St. Vincent de Paul Church

 I come to St. Vincent de Paul and St. Patrick parishes as a Senior Parochial Vicar, ordained 45 years next month. When the retirement age was increased From 70 to 75 “Senior Parochial Vicar” was created to cover the extended time until retirement. I have had a variety of assignments, including campus ministry and parishes in city, inner-ring suburbs, suburbs, exurbs, and country settings.

We are now entering the final week for you to pick up your Summer Raffle Tickets. Tickets can be found in the envelopes at the doors of the church. Raffle tickets with cash are due in to the Parish Office no later than Sunday, August 9th. The drawing of the raffle tickets will be held virtually on the Parish's Facebook page (St. Vincent de Paul and St. Patrick WP) on Tuesday, August 11th at 12:00 Noon.

This weekend, and for every weekend in July, you will be able to pick up your tickets for our 50-50 raffle at the doors of the church. This raffle normally takes place at the parish picnic, but because of everything going on this year, we are not having the picnic, but we are still having the raffle. Tickets are $2 each & can be dropped off either in the collection basket at Mass or at the Rectory office. Tickets are due in to the Parish Office by Sunday, August 9th.

Over the last few months, we've heard words such as "cancelled" or "postponed" or "rescheduled" many, many times due to the coronavirus pandemic. We too have had to cancel or postpone a number of different events. Our year-long parish mission, for example, is on hold & I am in touch with our planned speakers to figure out when we want to try giving that a go again.