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MINISTRY LEADER UPDATE

Welcome Anne

Jacobson

There is a

new face at

the Fenlon

Hospitality

Center desk

welcome

to Anne Jacobson! Anne joins

Carol LoPorto as our Fenlon

Hospitality receptionist team.

Special Point

of Interest

Bridging the Gap

Domain Name

Electronic Giving

Foster Care Support

Welcome

Anne Jacobson

For any questionregarding the

contents of the

Ministry Leader

Update, please

contact

Mary Permoda

Director of Pasto

us, saying: It was wonderful to takepart in World Youth Day, to live thefaith together with young peoplefrom the four corners of the earth,but now you must go, now you mustpass on this experience to others.Jesus is calling you to be a disciplewith a mission!

Blessings!

Mary Permoda,Director of Pastoral Activities

Dear Ministry Leaders,

Only five days until our FirstA n n u a l M i n i s t r y L e a d e r ,Stewardship Council and StaffRetreat!

As you know from our pastministry leader meetings, ourmission statement, Christian

Disciples in Mission, took about1 1/2 years to prayerfully birth! Ittook time to reflect on the life of ourcommunity, our actions, how wepray and who we are individuallyand collectively in light of the Gospelcall. When the final form surfaced,there was a great sense of directionthat could be relevant for our entirecommunity and ministries.

As exciting and engaging as thismission statement is, the challengecould be its vastness. Saturday,July 31, the parish staff went on afull day staff retreat to Our Lady ofJoy in Carefree. Through the pillar ofhospitality, we reflected on whatChristian Disciples meant to each ofus personally. In the afternoon wemoved to how our personaldiscoveries may enhance ourministry. By the end of the day wewalked away with one or twoconcrete goals we hope to achievethis upcoming year in our areas ofresponsibility. It was very fruitful time

spent!This upcoming combination

retreat will hopefully be as fruitful! Itwill be a time to explore on apersonal level what ChristianDisciples in Mission means as wellas how we might live it outconcretely in our ministries.

There is still time to r.s.v.p. I havea t t a c h e dthe flyerfrom lastmonth. Thegoal wouldbe to havee a c hm i n i s t r yrepresentedso if youc a n n o ta t t e n d ,p l e a s e

send arepresentative.

I am looking forward to our timetogether to increase the synergy andto strengthen our partnership! MayGod bless our leadership efforts bydrawing us and our communitycloser to our loving God!

Little did we know Pope Francishad the same thing in mind! ReplaceWorld Youth Day with St. PatrickCommunity

Jesus is speaking to each one of

Update From Mary Permoda, Director of Pastoral Activities

Did You Know?

Electronic giving is an easy

way to share your financial

gifts with the parish. Currently

we have 500+ electronic

givers! If you want more

information, contact Sue

Orlando at:

sueo@stpatricksscottsdale.org

Whats New?

We have secured a shorter

domain name! What does that

mean? It means our website and

email addresses will be changing

to STPATCC.org! This project

is in the works; we will keep you

posted. Both new and old website

and email addresses will work for

an indefinite amount of time.

World Youth Day Central

Associated Press

August 2013

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Saturday, July 13 was a banner day for the St. Patrick fledgling Foster Care Support Ministry, with almost 100 people in attendanceat an all morning workshop and 88 children in childcare from 8:30 to noon!

As you may have heard, this ministry aims to offer one-on-one mentoring, assistance with material needs, support groups, an onlinediscussion group and other expressions of support to those who welcome foster children into their homes.

After spending the past months developing our leadership team, conducting our research as to the needs of foster parents, and

successfully recruiting for CASAs (Court-Appointed Special Advocates) with a video promo before Masses, we were faced with the

question, "How do we identify foster parents so we can let them know of our supportive network? The answer, of course, was to

host a pair of workshops for foster parents and spread the news via the social service agencies. (Foster parents regularly seekongoing education, and are also required, for licensing purposes, to complete a certain number of approved courses per year). We

knew that would bring the people to us, as indeed it did!

Which brings us to Saturday, July 13. Imagine 35 caring parishioners--adults and teens--serving as childcare ministers to infants(about 10 of them), toddlers (25 of them, in two rooms), and primary school-aged children (about 50 of them) in Fenlon! It was a joy

to see the children in Fenlon engage in the lively exercise games led by Candace Johnson from KidzKamp, to join in the skit

activities offered by Gerri Porteous' intrepid Vacation Bible School team and to see their engagement with the songs and movement

led by Jill Bagshaw and her team. Meanwhile, babies were cuddled, fed and changed, and toddlers were played with.Over in our two "Pope" rooms in the Parish Center, the adults were wowed by presentations from St. Patrick team members Judge

Bernie Owens, Mark Wheeler and Steve Lee, as well as an insightful workshop fromRaising Special Kids. We received countless

expressions of gratitude from these foster parents not only for hosting the event but, more importantly, for welcoming the children.

Our pleasure, for sure.

Stay tuned for news about the next workshop offerings on August 24, .... and do let us know if you would like to help out in any part

of that day. Contact team leader Marie Cancilla or Anne Johnson for details, and be sure to like "Foster Care Support Ministry" page

on Facebook!

To become neighbors is to bridge the gap between people. As long as there is distance between us

and we cannot look in each other's eyes, all sorts of false ideas and images arise. We give them

names, make jokes about them, cover them with our prejudices and avoid direct contact. We think ofthem as enemies. We forget that they love as we love, care for their children as we care for ours,

become sick and die as we do. We forget that they are our brothers and sisters and treat them asobjects that can be destroyed at will.

Only when we have the courage to cross the street and look in one another's eyes can we see there

that we are children of the same God and members of the same human family..

Ministry NewsFoster Care Support Ministry By Tricia Hoyt

Bridging the Gap Between People

We are working on a Communication and Marketing guideline so all parish and ministry messaging is

consistent. Until the guideline is completed, please place St. Patrick Catholic Community with the logo asa banner on top of all flyers. Logos are available on the website under links and forms.

Communication News From Mary Permoda