New to the Parish? Welcome! Please take a moment to stop by the office! We would love to meet you and show you around.

Parish Office Hours Temporarily closed until further notice.

Mass Schedule All public Liturgies, Masses, Devotions, Faith Formation Classes, and other church activities are suspended until it is safe to gather.

Faith Formation

Suspended until further notice.

Parish Staff

Rev. Leo Walsh, J.C.L., S.T.D. - Pastor fr.leo@st.patsak.org blog: https://frleowalsh.com Dcn. Mick Fornelli - Deacon mfornelli@st.patsak.org

John Gagnon - Business Manager/Facilities jgagnon@st.patsak.org

Paige Mendoza - Youth Minister pchristensen@st.patsak.org Sally Nicholson - Parish Secretary/Outreach snicholson@st.patsak.org Rima Ostrom - Administrative Assistant rostrom@st.patsak.org Margaret Simmons - Music Director queenowrits@arctic.net

Joe Cline—FEMA Project Manager jcline@st.patsak.org

Happy Mother’s Day! How fitting that we pause today to honor motherhood in general and all our mothers living and in eternity. This celebration is actually kind of special to us priests. You will re-

call that Our Lord said, “And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or chil-dren or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hun-dred times more.” (Mt 19:29) So we get hundreds of mothers throughout our lifetimes, even the Mother of Christ! So Mother’s Day is pretty special for us priests.

Gradual Re-opening of Church—By now you have probably read Bishop Bellisario’s letter of May 8th (www.archdioceseofanchorage.org) in which he allows for the gradual reopening of churches and other parish facilities in a phased approach in the next few weeks. In the next few days, we will be developing our own Parish Safety and Mitigation Plan. Watch the parish website and Facebook page for details. My hope is to open The Cloister and the church for prayer at certain hours each day, beginning on Tuesday, May 19th, and start daily Mass beginning on Tuesday, May 26th, right af-ter Memorial Day. The reason is simply so that we can get the wrinkles ironed out during the weekdays. Thus, we will be better prepared for the weekend. Please note, that as of this writing we are still lim-ited in the Municipality to 50 persons total for any gathering , including the priest and lector, etc. Thus, it is unlikely that we will have public Masses on the week-ends in the church at this time. I will be meeting with staff and the Liturgy Committee soon, to discuss the pos-sibilities of having a drive-in Mass on Saturday evenings and a livestreamed Mass on Sunday mornings with the distribution of Holy Communion to follow each. All lit-urgies will be streamed. Stay tuned for details later this week.

Many, many thanks to all who have been sup-porting the parish financially—either through online giving or by mailing in your envelopes and dona-tions. It has really made a difference and allowed us to retain staff employed. - Fr. Leo

St. Patrick’s Parish 2111 Muldoon Road Anchorage, Alaska 99504 Parish Offices: 907-337-1538 Parish Website: www.st.patsak.org

Three Things for Gratitude

May 10, 2020 Fifth Sunday of Easter

(He is Still Risen!)

Parish News and Notes

Baptism Class Online In light of the ongoing hunker down mandates, Bap-tism Class is going online! Contact Deacon Mick at

mfornelli@st.patsak.org to schedule, or leave a mes-sage, 337-1538, ext. 21

Stewardship of Treasure May Goal $60,000.00

Week of May 3 $14,814.00

Total Collected Thus Far $14,814.00 Still Needed $45,186.00

Thank you for your generosity!

The COVID-19 “Inter-MISSION” at St. Patrick’s

Easter Masses

Livestreamed at

www.facebook.com/stpatsak/ and St. Pat’s YouTube channel

Fifth Sunday of Easter 4:00 PM Saturday, May 9, and following

Daily Mass Monday-Friday, 12:00 noon

Sixth Sunday of Easter Saturday, May 16, 4:00 PM

(Check back on the website for updates!)

Confessions by appointment. Sick calls for severe illness.

Anointing and Viaticum as requested. Call: 337-1538, Extension 23.

Thank You for Your Generosity During these times when we are not able to gather for Mass and contribute financially to our parish in person, please consider an alternate way to give: • Give online: go to the parish website,

www.st.patsak.org and click on the DONATE button at the upper right. You can donate through a credit card or bank account, and you can use the “Quick Give” option if you don’t wish to set up a user name and password.

• Send your donation via U.S. Mail • Drop your donation through outer doors to the

Deacons Hall.

Thank you for your continuing support of your parish family during these difficult times!

Readings Week at a Glance

Parish Church and Office Closed No Public Masses or Gatherings

No Events Scheduled

Sunday May 10—Fifth Sunday of Easter,Mother’s Day

Mass livestreamed at 4:00 PM Saturday, May 9 and posted on St. Pat’s Facebook Page www.faceook.com/@stpatsak and YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/ UCce6fxZKR1vqgyhuTO7e7VA

4:00 PM Sunday — Project YM, World Wide Youth Rally

www.projectym.com/watch

Monday, May 11

12:00 Mass livestreamed on St. Pat’s Facebook Page

Tuesday, May 12

12:00 Mass livestreamed on St. Pat’s Facebook Page

Wednesday, 13 12:00 Mass livestreamed on St. Pat’s Facebook Page

Thursday, 14

12:00 Mass livestreamed on St. Pat’s Facebook Page Friday, May 15

12:00 Mass livestreamed on St. Pat’s Facebook Page Saturday, May 16

Mass livestreamed at 4:00 PM and posted on St. Pat’s Facebook Page www.faceook.com/@stpatsak and YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/ UCce6fxZKR1vqgyhuTO7e7VA Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 17

Liturgical Schedule TBA

Mass Intentions

Support the Hunts! A 1x2 inch space = $25.00 a month! A 2x2 inch space = $45.00 a month.

Six month minimum. Call 337-1538 for details. Go to: https://www.osvonlinegiving.com/398

May 10, Fifth Sunday of Easter

Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; 1Pt 2:4-9; Jn 14:1-12

May 11- Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter

Acts 14:5-18; Ps 115:1-2, 3-4, 15-16; Jn 14:21-26

May 12 - Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter

Acts 14:19-28; Ps 145:10-11, 12-13, 21; Jn 14:27-31

May 13 - Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter

Acts 15:1-6; Ps 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5; Jn 15:1-8

May 14 - Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter

Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8; Jn 15:9-17

May 15 - Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter

Acts 15:22-31; Ps 57:8-9, 10-12; Jn 15:12-17

May 16 - Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter

Acts 16:1-10; Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5; Jn 15:18-21

May 17, Sixth Sunday of Easter

Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20; 1 Pt 3:15-18; Jn 14:15-21

May 9-16, Sixth Week of Easter

Sat. 4:00pm Mothers of the Parish, SI Sun. 10:00am People of the Parish Mon. Noon Cyndi Gagnon, SI Tues. Noon Katy Welch, SI Wed. Noon Olive Corack, ROS Thurs. Noon Mike Doyal Fri. Noon John Andrew Koop, Sr., ROS

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