Help Us Guide Our Parish
We are discerning what God wants to provide for us in the coming years, and we need your input! Your comments will help provide us with valuable insight into the needs and desires of our parishioners as we discern a long-term plan for St. Patrick Catholic Parish. We want to hear from you!
You can be a part of the renewal that God is preparing for us by prayerfully and honestly responding to the questions below. They are self-explanatory, and there is no hidden meaning behind any of them. We are simply seeking to discover how God wants us to serve His people here in Pasco.
All Catholic Christians are called to be hospitable and welcoming, making "a place at the table" for each person in our community. We're called to be truly free, utilizing our energy for the good of others in justice. God also asks us to learn the truth, and to proclaim it to others through our words and works. We are called to give testimony to the truth, becoming its heralds in our daily lives. Finally, God calls us to lives of sacrifice and self-gift in union with the offering of Jesus. In this way, Christians consecrate the world through their concrete works of merciful love for others.
Your responses will remain anonymous unless you decide to share with us your contact information. Before you begin, we invite you to take a moment to pray:
Prayer for Community Discernment
Lord Jesus, you are the life of our community. You save us and lead us in right paths. You established the Church to be your body in the world to carry your work forward and bestow your grace through the sacraments. Holy One, you are Lord of the Gifts.
Today we ask you to revive and unleash the power our parish has received so often in the sacraments. We ask that the charisms you have given to members of our parish would emerge and become visible, that you help us support and nurture each other as we discern and exercise our spiritual gifts. That together with you, we may become a channel of God's mercy and love for the individuals, the neighborhood, the town, the city, and the nation in which you have placed us.
When you called, even Lazarus awoke.
Call our parish, Lord, and unite us to your loving purposes. You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.