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.

NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
June 1, 2008

NEW FLAG
We have a new American Flag that hangs proudly in the vestibule 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.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND YOUTH MINISTRY GARAGE SALE
The Youth Ministry and Religious Education programs will be sponsoring a garage sale Friday, June 13, 9-4pm, Saturday, June 14, 9am-4pm and Sunday, June 15th, 9-12noon. 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.

ST. PATRICK WOMEN’S GROUP
St. Patrick’s Women’s Group will meet at 12noon on June 9 in the multipurpose room. The meeting is a fund raiser for Canby’s relay for Life-St. Patrick’s Team. It is a Pampered Chef Salad meeting. All ladies of the Parish are invited to attend this special meeting. For Pampered Chef Catalog orders call Patty Crussell at 503-263-1772 (Leave message). Orders will be taken thru the Relay on June 27.

ALTAR SERVER TRAINING
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. For information contact Sue Unger or Sara Creel at the Parish Office, 503-266-9411.

On any sunny, summer day on a beach, one can usually find small children with sand buckets and shovels building sand castles. The children tend to build too close to the water, probably because the sand is wet there and easier to pack down and form. However, invariably a larger wave will come along and wash the castle away. Undaunted, the little ones just begin again, still too close, and the efforts wash away once more. Hour after hour can be spent this way, with the children seemingly never learning. The lure to be near the water is too great, in spite of dire results. In the gospel for this Sunday, Jesus admonishes us to build on rock, not sand. Rain, floods, wind might buffet a house built on rock, but it will stand. If rain or waves buffet a house built on sand, away it goes. Jesus’ words are too important to risk being washed away; what is at stake is entering “the kingdom of heaven.” Ultimately, the gospel is about a choice we must make: to do God’s will by listening to Jesus’ words. In the first reading and gospel we are confronted by both Moses and Jesus with this choice: obey God’s commandments lest we be cursed; obey Jesus’ words lest we see our life collapse around us. Listening will not alone bring salvation. Hearing Jesus’ words is to no avail if we do not act on them. Even doing mighty deeds means nothing if done apart from obedience to God’s will. What is the rock upon which we must build? The gospel answers twofold: listening to the words of Jesus and doing the will of God. Discipleship comes down to this: to live by Jesus’ words or not. There is no other choice. The wise know this. The consequences of this fundamental choice are clear: safety from the storm or ruin. We are to build our lives on the solid foundation of an obedient relationship to God and to Christ. Now Choose!

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 25, 2008

Building Fund $1.00
Cemetery $
Envelopes $5986.00
Loose $614.97
Children $2.00
Poor $

Total $6603.97

For the week of June 3-6, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
+Joanne Battilega by Mike Cereghino & family
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
+Virginia Carroll by the Carroll family
Thursday, June 5, 2008
+Gil & Julia Carriera by Frank Carriera
Friday, June 6, 2008
+Anna Stroik by the Trumm family

For the week of June 10-13, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
+Larry Housen by Rose & Bill Judge
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
+Marino Malatesta by Guerino Pomante & Dino Pomante & family
Thursday, June 12, 2008
+Norbert Meyer by Marian Meyer & family
Friday, June 13, 2008
+Jerry Corrigan by Dick & Diane Brown

LIVING THE PASCHAL MYSTERY
We invest a great deal of time and energy in making certain choices during our lives, for example, which house to buy, what school to attend, what career to choose, the best health plan, etc. And once we decide, we act on it. The gospel requires the same decisive action. Yes, in life we are faced with many choices, but the gospel informs us that there is one basic choice (the foundation, the rock) upon which all others must be made. That one choice is to live by Jesus’ words and put into action what we have heard. Without this foundation, all other choices are like building our life on sand. In fact, the fundamental choice is for a life that does not collapse or a life that does collapse. The fundamental choice is for a life in obedience to God, a life with God at the center. Unlike the examples of mighty deeds mentioned in the gospel (prophesying, driving out demons), what Jesus asks of us is simply to be faithful to this words and commandments in our everyday lives. Listening to his words may mean listening to another’s cry for help; or it may mean that we spend some time alone in quiet prayer, being attentive to Jesus’ abiding presence. Putting Jesus’ words into practice may mean taking the time to be kind to a coworker; or it may mean sharing our abundance with those less fortunate. Building on rock ultimately means that we choose to give our selves over for the good of another.

NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Romans 3:21-25, 28

MANIFESTO

Saint Paul wrote his letter to the Romans in 58AD while passing through the Greek city of Corinth. He had not yet been to Rome to visit the Christians living there. His work until then had been limited to the eastern side of the Mediterranean. Now he was eager to preach in its western region, even as far as Spain, and hoped to make Rome his base of operations. But he sensed a problem. The Roman Christians might be wary of him because of rumors they had heard.
You see, there were certain Christians back then, possibly former Pharisees like Paul, who followed him from town to town badmouthing him. “Watch out!” they might say. “Ths Paul fellow has gone off the deep end! His take on Christianity is too radical, irresponsible! He speaks of God as a God of absolute grace, mercy, and compassion, and no longer as that fulminous Judge we’ve known so well, with his rules and regulations, which are the only recipe we have to avert his wrath and win his favor.”
These Christians were reluctant to give up their former pharisaical principles. They wanted to keep the New Testament “Old”. They found a certain security in those kosher food laws and other practices whereby they could distinguish themselves from the profane world around them. What would become of society if all these props, along with the concept of God as overseer and judge, were to give way to a God of absolute mercy! The classroom would go wild; people would simply sin with abandon, if only to allow God ample opportunity to be even more merciful.
Well, if that’s what the Romans had been hearing, Paul had better write to clear the air-in a letter outlining his faith and its logic. “Look around you,” he writes. The pagan world is sinning without let up: greed, envy, murder, meanness, arrogance, selfishness everywhere. And now look at the so-called pious, who think that because they live under a judgmental God and possess his laws they have some guarantee that they can live proper lives and merit God’s reward and avoid his wrath. What do you see? Be honest. You see the same greed, arrogance, selfishness, and treachery. So! If God is to remain the strict Judge you cherish, who’s to escape his wrath. Nobody! By the logic of this juridical notion of God we are all doomed.

Unless there is an alternative vision of God! And that’s precisely what Jesus came to reveal-his parent and ours, a God of mercy, compassion, gracious intervention, who simply wants intimacy with each of us that we might inhale his expansive Spirit, transcend fear and dare to behave divinely. And do you fret that belief in a God of absolute grace will undermine morality? Do you hesitate to trust, to believe? Do you hesitate to step from your traditional life raft onto the waters where Jesus walks?
“Well, I guarantee you this. Once you experience God as a God of grace, who cares intimately and absolutely about you, who’s not out to frighten you the way human patriarchs do, who sees compassionately through your errors to the fear that produces them and longs to relieve your fear, supplant it with a new sense of worth- once you experience this, you may not go hog-wild at all like some kid when school lets out! Experiencing grace and compassion, you may in fact enjoy it so much, find it so contagious you will yourself become gracious and compassionate and thereby arrive at a level of morality far beyond what any scribe or legal system expects of you. By that I mean a spontaneous, authentic, imaginative morality that’s more like art than labor. Now that’s my Good News and Christ’s Good News! And as far as I’m concerned, nothing short of it will ever make any sense to me.”
Parish Community News

From: Living the Lectionary -Year A: 2004 LTP/Geoff Wood

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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. To babysit, youth must be at least 12 yrs. old. Nursery is open during the 11am Mass. We could always use more volunteers. This ministry is a real gift for young families. 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 and more. 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 information under Faith in Action.

FAITH IN ACTION (9TH-12TH GRADES)
Our next gathering will be 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 and 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 to other Catholic Youth from all over the NW area. We will be going on Friday, August 1st ~ 12 noon to Sunday, August 3~10pm. This is a change of plan. 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.

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.

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

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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 for Heifer projects which is a non-profit association which purchases animals and seed for starving people around the world. There will be a general meeting on June 10th at 6:30pm for anyone interested in helping with V.B.S. 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- 18.

FIRST COMMUNION FOR MAY 31ST REVISED
We welcome the following candidates to the table of the Lord:
Lane Barajas Soto Johana Constantino
Juan José Constantino Ethan Cruz
Melina Cruz Nimsi Cruz
Luís David Cruz Brenda Díaz Barajas
Daniela García Kevin García
Gaudencio Gómez Jennifer Gómez
Ariana López Efraín López
Roció López Rolando López Cruz
Rolando López Nancy Martínez
Yadira Martínez Miquel Ángel Méndez
Mirely Mendoza Iris Mendoza Ramos
Maritza Mendoza Ramos Yaritza Mendoza Ramos
Adriana Miranda Jennifer Miranda
Brendy Zurita

7 SPONSORS STILL NEEDED FOR CLASSROOM PRAYER TABLES
We are in need of 7 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. 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. Mark, St. Luke, St. John, St. Vincent dePaul, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Blessed Juan Diego & The Good Shepherd. Please contact Sue Unger or Sara Creel for more information.

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.

MONASTIC DISCERNMENT RETREATS
Mount Angel Abbey sponsors Monastic Discernment Retreats for men between the ages of 16-35, several times per year. The next retreat is scheduled for the weekend of June 27-29, 2008. If you are interested in attending a discernment retreat, please contact Rev. Joseph Nguyen, O.S.B., Vocation Director, via email: abbeyvocation@mtangel.edu or call 503-845-3226.

FRANCISCAN SPIRITUAL CENTER PRESENTS:

SPIRITUAL DIRECTION INFORMATION NIGHT
Thursday, June 5, 7:00-8:30pm at Franciscan Spiritual Center, 6902 SE Lake Rd, Suite 300, Milwaukie; Sisters Carol Ann Warnke, OSF and Guadalupe Medina, OSF facilitate an evening for those who are curious about Spiritual Direction, what it is and how it can enrich your relationship with God and with others. No cost. To register, call 503-7948542 or email info@francisspctr.com. For more information, visit www.francisspctr.com.

FIRST SATURDAY CENTERING PRAYER
Saturday, June 7, 10am to 12:30pm at Franciscan Spiritual Center, 6902 SE Lake Rd., Suite 300, Milwaukie; Sister Carmel Gregg, OSF facilitates Centering Prayer practice for those who have had an introduction. Silent prayer, sitting and walking meditations included. Cost: $10.00. To register, call 503-794-8542 or email info@francisspctr.com. For more information, visit www.francisspctr.com.