St Patrick's, Phelpston

ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH WILL BE OPEN THIS COMING SUNDAY, JANUARY 10 FROM 9AM - 11AM FOR PRIVATE PRAYER ONLY. https://stpatrickscatholic.wordpress.com//private-prayer-/

This week's parish bulletin is now available to view on the parish web site. Visit stpatrickscatholic.wordpress.com and click on Parish Bulletin in the top or side menu options. Archived bulletins from previous weeks are also available. https://stpatrickscatholic.wordpress.com//this-weeks-pari/

Church Closure & Christmas Masses In accordance with the recent directive of the government of Ontario and the Cardinal Archbishop of Toronto, Christmas Masses WILL be celebrated in both St. Patrick’s Church and Our Lady of Lourdes mission Church, as scheduled. Seating will be limited. However, there will be no public Masses, confessions, weddings, baptisms, funerals or meetings permitted in the churches or halls beginning Saturday, December 26 until further notice.... A parish bulletin will be posted each week with news and updates. Please go to the Parish Bulletin link at the top of the parish web page. Thank you for your patience. https://stpatrickscatholic.wordpress.com///church-closure/

As disappointing as it is that our weekly Masses are now under lockdown, it might help to know that this has all happened before. Consider this photo from page 61 of our Parish History Book. Father Gearin relates that there was no Christmas Mass in 1918, nor were there any Masses through much of January of 1919, due to the Spanish Flu. https://stpatrickscatholic.wordpress.com//in-1918-masses-/