishioners. We welcome you to join us at any time. We are preparing for the annual Religious Education and Youth Ministry garage sale. We will need many volunteers and we need a special volunteer who will co-coordinate with Rose Judge. Please contact Sue Unger for more information. 503-266-9411

YOUTH MINISTRY AND JR HIGH MINISTRY
The Journey in Faith (6th- 8th grade) group meets on Wednesday night at 7 pm. Our next Fun Friday is May 16th at 6 pm. Please come and join us to celebrate and play. We will have dinner to start. All parishioners 6, 7, 8th graders are invited to participate. If you are not signed up in classes please bring a parent to sign a permission slip for you to participate.

JR HIGH YOUTH MINISTRY TWILIGHT RETREAT
On Friday, April 18 St John the Baptist in Milwaukie is sponsoring a retreat for all 6th, 7th and 8th grade students. It will begin at 7 pm and go to Midnight. The theme is: Just Do It….Right! It will focus on peer pressure and temptations. The fee is $5.00 per student. All will need a permission slip. There will be Pizza, snacks, reflection, fun and music. Contact Sue Unger for more information.

FAITH IN ACTION (9TH-12TH GRADES) meets on Sunday evening from 5:30 pm -7 pm in the Parish Center. All High School teens are welcome to join us. On April 13th the Youth Group will have a presentation on Child protection. Jerry Giger will be presenting and lead the discussion. Watch the bulletin or contact Molly or Liz or Sue Unger for more information. Our next Youth Mass is Saturday, May 3rd . We can use more singers and volunteers to help with the different ministries.

SERVICE PROJECT
The April JOIN retreat has been canceled because of lack of participation. Hopefully we can schedule this next year as a Service project. Contact Sue Unger for information.

LOVE, LIFE AND HOLINESS: THE THEOLOGY OF THE BODY FOR TEENS
On April 19th all High School students and Young Adults are invited to hear Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers on Pope John Paul’s statement on The Theology of the Body. We will gather at 11:30 am to leave for Salem St Joseph’s Catholic Church. The session will go from 1 pm-4:15 followed by Mass at 4:30 pm. Entry fee will be $5.00 plus one of the following: For those teens who’s last name begins with: A-I bring beverage, J-Q chips or cookies, R-Z fruits or veggies. For more information contact Sue Unger. Permission slips will be sent to all registered Youth Ministry students.

YOUTH MINISTRY FUND RAISERS
One way to support Youth Ministry is by supporting the Knights of Columbus fundraisers. They are very supportive to our Religious Education programs. We also have a new opportunity through Safeway to get a percentage of their profit to support our Religious Education programs. If you shop at Safeway and have a Safeway card St Patrick Religious Education can get a percentage of what you spend. You need to register your card through the company. You can call at 1-800-400-7878 or email at sbucher@escrip.com they will guide you through the registration. This can help support the many programs without the extra work of a fundraiser. Contact Sue Unger with any questions about the program. St Patrick Safeway group ID # is 163944105.

Youth Ministry is collecting cans to support the ministry. If you have cans please bring them to the Parish Hall side entrance next to the gym. If locked they can be left Sunday through Thursday outside the doors between the gym door and the hall door. If open please leave them just inside the gym by the door. Every little bit helps. Please be sure there is no garbage in the bags and that they are redeemable. Thanks for your generosity.

SPRING CLEANING IS COMING
The Youth Ministry and Religious Education programs will be sponsoring a garage sale in late spring to help with buying bibles and sending the youth to Spokane for a Youth Conference. Also it will support Vacation Bible School. We will need volunteers and a co-coordinator to make this happen. Please call Sue Unger at the office. I generally am available by phone on Monday –Thursday. Sundays I am in the office but generally do not take messages.

SACRAMENT PREPARATION CLASSES
Our next gathering will be Sunday April 13th from 1pm-2:30 pm. This is a day of preparation for the First Communion candidates. We will need volunteers to help with this project. Contact Sue Unger if you can help with the children and this project.

Our next Confirmation gathering will be April 20th. Be sure you have your Saint paper and Social Justice paper and your Service hours completed and ready to hand in. Be prepared to make your interview appointment with a member of the team. This will need to be completed by May 15th. For those that missed the Holy Spirit retreat you will need to write a paper for that.

Adult Scripture Reflection
Lent 2008 – Small Groups
Adult scripture reflection will continue on Wednesday evenings at 7 pm. The Bible study groups will return to their normal agenda. If you would like to join any of the groups you are more than welcome. Contact Sue Unger for more information.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL TEAM
All parishioners interested in working on Vacation Bible Study are welcome to our meeting on Sunday, May 18th at 10 am. We will meet in room 7. Contact Sue Unger for more questions. In the next few months we will be painting murals to decorate the rooms and halls for our theme for a Rain Forest. Contact Sue Unger if you have ideas or time to help. Vacation Bible School is scheduled for July 14- 18th.

NORTHWEST NATURAL FAMILY PRESENTS

MOTHER-DAUGHTER & FATHER-SON DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Northwest Family Services will present Mother-Daughter and Father-Son Adolescent Development Programs at Providence Portland Medical Center on Sunday, May 4, 2008. The Mother-Daughter Program, for girls ages 9-12 and their mother or guardian, is from 2:00 to 4:00pm. The Father-Son Program, for boys ages 10-13 and their father or guardian, is from 6 to 8pm . These programs help families prepare for the physical, emotional, and social changes that adolescents experience. The cost is $12 and pre-registration is required by April 28. For more information or to register, please call Northwest Family Services, 503-215-6377 or go online to www.nwfs.org.

NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING
Based on self-understanding, shared decision-making, and responsibility. It works, It’s liveable. It’s good for marriage. A new series will begin Thursday, May 1, 2008, at Providence Portland Medical Center. For more information or to register, call Northwest Family Services at 503-215-6377 or email: service@nwfs.org. You may also register online at www.nwfs.org.

PREPARING FOR MARRIAGE?
Always Faithful is a three week course for couples considering marriage. It provides couples with an opportunity to discern their readiness to marry, learn important skills to be successfully married, and to gain an appreciation for marriage in the Church. It includes 2 private counseling sessions. 2 new series begin on Thursday, May 1, 2008, and Saturday, June 21, 2008, at Providence Portland Medical Center. To register or for more information, call Northwest Family Services at 503-215-6377 or email: service@nwfs.org. You may also register online at www.nwfs.org.

BACCALAUREATE MASS FOR 2008
Baccalaureate Mass for graduating Seniors of 2008 will be Saturday, May 31st at 5:30pm Mass. All seniors are invited to the special blessing. Please bring your cap and gown and meet in the vestibule of the church at 5:15pm to line up to process into church. A reception will follow in the Parish Hall following Mass.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPONSOR A CLASSROOM PRAYER TABLE?
Prayer is part of the fabric of our Catholic faith. Fostering a sense of prayer is an important part of the Religious Education programing of St. Patrick. An important aspect for our life of prayer is the establishment of “holy places,” in our homes and in our classrooms. We are in the process of creating such places of prayer for each classroom in our parish center. Each room will have a corner prayer shelf with a standing icon and a prayer candle. The shelves have already been completed and have been installed in most of the classrooms. We are now ready to purchase the individual standing icons for each room. The cost for each 11" x 14" icon, which includes matching stand and shipping charges is $60.00. We have 14 classrooms and meeting rooms we are preparing prayer tables for. If you would like to sponsor an icon for a classroom contact Sue Unger or Sara Creel at the parish office. The icons selected are; St. Patrick, Sts. Peter & Paul, St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Vincent dePaul, St. Therese of the Little Flower, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Blessed Juan Diego, Our Lady of Guadalupe, The Good Shepherd, and the Twelve Apostles at Table.

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THANK YOU
We would like to thank the many families of the parish who always come forward to help with providing a dish or two for the number of funeral luncheons we have here at St. Patrick. Also, to the wonderful ladies who always come forward to assist Ellen Hannan with the luncheon. Your help and support is so appreciated by Ellen and St. Patrick Parish and your generosity and kindness is a wonderful gift to the grieving family. If you are missing a dish or two, please take a moment to look in the kitchen of the Parish Center. Your dish may be there. The Parish Center is open Monday - Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-12noon or on Sunday’s after the Masses.

LIVING THE PASCHAL MYSTERY
This gospel assures us that the risen One, the Good Shepherd, is truly there for us, calls us by name, leads us to abundant life. Thus does Jesus model for us how we, too, are to be both gate and shepherd. The second reading gives us a practical blueprint for our shepherding: patience in suffering, doing good, return no insult or threat, hand ourselves over for the good of others. This may seem like a tall order, and it is. However, Jesus is always there, walking “ahead of” us, guiding us toward being good shepherds ourselves. We are reminded this Sunday that our simple, everyday actions of being faithful to the gospel are how we live out our baptism, our entry into following Jesus. When we embrace our baptismal commitment we enter through Jesus the gate into a life of being gate and shepherds of ourselves.