Here is a link to our St. Patrick bulletin for this Sunday, which you can also access on our parish website under the "Information" top menu. In this weekend's issue you will find some colorful pictures sent in by some of our younger parishioners, as well as some reflections by Pope Francis and one of our Dominican student brothers about remembering those who will remain largely isolated and possibly left behind as the pandemic restrictions begin to lift. 

Recently I spoke with one of our parishioners by phone who is a resident at Mother Angeline McCrory Manor here in Columbus. While she is receiving great care, she is pretty much completely confined to her room. There is a wonderful Catholic chapel there, but she cannot go to Mass in the chapel--she can only watch it on her TV screen. She cannot even go to the dining room: as a sensible precaution for such vulnerable population, all meals are brought to the residents' rooms. She does have the great gift of being able to receive Holy Communion, which is brought to her room after the Mass, but in almost every other way she is isolated even from her friends at the Manor. She was glad to receive a phone call, but misses the visits from her family and friends that have become impossible (and probably will be for quite some time to come) due to the devastating effects that the coronavirus can have in a nursing care facility. If you have family members or friends in similar situations, you know that even an occasional phone call or a note (or even a colorful picture from a child) can mean so much to them.

For those who will participate in our live-stream Sunday Mass this weekend at 9am (or if you watch it later from the archived recording on our parish website), here is the music sheet so that you can follow along with the music and antiphons: