St. Mary & St. Patrick
Catholic Parishes

FEB 26, Numbers in the Pandemic have come down some but we remain very cautious and trying to keep you safe.
We miss you and would love to see you but if you just do not feel OK coming then you are always in our prayers even if your not here in person.
Weathering a storm is someithing that all of us have had to do at times in our life and although ruffled because of the storm we still survived and can move on. This pandemic/storm has gone on for longer than anyone of us wanted or were prepared for. The bad news is that it is not looking like it will let up very soon. It has left all of us in not as good of shape as we were before it but still surviving. It has seen struggles financially, physically and spiritually.. 
Please don't be so proud that you let a life get too far down, Please ask for help before then.
Also if you know of anyone who is in that need please advise us as communication between us all has been hampered also. Your information can be held in confidence.
Father Bormann  frbormann@gmail.com or 
Deacon Richard  arpys01@gmail.com
Blessings to all this coming year from all the staff at St. Mary/St. Patrick

Tuesdays at St Patrick's during Lent we will have 4:30 PM adoration, 5:15 Rosary, 530 Stations of the Cross, followed by Mass.
Wednesday at St Mary —5:40pm Stations 6:00pm—Mass
LENT is a rememberance of the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert praying to help him have the strength to begin his ministry, he fasted to reduce his reliance on physical needs to he could focus more strongly on his spiritual needs
Some good has come from this Chaos. We have much more available to us with free webinars and retreats because they cannot meet in person.
As before Dynamic Catholic has best lent daily emails using the book we gave out over christmas "I heard God Laugh", sign up at   https://www.dynamiccatholic.com/lent/best-lent-ever.html 
I believe "Word on Fire"  has one too
St Paul Center has a freee 10 session on "the Bible and the Mass" "Parausia"
"Heroic Men" also has many options out there for free viewing and more if you give.
I am sure there are many for women also but they dont come in my emails, though I am sure that if you search you will find many to choose from.
PLEASE make use of these gifts offered to us. They are lost if we do not use them.
If anyone has an idea of small group offerings please contact me.
I have a couple other options I am working on for Lent.
Also Fr Mike is doing a Bible in a year podcast that is free (about 20 minutes a day) (now day 58)

IF you want to go deep this study is daily but will be more intense. Lent is a good time to be more intense in an effort to grow closer. Its free to download. Try it MIKEE? (yes that dates me)    https://t.e2ma.net/click/0l2f9c/wih678e/gas45j