Altar Server training for current and new servers will be held at the following dates and times.  The training will take approx 1.5 hours.  Servers will need to attend only one training session per month.

What to be an Altar Server or know someone who is interested.  We are now recruiting new Altar Servers for St. Patrick’s. Children who are in the 2th grade and up and who have received first Holy Communion are eligible. Parents who would like their children to serve at the altar may email Dave Pauls at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Phil Wilker at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Also a registration form that will be distributed during the Religious Education Program in the upcoming weeks for your consideration.

Loving Father, creator of the universe, you call your people to worship, to be with you and one another at Mass. I thank you for having called me to assist others in their prayer to you. May I be worthy of the trust placed in me and through my example and service bring others closer to you. I ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, who is Lord forever and ever. Amen.

The eldest son of a shoemaker, John was born at Diest, Brabant (Belgium). As a boy, he wanted to be a priest, and when thirteen became a servant in the household of one of the Cathedral canons at Malines, John Froymont. In 1615, he entered the newly founded Jesuit College at Malines, and the following year became a Jesuit novice. He was sent to Rome in 1618 to continue his studies, and was known for his diligence and piety, impressing all with his holiness and stress on perfection in little things. He died there on August 13. Many miracles were attributed to him after his death, and he was canonized in 1888. He is the patron of altar servers. His feast day is November 26.

August 15 is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We will celebrate this feast on that Saturday & Sunday, reading from the Gospel of Luke:
When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb..." And Mary said: "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant."

On August 26 the Church and the world will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Although this saintly nun and founder of the Missionaries of Charity was diminutive in size, she was a giant in charitable service, reaching out to the poorest of the poor in Calcutta, India and elsewhere. One of her significant life lessions to us was that although not all of us are called to great works, we all have a vocation to love, and she has stated, we can "do small things with great love" and "it all begins with prayer." (written by Mary Elio)

(Join us after the 5pm Mass on Sunday, August 15, for an ICE CREAM SOCIAL in the Bonzel Hall.)

Detailed Information is found under Faith Formation:
Echoes Of Faith Teaching Series - Thursdays, thru August 19

Denver Catholic Biblical School Info Sessions - August 9 & 30; class begins September 13.

REGISTRATION FOR FAITH FORMATION AFTER ALL MASSES on  August 7 & 8; also August 10 & 12 from 9am-1pm (LATE FEE APPLIES AFTER AUGUST 12.

PARENT ORIENTATION - August 17 OR 18 From 6:30-8:30PM - MANDATORY ATTENDANCE!

FAITH FORMATION CLASSES BEGIN THE WEEK OF AUGUST 29.

Click here for complete information about all Great Adventure Bible Studies, EPIC Church History,  Denver Catholic Biblical School and Pillars Catechism classes starting early September. 

To register for the Great Adventure or EPIC classes on line click here.

Courage in Giving...Living in Faith

St. Patrick's kicked off the Capital Campaign in May, 2009. We listened to your requests and researched our needs. We assessed our current financial status and we're making plans for the next 5 years. Our offertory wasn’t keeping up with our demands and we still had a debt of $1.3 million. We believe that by working together over the next 3 years, we can plan for the next 5 years and beyond.  Just think of what we could do if we used that money for ministry and outreach.

Our message for 2010 is "The Work of Faith" taken from James 2:15--17:  "If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well," but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it?  So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead."

The Returning God's Gifts  appeal provides funds necessary to support over 30 charitable and educational programs throughout the diocese, in addition to providing for the formation of our next generation of priests.  You can make your commitment online at www.returninggodsgifts.org.

Please open your hearts and your checkbooks to help those in need!

Several months ago we announced that we are now offering Online Giving thru Our Sunday Visitor. HAVE YOU TRIED IT YET? Just click on the DONATE NOW button and it will take you step by step thru the process. Once you set up your registration form, you can designate how you want your gift applied. It will be transferred conveniently from your bank account or your credit card account directly to our parish. It's that simple!

Your gift will go farther than ever, allowing our parish to reduce administrative costs, plan future projects with greater efficiency, and spend more time on ministry, less on envelopes and contribution recording.

No more envelopes or check writing!  Thank you for your participation!

"When you take part in the Liturgy by carrying out your altar service, you offer a witness to all. Your absorption, the devotion that wells up from your heart and is expressed in gestures, in song, in the responses: if you do it correctly and not absent-mindedly, then in a certain way your witness is one that moves people."

Pope Benedict XVI addressing altar servers on August 2, 2006