We are very excited that the blessed TRAVELING MONSTRANCE blessed and given to the United States by the Servant of God John Paul II will be coming to the Diocese of Fall River, and here to St. Patrick’s on Saturday, April 17, 2010 1-4pm. Click here

Today our oldest parishioner turned 99. Born in the Year our parish was being established Ernie will turn 100 with our parish next year.  Happy 99th Birthday Ernie!

Wishing you a very happy Easter on behalf of Fr. John Sullivan, Fr. Ron Floyd, and the entire parish family. Here’s a little bit of Fr. Ron’s favorite Easter Music to get you in the Easter spirit.

and why is it not really a Mass? Answer from Wiki: the Mass of the Presanctified (Latin: missa præsanctificatorum, Greek: leitourgia ton proegiasmenon) is a Christian liturgy traditionally celebrated on Good Friday in which the Sacrifice of Calvary is not re-presented, and in which Holy Communion is given from an oblation consecrated at a previous Mass which had been reserved. It had developed by the time of the Quinisext Council (Second Trullan Synod, 692). In the Latin Rites it is used only on...

Answer from Fr. Z : http://wdtprs.com/blog/2009/03/passiontide-veils/ We lose things during Lent. We are being pruned through the liturgy. Holy Church experiences liturgical death before the feast of the Resurrection. The Alleluia goes on Septuagesima. Music and flowers go on Ash Wednesday. Today, statues and images are draped in purple. That is why today is sometimes called Repus Sunday, from repositus analogous to absconditus or “hidden”, because this is the day when Crosses and other...

Fr. Ron will be performing the Traditional Blessing of the Baskets on Holy Saturday (April 3rd) at 1pm in the Parish Hall. Called Swieconka (sh-vee-en-soon-kah) in Polish the Easter Blessing of the Baskets is one of the most enduring and beloved Polish traditions. Baskets containing a sampling of Easter foods are brought to church to be blessed on Holy Saturday. The basket is traditionally lined with a white linen or lace napkin and decorated with sprigs of boxwood , the typical Easter evergreen....