Pastoral Staff
Tel: 503-266-9411 Fax:503-263-2293
Pastor: Fr. John Waldrom email: stpatricks@canby.com
Pastor Associate: Sara Creel
Director of Rel. Educ: Sue Unger
email: stpatrickreligiouseducation@yahoo.com
Aministrative Assistant: Debbie Newbury
email: dnewbury@canby.com
Maintenance: Heriberto Aguilar
email: haguilar@canby.com

Rectory Office Hours
Monday thru Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
We are closed for lunch between 12:00-1:00 p.m.

Bulletin Policy
Items for the bulletin are due in the Parish Office no later than Wednesday of each week. Email your items to dnewbury@canby.com

Prayer Needs
If you have prayer needs, please call St. Patrick prayer chain. Contact Kathy Usher, 503-266-2485

Social Service Ministries
St. Vincent dePaul Food Bank:
Bill & Delores Piller: 503-701-9135

Sacrament
Infant Baptisms:
Registered parishioners are expected to complete a Baptismal Preparation program prior to scheduling a baptism. Baptismal preparation programs are offered 3 times a year. For information and /or registration, contact Sara 503-266-9411.
Next Baptismal Prep Class: September 28, 2006

Adult Baptisms:
Adults seeking baptism are expected to participate in the RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.) RCIA begins in the fall with the reception of the Sacraments of Initiation in the Spring (Easter). For information and/or registration contact Sara at 503-266-9411.

Marriage Policy:
Our parish is a signator of the Clackamas County "community marriage policy", that is a multi denominational agreement for common standards for marriage preparation. Please contact the Pastor at least six months prior to the wedding to ensure adequate time for these preparations.

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
I am the bread of life
August 05 & August 15, 2007

SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
The Mass schedule for The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary for Wednesday, August 15th will be:
VIGIL MASS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 14
7:00p.m.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15
8:00am Mass
10:30am Mass at Hope Village
THERE WILL BE NO EVENING MASS ON
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15.

MEXICAN MISSION TRIP
Thank you to all who have supported the Mexican Trip for our Faith in Action group. We got back on Sunday evening exhausted but satisfied of a job well done. The coordinators of this program, Los Embajadores, said we did the most work of any of the groups that came this summer. It was an experience that challenged our bodies, minds, hearts and Spirits. Each of us will have a story to tell so don’t hesitate to ask. We will be planning a presentation later in the month to share pictures and stories with our community. For a quick preview there are pictures in the Vestibule of the church to get a advanced glimpse of the activities that happened in Tijuana. Sometime in the next few weeks we will also have a short presentation at Mass for all to hear a brief reflection on our trip.

REGISTRATION FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND SACRAMENTS
Registration for classes will begin on August 25th and 26th. All families with children will receive a form in the mail. Be sure to fill it out entirely and bring it to registration. Medical forms need to be filled out for each child registered each year. We are sorry for this process but it is required. If you do not receive a form you may get one at the main office or from the vestibule of the church. Sacrament registration will be at the introduction meetings in September. A new policy will be in place starting Fall of 2008. All children wanting to receive sacraments will need to have registered and attended one year of Religious Education or Youth Ministry prior to preparation for sacraments. Contact Sue Unger at the office for questions or concerns.

We are a lot more like the farmer who built bigger barns to hold a bumper crop and then didn’t live long enough to enjoy it than we would care to think or admit! “Maxed out” credit cards, multiple bridal registries, working to own bigger homes and newer cars, latest computer gadgetry, proliferating use of cell phones, big-screen TV’s, home theater, low or nonexistent savings accounts. . the list goes on and on. We have created a culture which says having things-more and bigger and fancier-makes us happy. Symptoms of our fixation with possessions tell us that, like the farmer in the gospel, we haven’t really gained the expected happiness. The gospel is going far beyond “you can’t take it with you.” In this gospel Jesus challenges the crowd to “guard against all greed.” The “rich man” evaluates his life in term of possessions and believes he is secure. On Gods scale of values, this man is foolish. The first reading describes in even greater detail the misfortune which befalls the rich man in the gospel parable. According to Qoheleth, laboring for wealth and possessions is not only foolish but results in sorrow, grief, and anxiety. Jesus teaches us that the only wealth worth acquiring is to become “rich in what matters to God.” The question the gospel raises, then is “what matters to God”? Clearly, in things, possessions, there is no lasting profit. There is only lasting profit in that which leads us to “seek that which is above” because we recognize that “Christ is all and in all.” Thus, what really matters to God is that we learn a new set of priorities. The readings and psalm give us ample suggestions: wisdom of heart, kindness, joy, gladness, gracious care, put to death what is “earthly,” put on a new self, living in the image of our Creator, opening ourselves to the “Christ who is all and in all.” No wonder we tend to lose ourselves in possessions-that is much easier than pursuing only what matters to God! When we make the effort, however, to reorganize our priorities and keep our sight to God, then we gain what the man in the gospel never achieved-absolute security in our future. This is a future which is not in barns filled with grain and other earthly goods; this is a future in God!

Prayer for Freedom

Dear Lord,
so many today misunderstand freedom
believing that it is the ability to do whatever we want.
Help us always to remember that freedom, true freedom,
is being able to do what we ought to do.
That freedom, true freedom,
is not indulging our every want and whim,
but instead is the ability to rise above any desires
that are wrong, disordered, dangerous or excessive.
Give us the grace always to remember
that true freedom makes us the people you wish us to be,
that true freedom brings us closer to you,
and reshapes our world in the likeness of your kingdom.
Amen.

OUR PRIVILEGE, OUR RIGHT, AND OUR DUTY
As it is written ‘Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you.’ (Is 49:15):
We in the Catholic Church in the Community of St. Patrick remember, hold in our memory, and pray for the men and women who serve in the Armed Forces especially Ryan Thomas Blackwood, Ryan Bridges, Lonnie Brown, Nathan Brown, Douglas Bower Jr., Carlos Bustamante, Nick Classen, Adamm Creel, Isaiah Creel, John Czernick , David Davies, Brad Dunn, Brian Dykeman, Bill Ellis, Adam Ferrell, David Hannon, April Kennedy, Mike Krzmarzick , Johnny Lugo, Alex Martin, John Molamphy, John Nguyen, Patrick Ross, Tarl Spencer, Leah Sundquist, Kathryn Takalo, Gina Thomas, Kenneth Thorpe, CJ Trillo, and William Walsh, Ivan Wilson, may they be servants of Christ through service to those in need, and may they be kept safe from all harm. Lord hear our prayer.

PARISH SUPPORT
Parishioners of St. Patrick through the Sacrificial giving program gave to God the gift: July 22 & July 29, 2007

July 22, 2007
Building Fund $20.00
Cemetery $
Envelopes $6049.00
Loose $551.62
Children $2.00
Poor $
Total $6622.62

July 29, 2007
Building Fund $
Cemetery $
Envelopes $5465.00
Loose $520.02
Children $2.00
Poor $
Total $5987.52

DON’T FORGET!
School is out, summer is here and families are on the go traveling to the many beautiful spots that makes Oregon famous. Please remember before you go that your parish still needs your support while you are away. We have many expenses and EVERY contribution does make a difference. Thank you for your continued support.

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
August 7-10
Tuesday +Jose Antonio Zamora by Paul & Francis Montecucco
Wednesday +William & Bill Kruger by Violet Kruger
Thursday +Elmer Jarmer by Sheveland family
Friday +Virginia Carroll by Lynn & Jim Heuberger

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
August 14-17
Tuesday +Larry Housen by Don & Joan Kleczynski
Wednesday 8:00am + Pina Ghiglione by Joe & Adalgisa Calcagno
10:30am Mary Ann Gehl by James Gehl
Thursday For the Intentions of the Trumm family by the Trumm family
Friday +Gil & Julia Carriera by Frank Carriera

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CATECHISTS AND VOLUNTEERS
Religious Education always needs volunteers. If you are interested I would love to help you find a space that would be beneficial to you and the community. Contact Sue Unger at 503-266-9411 or stpatrickreligiouseducation@yahoo.com.

YOUTH MINISTRY AND JR HIGH MINISTRY
Youth Ministry and Jr High Ministry is putting on a new face for the new year. Our new names for these two ministries are Faith in Action (grades 9-12 formerly called Youth Ministry), and Journey in Faith (grades 6-8, formerly Jr high Ministry). For this new year we will be planning a monthly activity for the group Journey in Faith (6-8th grades) and Faith in Action (9th-12th grades) will begin to meet on Sunday evening from 5:30 pm -7 pm so that more teens will be able to gather without practice and school activities getting in the way. For more information contact Sue Unger in the parish office 503-266-9411 or email at stpatrickreligiouseducation@yahoo.com

Faith in Action
On Sunday, August 26th the Faith in Action group is invited to end their summer with a splash. We are planning to go to Wild Waves with St Paul in Silverton. There will be a bus that will pick us up in Woodburn and we will travel as one group. This will be an all day event starting early in the morning until late in the evening. Wild Waves and Enchanted Village is a great amusement/water park in Federal Way.
A registration will be sent to all high school students for St Patrick Church. If you don’t get one you can get one in the office. Contact Sue Unger by August 6th to be sure you have a place on the bus. The cost will be $50.00 per student. Scholarships will be available for those that could not go because of finances. We will need chaperones to help that day. Participants will need to attend Mass Saturday evening because there will not be time on Sunday morning.

Volunteers needed
If you would like to help out in Journey in Faith on Wednesday nights contact Sue Unger. We need assistants that can help with various projects that come up throughout the year. Volunteers are also needed to head up fundraisers throughout the year to help sponsor the different Religious Education and Youth Ministry projects and activities. If you would like to help we hope to have a few community based fund raisers that will promote community activity as well as raising funds for the programs.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES COLLECTION
The service project for the beginning of the school year is to donate school supplies for St Patrick Food Bank. Each week many families from the Canby area struggle to put food on the table. When September begins, they have the added burden of buying school supplies, school clothes and fees to attend school. The Religious Education Program is supporting a collection of any school supplies, from tennis shoes, back packs, to pencils, paper and all the rest to help out the families that don’t have the resources to supply these items. Please contact Sue Unger for more questions.

LIVING THE PASCHAL MYSTERY

Discipleship requires self-emptying, and that is ultimately what we can keep. Dying to our own needs and wants and pleasures is what God wants. When we so die, there is a sense in which we come to see things as God sees them. And when that happens, even our needs and desires begin to change because gradually our practical, everyday choices begin to square up with “what matters to God.”

This is not to say that discipleship means we must give up all possessions. That is neither practical nor necessary. There is nothing wrong with possessions in themselves and there is everything wrong with destitution, no matter what the reason. All of us deserve whatever material things we need-some of us more than others-in order to pursue a wholesome life. A problem arises when concern for our possessions or the drive to have more and more is our highest priority. The issue is valuing things appropriately, and then making choices so that our priorities are clear and uncompromised. Possessions take a second place to self-emptying. Achieving that is much more difficult than building bigger barns-and more lasting. For self-emptying leads to glory with God.

WORK PARTY
Wanted Moms, Dads, Kids & Grand kids on Saturday, August 11th from 9:00am to 12noon to help do some yard work around the parish grounds. Many hands make for light work so come with your yard tools like rake’s, etc. This event sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.

PARISHIONER ASSISTANCE NEEDED:
DRIVERS NEEDED
Two parishioners need help getting to medical treatments in the Portland area. One will require daily weekday trips for radiation treatment. We need different parishioners to volunteer to help transport possibly once each week. Please contact Ron Suchanek at 503-266-1225 if you can help.

ST. PATRICK’S WOMEN’S CLUB MEETING
Monday, August 13th at 7:00pm
Multipurpose room
We are having a special guest Ruby Scruggs who will demonstrate “Brizillion’ Embroidery”. If you would like to learn please bring a 4x6 embroidery hoop and a pair of scissors. Ruby will bring all the rest. This should be fun and the embroidery is truly beautiful.

SPECIAL THANKS
We would like to thank everyone in the parish who has continually kept the many family members from our parish who are currently serving in the military in their thoughts and prayers. Your prayers and best wishes for the safe return of Joshua Schoen from the Military has meant so much to our family. Thank you! The Schoen and Newbury family.

SPECIAL BULLETIN DEADLINE
If you have an item for the Sunday Bulletin for the weeks of August 19/20 & August 25/26 please have all items into the Parish Office no later than Tuesday, August 14th. All items must be hand written or you can email your item to dnewbury@canby.com.

EVENTS AROUND THE AREA

CHRISTIAN IN THE WORLD SERIES
“Reading Scripture Through the Ages”
Sponsored by Mount Angel Abbey
“All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness,...” Saint Paul tells Timothy. Throughout the centuries it has been read and pondered by the believing community. But because it is so rich- God’s Word set down by a human hand in a human manner-it can be and has been read in many different ways. The four speakers of the Christian in the World 2007 Fall Lecture Series will explore the Reading of Scripture Through the Ages. The four topics are: September 8, 2007: Reading Scripture with the Early Christian Communities, October 13, 2007: Reading Scripture with the Contemporary Church, November 20, 2007: Reading Scripture with the Fathers, December 1, 2007: Reading Scripture as Human Literature. Cost is $50 per series or $15 per session. Series begins at 8:00am with Mass (optional), registration begins at 8:45am. For further information please call Cecile Beckerman, 503-393-5041.

PARISH HAPPENINGS
August 5-11, 2007
Sunday
5:00pm Bible Study
Monday
6:45pm Hispanic Young Adult
7:00pm Knights of Columbus
7:00pm Charismatic Prayer Gr.
Tuesday
7:00pm Mass
Wednesday
4:00pm-8pm Food Bank open
6:30pm Evening prayer
7:00pm RCIA Inquiry
Friday
7:30am Marian Prayer group
7:00pm Hispanic Prayer Group
Saturday
8:00am Hispanic Youth Group

If Today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Psalm 95:7-8

PARISH HAPPENINGS
August 12-18, 2007Sunday
8:00am Hispanic Youth Group
5:00pm Bible Study
Monday
6:45pm Hispanic Young Adult group
Tuesday
7:00p.m. Vigil Mass for Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Wednesday
8:00am Assumption for the Blessed Virgin Mary
10:30am Mass at Hope Village
4:00pm-8pm Food Bank open
Friday
7:30am Marian Prayer group
7:00pm Hispanic Prayer Group
Saturday