Visit Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament Wednesdays of Lent 9:00 am-5:00 pm in the Parish Center.
Attend Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 5:00 pm on Wednesdays following the day of Adoration.
Walk with Jesus in the Stations of the Cross on Fridays of Lent at 6:30 pm in the Parish Center.
Invest in a spirit-filled day by attending the conference described below.
Private prayer–Try praying the Rosary or the Divine Mercy Chaplet daily and God’s graces and blessings will multiply in your life.
Additional Almsgiving Opportunities
As in past years, St. Patrick Parish will have a second collection each Sunday of Lent. This collection will be given to designated charities. Below is the schedule for the first 3 weeks:
February 28: Faith on Fire Missions
March 7: Sisters of Notre Dame Missions in Africa
March 14: St. Joseph the Provider Mission School
Bishop David Bonnar's Pastoral Letter, offering hope and priorities for our journey into the future together.
Thank you to everyone who has included St. Patrick Parish in their prayers and everyone who have expressed their desire to help out. Clean-up has begun. For those who have expressed an interest in helping the parish financially, Parish Giving has set up a direct link for donations to help us with expenses at the present time.
Sunday January 24, 2021: St. Patrick Parish celebrated a Mass to honor and in thanksgiving for the selfless sacrifice of the Firefighters who bravely battled the church fire on Monday, January 18. They saved our church building! Above you can watch the entrance procession where firefighters carried in the crucifix that hung in the church. We sang the song by our parish friend, Vince Ambrosetti, “A Future Full of Hope”. The lyrics are from Jeremiah 29:11.
Video Message From Fr. Mike
Freddy Behnke Describes how firefighters saved the tabernacle and the Holy Eucharist
February 5, 2021 Update, The scaffolding is still going up in the church. The asbestos is being abated in the floor tiles of the hall and around the boiler. The mitigation process is going as planned and on schedule.
January 20, 2021 Update, 12:20 pm: The engineer’s report is in: The church building is structurally sound. The sanctuary area will need to be restored and a new steel support beam installed. Everything will be removed from the church and cleaned. They think they can save the stained glass windows.
January 20, 2021 Update: 11:00 am. Below you can see a slideshow of the interior of the church sanctuary area after the fire. Fr. Mike and the deacons were able to enter the church on Tuesday to remove some items, a number of the statues, the altar that had previously been in the chapel, priest, deacon, altar servers vestments and choir robes, as well as, religious items used in our worship.
The tabernacle, containing the Eucharist, was removed from the church on Monday night, thanks to a heroic effort of the firefighters.
The first Mass after the fire was held in the Parish Center.
The cause of the fire is still undetermined.
January 19, Update 12:00 pm: Dear Parishioners and Friends, Thank you for your many prayers and offers to help since our church fire. The Mass schedule, including this Friday’s Mass for Life at 6:30 pm, will remain as is with Masses being held in the Parish Center. Plans are in process for the continuation of our parish life. Fr. Mike and the staff will continue to minister to the faithful of Hubbard. Updates will be posted here as they become available. At the current time the Fire Marshall has prohibited anyone from entering the church building. The kitchen end of the church hall and the sanctuary above it are badly damaged. Our plans are to move forward and restore our current church building. Moving forward in hope guided by God’s Spirit. Fr. Michael Swierz, pastor, and your parish staff.
Please pray the Vocation Prayer with Mary Ellen Salata: Father Almighty, as part of Your divine plan You have created us for some definite purpose. Bestow Your grace upon us to know the path You have designated for us in this life and help us to respond with an unconditional “Yes.” Make our diocese, parishes, homes and hearts fruitful ground for Your gift of vocations. May we Your faithful, especially our young people, respond to Your call with courage and zeal. Inspire among our men a desire and the strength to be good and holy priests. Bless us with an abundance of consecrated religious, permanent deacons, lay ecclesial ministers, and those called to a chaste single life. Sanctify the union of man and woman as one in marriage so that they may be a sign of Christ’s love for His Church. Through the intercession of Mary our Blessed Mother, we offer our prayer for vocations to You, Father, in union with the Holy Spirit, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
We, the people of St. Patrick Parish in Hubbard, Ohio, are a Roman Catholic community united by our faith in God and nourished through our celebration of the Eucharist and the Word. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we strive to meet the spiritual and physical needs of our parish family and the world community.