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.

We are one in Body and Blood of Jesus Christ Sunday
May 25, 2008

MEMORIAL DAY MASS
On Monday, May 26th at 9:00am, we will celebrate Mass for Memorial Day at St. Patrick Cemetery. In case of rain, Mass will be celebrated at the Church. Our cemetery is located on New Era Rd right off 99E.

HOLIDAY OFFICE HOURS
The Parish Office will be closed on Monday for Memorial Day.

NEW FLAG
We have a new American Flag that hangs proudly in the Sacristy of the Church. This beautiful flag is dedicated to all the men and women who are serving, or who have served, in our military. We would like to say a special thank you to Dick & Ann Berrie for this beautiful, special gift.

SUMMER BULLETIN
Starting Sunday, June 1, our Sunday bulletin for the summer months [June~July~August] will be published every two weeks. This of course means that if you would like to have an announcement in the bulletin during the summer months, you will need to plan ahead. You can email your items to dnewbury@canby.com.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES
The following candidates were confirmed on May 21st by Bishop Steiner
Hector Amaral Joseph Hauck Esteffany Nolasco
Joseph Battilega Mollie Hauck Kristina Phan
Christopher Brockman Timothy Judge Elvia Ramirez
Thomas Dasso Zachary Kraemer Erica Ramirez
Theresa Gent Sonia Lopez Hayden Sanders
Austin Greene Nelly Mendoza Oscar Tapia
Natalie Green Claire Meskers Silvia Tapia
Winston Green Richard Montecucco Jacob Zurita

Information for the group pictures can be found at www.kkstudioconnect.com user name is genesis. First Communion pictures are also at this site.

The perishable bread God sends from heaven sustains the Israelites who will themselves eventually perish. The promise of the Eucharist is that Jesus feeds us with imperishable food so that we will truly live forever. The surprise of the gospel is why the Food Jesus gives us is imperishable: not only because it is his very Body and Blood, but also because our participation in this great Gift draws us into the same kind of self giving as Jesus shares with us. This Gift is imperishable because the fruits of self-giving are imperishable-they lead to eternal life. In this gospel Jesus describes himself as the “living bread” given for the “life of the world.” This is what we memorialize in the Eucharist: that Jesus gives himself in his Body and Blood. Our “Participation” in the Body and Blood of Christ demands that we, like Jesus, give ourselves for others. A core of the mystery of Eucharist-and of our selves-is self-giving. It is a misunderstanding to conceive of Communion as a privatized moment between “Jesus and me” and that Communion is only about what each of us is given. Communion with the Body and Blood of Christ compels communion with one another: “we, though many, are one body”. The manna was perishable because it sustained only the human body, which eventually dies; Eucharist is imperishable because it sustains a life of self-giving within the community, which is the Body of Christ. The gospel for this Sunday makes clear to us that Jesus gave himself not only in self-sacrifice on the cross but also in the self-giving of his very Body and Blood as Food for us to eat and drink, which brings us to eternal life. The comparison the gospel makes with the manna in the desert is between eating and dying and eating and living. God’s gift of bread in the desert sustained only Israel’s earthly life; Jesus’ gift of bread as Body and drink as Blood sustains our eternal life. Jesus’ self-giving is eternal life-giving. This is how we “remain” in Jesus-through our own daily self-giving and our participating in the common Meal. This is how we remain in each other-through self-giving and, yes, participating in the common Meal. Jesus’ gift of life to us through our participation in his Body and Blood is not simply for our own sakes but also for the sake of others. This is what Eucharist is all about. This is what this solemnity is all about: self-giving for the life of others.

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: May 18, 2008

Building Fund $102.00
Cemetery $15.00
Envelopes $7581.12
Loose $439.40
Children $2.00
Poor $

Total $8139.52

MASS SCHEDULE
Monday, May 26, 2008
9:00am Memorial Day - For the Deceased members of our Parish
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
For all the men & women who serve in the Military by Karen & Stuart Hunt
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
+Irene Bauman by Richard Bauman
Thursday, May 29, 2008
+Gene Heidt by Jim & Carol Voeller
Friday, May 30, 2008
+Douglas A. Dunn by Maria Dunn

EVENTS AROUND THE AREA

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES
The following candidates were confirmed on May 21st by Bishop Steiner
St Patrick Candidates
Hector Amaral
Joseph Battilega
Christopher Brockman
Thomas Dasso
Theresa Gent
Austin Greene
Natalie Greene
Winston Greene
Joseph Hauck
Mollie Hauck
Timothy Judge
Zachary Kraemer
Sonia Lopez
Nelly Mendoza
Claire Meskers
Richard Montecucco
Esteffany Nolasco
Kristina Phan
Elvia Ramírez
Erica Ramírez
Hayden Sanders
Oscar Tapia
Silvia Tapia
Jacob Zurita

Information for the group pictures can be found at www.kkstudioconnect.com user name is genesis. First Communion pictures are also at this site.

Parish Community News

THE MOST HOLY
BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST
Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16, Isak Dinesen

Do Not Forget the Lord Who Fed you Manna in the Desert

There’s nothing like a dinner party to draw people together. After a glass of wine and a bit of mingling, the laughter begins amid intense conversation at this or that end of the table. People begin to tell stories out of their past or reveal silly things they’ve done that they’re no longer shy about. Table, food, and drink create a magic that makes of once isolated individuals a community of something close to brothers and sisters. People become frankly affectionate. They let down their guard.
I remember the effect of such dinners upon the members of a religious community I knew. Most of them had known each other for years. They had shared dormitories, refectory, chapel, and class rooms for so long that they knew each other’s qualities and faults. There were the jolly types, the brooders, the intellectuals, the conservatives and liberals, the pinochle players, and the ultra-pious- a mixed bag that over time harbored resentments, formed cliques, gossiped about each other. There were Thomists who were wary of biblical scholars and vice versa and papalists who suspected ecumenists and vice versa.
But along came May and their annual formation gathering in New York, and a miracle took place. After a few days of formal talks and heated debate (often fueled by the personal dislike of Father X for Father Y or the way Father Z snidely responded to what he thought was a stupid question), they would all assemble in the upper banquet room of an Italian restaurant near Washington Square. After only one round of manhattans and a taste of antipasto, they suddenly became a band of brothers candidly amused by their collective faults! Overly serious intellectual adversaries now lambasted each other playfully with humor and tears in their eyes. Cliques got reshuffled. The pious few began to smile with pleasants guilt at the scandalous remarks of their more irreverent confreres. What I’m trying to say is that conviviality-love-had taken over as dinner, in some sacramental way, revived their deeper feelings of solidarity and kinship.

Isak Dinesen’s story “Babette’s Feast” reveals the same phenomenon. Perhaps you’ve seen the film version. Babette is a French refugee who comes to this cold Norwegian town to work as cook for two aging sisters who belong to an austere religious sect. Whenever its members get together, they resemble the Israelites of today’s first reading, a collection of folk who have somehow become lost in a “vast and terrible” spiritual desert. They all dress in gray and black, they speak little, and they’ve renounced all the pleasures of this world. Behind their facade of piety they engage in petty quarrels and backbiting; they perpetuate resentments. And they are desperately in need of manna from heaven, which begins to descend on them when Babette, having won a lottery, offers to make them a French dinner.
They accept her offer reluctantly, vowing among themselves to discipline their sense of taste. But to no avail! After a bit of Amontillado and pleasant portions of turtle soup, Blinis Demidoff, Cailles en Sarciphage, and other items washed down by Veuve Cliquot 1860, two women who held a grudge begin to recall how as children they used to fill their village roads with song. Two men, one of whom had long ago cheated the other, began to laugh over the incident as if it had been a practical joke. Another old couple burdened with guilt over an affair of their youth, gave each other a long overdue kiss of reconciliation.
Of what happened that evening nothing definitely can be stated. None of the guests later on had any clear remembrance of it. They only knew that the rooms had been filled with a heavenly light, as if a number of small halos had blended into one glorious radiance. Taciturn old people received the gift of tongues; ears that for years had been almost deaf were opened to it. Time itself had merged into eternity. Long after midnight the windows of the house shone like gold, and golden song flowed out into the winter air.
No wonder Jesus chose a supper as his sacramental way of passing on his legacy to the world-a supper we perpetuate at every Eucharist. What better ambiance within which to promulgate his only commandment: “Love one another. Nurture one another. By this all will know you are my disciples, by your constantly candid and convivial love.”
From: Living the Lectionary - Year A: 2004 LTP.

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND YOUTH MINISTRY
Registration papers will be sent out this summer. Registration weekends will be in August and September. You may send in your registrations at any time. Sacrament registration will happen in the Fall. If you are receiving sacraments this year you must provide a baptismal copy at the time of registration if you were not baptized at St Patrick.

NEEDS FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND YOUTH MINISTRY
Running a program needs lots of different kinds of things. For youth ministry we are still hoping for a Wii system. Also we need someone who could repair our ping pong table. It has had a lot of use in the last two years and it is becoming almost impossible to use. We also would like to get a tool to help us with bulletin Boards. The Camera we have been using for the last 2 ½ years is beginning to show it’s age. We could use a new digital camera. The one we would like is a Nikon that has add on features. If you would like to help with any of these wishes please contact Sue Unger

SUMMER NURSERY
Nursery will be open during the summer. Summer nursery will take children from 18 months to four years old. We always need volunteers to help with Nursery for youth and adults. Youth must be at least 12 yrs. old. Nursery is open during the 11 am mass. We could always use more volunteers to make this happen. This ministry is a real gift for young families wanting to be able to fully participate in the Mass. For more information contact Angela Baker, Sara Dietz, or Sue Unger.

JOURNEY IN FAITH GROUP JR HIGH MINISTRY
Thanks to all who have helped with Jr High Ministry this year. Watch bulletin for more information on summer activities. All 7th and 8th graders are invited to participate in Youth Mass. We need singers & volunteers for ministries during the mass. Information about our next youth mass is under Youth Ministry for High School. For those students entering 9th grade in the fall you are welcome to join us for any activities for the Faith in Action (High School group) for the summer. See info below.

FAITH IN ACTION (9TH-12TH GRADES)
Our next gathering and Youth Mass is Saturday, May 31st. This mass is for all youth Ministry and especially for graduating seniors. Seniors will arrive at 5:15 pm. Please bring your cap and gown and be ready to process with Father. There will be reserved seating for graduating seniors. Reception and social will follow mass. We can use more singers and volunteers to help with the different ministries. On June 13th at 6:30 pm we will be having a barbecue for all youth ministry at St Patrick. Please bring salad and munchies. Beverage, main dish and dessert will be provided. We will be playing volleyball and basketball & getting to know each other better. We will be having a beach trip on the weekend of July 18th – 20th . Summer Road Trip for teens will be to Steubenville NW in Spokane WA at Gonzaga University. This program is to help teens grow closer to God and get to know other Catholic Youth from all over the NW area. We will be going on Friday, August 1st ~ 12 noon to Sunday, August 3rd 10 pm This is a change of plans. We hope more students will be able to attend with a shorter schedule. Scholarships will be available and fundraising will help. The cost per Student will be $200.00 We will be traveling by car. Please contact Sue Unger for more information. All registered teens in the youth ministry program will receive registration forms by next week.

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 can bags and that they are redeemable. Thanks for your generosity.

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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL IS COMING!!!!
St Patrick Vacation Bible School is July 14th-18th from 9-12 noon. This is a fun opportunity for kids to learn more about community and to learn more about God. There will be singing, bible stories, crafts, and a collection Heifer projects which is a non-profit association which purchases animals and seed for starving people around the world. All parishioners interested in working on Vacation Bible Study are welcome to our meeting on Wednesday, May 28th at 6:30 pm. We will meet in room 7 to plan decorations for the building. 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. If you can help with any of the decoration or able to volunteer the week of VBS contact Sue Unger.

THINGS NEEDED FOR VBS
There is a container in the Vestibule of the church for these supplies or you can drop them off in the office during office hours:
Swim noodles
Stuffed puppets about 18” tall Toucan, Macaw, Frog, Monkey, Birds, Jungle Animals
Blow up animals or stuffed animals same as above
Pringle cans
Quart plastic containers size of Pringle cans
Stickers of Tropical plants and animals
Plastic Baby food containers with snap on lids
Feathers
Golf ball size foam (not Styrofoam) balls
Butterfly Net
Empty coffee cans 3 lb size
Dowels ¼ - 1/8 size
Shoe boxes small women’s and children’s
Plastic toy rainforest animals and plants
Artificial tropical flowers large
15 med to large youth jersey’s green for games
Spanish/craft moss
Tacky glue
Craft glue 6000 (brand name only)
Tiny plastic plants (real tiny)
Plain white sheets and green sheets
These donations help us keep the cost of the program manageable
Contact Sue Unger if you have ideas or time to help. Vacation Bible School is scheduled for July 14- 18th

FIRST COMMUNION FOR MAY 31ST
We welcome the following candidates to the table of the Lord:

Lane Barajas Soto
Johana Constantino
Juan José Constantino
Ethan Cruz
Melina Cruz
Nancy Cruz
Brenda Díaz Barajas
Daniela García
Kevin García
Gaudencio Gómez
Ariana López
Efraín López
Roció López
Rolando López
Nancy Martínez
Yadira Martínez
Miquel Ángel Méndez
Mireli Mendoza
Adriana Miranda
Jennifer Miranda
Brendy Zurita

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

SPONSORS NEEDED FOR CLASSROOM PRAYER TABLES
We are still in need of sponsors to help provide prayer tables for all Religious Education Classrooms. Each prayer table will have a standing Icon and a devotional candle to help to focus the intentions of the classroom activities in a spiritual direction. We have 14 classrooms in which we are creating these lovely prayer tables. Currently we have 4 tables completely sponsored and a portion of a 5th table. Cost for each sponsorship is $60.00 which pays for an 11"x14" Icon, matching stand and shipping. Icons still available for sponsorship are St. Patrick ($55.00), St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John, St. Vincent dePaul, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Blessed Juan Diego, The Good Shepherd, and the Twelve Apostles at Table. Please contact Sue Unger or Sara Creel for more information.

VBS & ALTAR SERVER TRAINING
Vacation Bible School is July 14 - 18 from 9:00 am to Noon. We will be having Altar Server Training for all interested 4th and 5th Grade Students who have celebrated their First Communion on Friday, July 18th following the final day of VBS. Mark your calendars now.

BEACH CAMP OUT
Don’t forget to mark your calendar for the Parish CAMP OUT, July 25th & 26. This year we will be at Camp Dakota in Scots Mills. Great family fun! On grounds they have biking, hiking, and outdoor paint ball! If you can’t come for the weekend, come for the campfire experience on Saturday night. Watch for more information and meeting times. Email: jrboyd01@yahoo.com or talk to Joe Boyd or Adriana Baurer.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND YOUTH MINISTRY GARAGE SALE
The Youth Ministry and Religious Education programs will be sponsoring a garage sale Friday, June 13 & Saturday, June 14th, 9-4pm , Sunday, June 15th, 9am -12noon. This will help the program buy bibles and send the youth to Spokane for a Youth Conference. Also it will support Vacation Bible School. We will need volunteers. Please call Sue Unger at the office or on my cell at 503-349-7075 or Rose Judge 503-266-4482 or Janet Petersen 503-582-9666. You can always reach my cell phone. My hours vary in the summer but most of the time I will be here Monday –Thursday sometimes Friday depending on my weekend schedule.

ATTENTION ALL CATHOLIC YOUNG MEN AGES 15-25
Do you know where your life is going? The Lord Jesus has a great plan for you! You are invited to attend the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon’s 8th Annual Quo Vadis Days Camp to spend time with other young men your age looking at the Lord’s call in your life while having fun. QVD is led by priests and seminarians of the Archdiocese and is supported by the Archdiocesean Office of Vocations. QVD will be held from June 23-26 at Little River Christian Camp situated outside Glide, OR. Cost: $50.00 registration fee for first family member, $30.00 for second family member. Scholarships available. You may register on line, http://www.qvdays.org/register/index.htm. Please print a hard copy of your registration and send in with your registration fee. Send to: Fr. John Cihak-Sacred Heart-St. Louis Parish, PO Box 236, Gervais, OR., 97026.