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(Beginning December 1st, 2024) Monday-Thursday: 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Friday: Closed

Father Jarred Kohn

This year's Mass of Remembrance will take place at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, November 7th at St. Patrick Church. Please have the names of family members who have passed since November 1, 2023 to the Parish Office by noon on October 30, 2024.

November 10th, 2024 Question: Whose relic is by the ambo at St. Mary of the Woods? Can the ID be larger to read? Answer: The reliquary at St. Mary of the Woods contains three relics from Fatima, Portugal. There is a piece of the coffin of Saint Jacinta at the top and a piece of the coffin of Saint Francisco at the bottom. In the middle, there is a piece from the tree that Mary appeared over during the apparitions in 1917. The relics of Saints Francisco and Jacinta (two of the Fatima children) are 2nd class relics. 1st class relics come from the body of the saint. 2nd class relics are something that touched the person or belonged to them during their life (like a piece of clothing). 3rd class relics are items that have been touched to a 1st class relic. While some people question the use of relics, their use is supported in the Bible. For example, in Acts of the Apostles 19:12, handkerchiefs and aprons from St. Paul were touched to sick people, and the sick people were healed. These handkerchiefs and aprons demonstrate the power of relics (2nd class relics in this case). Relics are enclosed in a theca, which is a small container that is closed with a wax seal on the back. The wax seal must be unbroken and should match the seal that is on the certificate that guarantees the authenticity of the relic. The theca cannot be opened without breaking the seal, so we are not able to modify the labels to make them easier to read. Relics must have the seal intact to be used for public veneration. God bless, Father Shawn Landenwitch If you have a question you would like to ask Father Shawn, please put it in the offertory basket or drop it off at the Parish office. Father Shawn will review it, form his answer, and then we will post the answer in the bulletin to educate you and others.

Fall 2024 Schedule. Held in St. Mary Undercroft. Please join us!

Stop over at Makley Hall on Sunday, November 3rd after 10:00 am mass! Registrations will be gathered, updates can be recorded, representatives from different groups will be available, and the K of C is making breakfast. Updated 10/20 Are you new to the parish; are you not-so-new, but have never registered; have you moved, changed your email, or dropped your landline phone; would you like to get involved in one of our parish ministries; or are you just hungry? Then stop over at Makley Hall after the 10:00 Mass on Sunday, November 3rd! We will have representatives available from several different ministries or groups, including: St. Vincent de Paul Our Daily Bread Mercy Meals (funeral luncheons) Liturgical Ministries (lectors, sacristans, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion for both Mass and the homebound) Music Ministry Parish Maintenance The Knights of Columbus Offertory Money Counters We will also have parish registration forms for those who haven't registered or need to update their info. The Knights of Columbus will generously provide breakfast for us all. Hope to see you there! We hope to have a similar event at St. Mary of the Woods soon!

Thursday, October 31st at 7:00 p.m. Vigil Mass at Saint Mary of the Woods Church. Friday, November 1st at 9:00 a.m. Mass at Saint Patrick Church. Friday, November 1st at 7:00 p.m. Mass at Saint Patrick Church. All Saints Day is a Holy Day of Obligation. Mass schedule for Logan County Catholics.

Contact Morissa Sweeney at stpatrickmusic.1@gmail.com or 937-935-6498. • Musician (piano, organ or other instrument) • Cantor (lead hymns and mass parts, alone or with a partner) • Choir (be part of a group) Musicians and cantors will be mentored. You WILL NOT be alone or just thrown into it. We work with your schedule. We'll support you! Choir meets every Wednesday in the choir room from 6p-7p with performances once a month, usually at Sunday Masses.

Father Jarred Kohn

In the recent parish surveys, we received feedback that parents aren't able to use the cry room at St. Patrick because the doors to the church are kept open and the seats are often occupied. Beginning the weekend of November 9/10, we will have new signs displayed on the west side of the cry room (in front of the Divine Mercy image) to reserve that area for parents with small children. Ushers are instructed to close the doors between the cry room and the church at the beginning of Mass and to open them again during communion. I thank our parishioners in advance for being respectful in reserving seats in the west side of the cry room for parents who need them. We are blessed to have a lot of young children in the parish, and we want our parents to have a place they can go in the church if their child is having a rough day! In Christ, Father Shawn Landenwitch, Pastor

Father Jarred Kohn

October 12th at 2:00 p.m. in front of the Logan County Courthouse, Bellefontaine, OH.